9 CFR § 146.7 - Terminology and classification; general.

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title: "9 CFR § 146.7 - Terminology and classification; general."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "146.7"
section_name: "Terminology and classification; general."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "146"
part_name: "NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL POULTRY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 146.7 Terminology and classification; general.

The official classification terms defined in §§ 146.8 and 146.9 and the various designs illustrative of the official classifications reproduced in § 146.9 may be used only by participants and to describe products that have met all of the specific requirements of such classifications.