7 CFR § 57.690 - Person required to register.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s57.690"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 57.690 - Person required to register."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "57.690"
section_name: "Person required to register."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
part_number: "57"
part_name: "INSPECTION OF EGGS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 1031-1056."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 69968, Dec. 17, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "57"
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# 57.690 Person required to register.
Egg handlers, except for producer-packers with an annual egg production from a flock of 3,000 hens or less, who grade and pack eggs for the ultimate consumer, and hatcheries, are required to register with the Department by furnishing their name, place of business, and such other information requested on the registration form available from the Department. Completed forms shall be sent to the addressee indicated on the form. Persons above who are establishing a business will be required to register before they start operations.
[69 FR 571688, Sept. 24, 2004]