7 CFR § 91.16 - Order of a laboratory service.

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title: "7 CFR § 91.16 - Order of a laboratory service."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "91.16"
section_name: "Order of a laboratory service."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "91"
part_name: "SERVICES AND GENERAL INFORMATION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 42415, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 91.16 Order of a laboratory service.

Laboratory service shall be performed, insofar as possible, in the order in which applications are made except that precedence may be given to any such applications which are made by the United States (including, but not being limited to, any instrumentality or agency thereof) and to any application for an appeal inspection.