9 CFR § 590.404 - Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s590.404"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 590.404 - Erasures or alterations made on official certificates."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "590.404"
section_name: "Erasures or alterations made on official certificates."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION"
part_number: "590"
part_name: "INSPECTION OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 1031-1056; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977 and 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981. Further redesignated at 63 FR 72353, Dec. 31, 1998."
cfr_part: "590"
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# 590.404 Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.

Erasures or alterations shall be initialed by the issuing inspector on the original certificate and any copy thereof. All certificates made useless through clerical error or otherwise and all certificates canceled for whatever cause shall be voided and initialed and the original and all other copies shall be forwarded as prescribed by the Administrator.