7 CFR § 70.45 - Misleading labeling.

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title: "7 CFR § 70.45 - Misleading labeling."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "70.45"
section_name: "Misleading labeling."
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: "70"
part_name: "VOLUNTARY GRADING OF POULTRY PRODUCTS AND RABBIT PRODUCTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 23681, June 11, 1976, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981."
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# 70.45 Misleading labeling.

The use of the terms “Government Graded” and “Federal-State Graded” or terms of similar import in the labeling or advertising of any product without stating in the labeling or advertisement the U.S. grade of the product as determined by an authorized grader.