Title 9, Part 590 — Inspection of Eggs and Egg Products (Egg Products Inspection Act)

Meaning of words.

Terms defined.

Authority.

Federal and State cooperation.

OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.

Egg products plants requiring continuous inspection.

Egg products entering or prepared in official plants.

Other inspections.

At official plants.

Eggs and egg products outside official plants.

Egg products not intended for human food.

Prohibition on eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food.

Egg temperature and labeling requirements.

Specific exemptions.

Licensed inspectors.

Identification.

Financial interest of inspectors.

Time of inspection.

Schedule of operation of official plants.

Overtime inspection service.

Holiday inspection service.

Basis of billing plants.

Access to plants.

Accessibility of product and cooler rooms.

Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by facilities for use of inspection program personnel in performing service.

Application for grant of inspection.

Filing of application.

Authority of applicant.

Survey and grant of inspection.

Conditions for receiving inspection.

Official plant numbers.

Inauguration of service.

Clean Water Act; refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of service.

Termination of plant approval.

Records and related requirements.

Information and assistance to be furnished to inspectors.

Detaining product.

Appeal inspections.

Appeal inspections; how made.

How to file an appeal inspection or decision review.

When an application for an appeal inspection may be refused.

Who must perform the appeal inspection or decision review.

Appeal samples.

Form of certificates.

Egg products inspection certificates.

Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.

Disposition of official certificates.

Export certification and marking of containers with export inspection mark.

Egg products required to be labeled.

Label approval.

Approval of generic labels.

Form of official identification symbol and inspection mark.

Products bearing the official inspection mark.

Use of other official identification.

Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels.

Supervision of marking and packaging.

Reuse of containers bearing official identification prohibited.

Inspection.

Condemnation.

Reinspection.

Retention.

Limitation on entry of material.

Use of food ingredients and approval of materials.

Processing ova.

General operating procedures.

Candling and transfer-room operations.

Classifications of shell eggs used in the processing of egg products.

Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing.

Egg products processing room operations.

Freezing facilities.

Control of pathogens in pasteurized egg products.

Pathogen reduction standards testing.

Use of irradiated shell eggs to produce egg products.

Prohibition on disposition of restricted eggs.

Disposition of restricted eggs.

Identification of restricted eggs.

Nest-run or washed ungraded eggs.

Identification of inedible, unwholesome, or adulterated egg products.

Identification wording.

Definitions; requirements for importation into the United States.

Egg products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official plants; transportation.

Importation of restricted eggs.

Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of egg products into the United States.

Imported products; foreign inspection certificates required.

Import inspection application.

Inspection of egg products offered for entry.

Egg products offered for entry, retention in customs custody; delivery under bond; movement prior to inspection; handling; equipment and assistance.

Means of conveyance and equipment used in handling egg products offered for entry to be maintained in sanitary condition.

Identification of egg products offered for entry; official import inspection marks and devices.

Egg products offered for entry; reporting of findings to customs; handling of articles refused entry; appeals, how made; denaturing procedures.

Labeling of immediate containers of egg products offered for entry.

Labeling of shipping containers of egg products offered for entry.

Relabeling of imported egg products.

Small importations for importer's personal use, display, or laboratory analysis.

Returned to the United States inspected and marked egg products; exemption.