7 CFR § 868.71 - Official certificate requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s868.71"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 868.71 - Official certificate requirements."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "868.71"
section_name: "Official certificate requirements."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE, FAIR TRADE PRACTICES PROGRAM), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION"
part_number: "868"
part_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
cfr_part: "868"
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# 868.71 Official certificate requirements.
Official certificates shall—
(a) Be on standard printed forms prescribed in the instructions;
(b) Be in English;
(c) Be typewritten or handwritten in ink and be clearly legible;
(d) Show the results of inspection services in a uniform, accurate, and concise manner;
(e) Show the information required by §§ 868.70-868.75; and
(f) Show only such other information and statements of fact as are provided in the instructions authorized by the Administrator.
[53 FR 3722, Feb. 9, 1988. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 16364, Mar. 30, 1995]