9 CFR § 590.901 - Egg products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official plants; transportation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s590.901"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 590.901 - Egg products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official plants; transportation."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "590.901"
section_name: "Egg products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official plants; transportation."
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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# 590.901 Egg products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official plants; transportation.

(a) All egg products, after entry into the United States in compliance with this subpart, will be deemed and treated and, except as provided in §§ 590.935 and 590.960, will be handled and transported as domestic product, and will be subject to the applicable provisions of this part and to the provisions of the Egg Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

(b) Imported egg products entered in accordance with this subpart may, subject to the provisions of the regulations, be taken into official plants and be mixed with or added to egg products that are inspected and passed or exempted from inspection in such plants.

(c) Imported egg products that have been inspected and passed under this subpart may be transported in commerce only upon compliance with the applicable regulations.