7 CFR § 70.56 - Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification.

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title: "7 CFR § 70.56 - Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "70.56"
section_name: "Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification."
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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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 70.56 Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification.

(a) Poultry and rabbit products to be identified with the grademarks illustrated in § 70.51 must be individually graded by a grader or by authorized personnel pursuant to § 70.20 and thereafter checkgraded by a grader.

(b) Poultry and rabbit products not graded in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section may be officially graded on a sample basis and the shipping containers may be identified with grademarks which contain the words “Sample Graded” and which are approved by the Administrator.

[71 FR 42014, July 24, 2006]