7 CFR § 70.55 - Check grading officially identified product.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s70.55"
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title: "7 CFR § 70.55 - Check grading officially identified product."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "70.55"
section_name: "Check grading officially identified product."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "70"
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# 70.55 Check grading officially identified product.

Officially identified poultry or rabbit products may be subject to final check grading prior to their shipment. Such product found not to be in compliance with the assigned official grade shall be placed under a retention tag until it is regraded to comply with the grade assigned or until the official identification is removed.