[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR354.63]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS THEREOF

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 354.63  Marking inspected products.



    (a) Wording and form of inspection mark. Except as otherwise 

authorized, the inspection mark permitted to be used with respect to 

inspected and certified edible products shall include wording as 

follows: ``Inspected for Wholesomeness by U.S. Department of 

Agriculture.'' This wording shall be contained within a circle in the 

form and arrangement shown in Sec. 354.65. The appropriate plant number 

of the official plant shall be included in the circle unless it appears 

elsewhere on the packaging material. The Administrator may approve the 

use of abbreviations of such inspection mark, and such approved 

abbreviations shall have the same force and effect as the inspection 

mark. The inspection mark or approved abbreviation thereof, as the case 

may be, may be applied to the inspected and certified edible product or 

to the packaging material of such product. When the inspection mark, or 

the approved abbreviation thereof, is used on packaging material, it 

shall be printed on such material or on a label to be affixed to the 

packaging material and the name of the packer or distributor of such 

product shall be printed on the packaging material or label, as the case 

may be, except that on shipping containers and containers for 

institutional packs, the inspection marks may be stenciled on the 

container and, when the inspection mark is so stenciled, the name and 

address of the packer or distributor may be applied by the use of a 

stencil or a rubber stamp. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the name and 

address of the packer or



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distributor, if appropriately shown elsewhere on the packaging material, 

may be omitted from insert labels which bear an official identification 

if the applicable plant number is shown.

    (b) Wording on labels. Each trade label to be approved for use 

pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 354.64 with respect to any inspected 

and certified edible product shall bear the true name of the edible 

product, the name and address of the packer or distributor thereof, and 

in prominent letters and figures of uniform size, the inspection mark, 

as aforesaid, and the label shall also bear, in such manner as may be 

prescribed or approved by the Administrator, the plant number, if any, 

of the official plant in which such product was inspected and certified. 

The class of the rabbits shall be shown on the label. The appropriate 

designation ``young'', ``mature'', or ``old'' may be used as a prefix to 

the word ``rabbit'' in lieu of the class name.

    (c) Labels in foreign languages. Any trade label to be affixed to a 

container of any edible products for foreign commerce may be printed in 

a foreign language. However, the inspection mark shall appear on the 

label in English, but, in addition, may be literally translated into 

such foreign language. Each such trade label which is to be printed in a 

foreign language must be approved pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 

354.64.

    (d) Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels. (1) Labels 

approved for use pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 354.64 shall be used 

only for the purpose for which approved and shall not otherwise be 

disposed of from the plant for which approved except with written 

approval of the Administrator. Any unauthorized use or disposition of 

approved labels or labels bearing official identification may result in 

cancellation of the approval and denial of the use of labels bearing 

official identification or denial of the benefits of the Act pursuant to 

the provisions of Sec. 354.60.

    (2) The use of simulations or imitations of any official 

identification by any person is prohibited.

    (e) Rescindment of approved labels. Once a year, or more often if 

requested, each applicant shall submit to the Administrator a list in 

triplicate of approved labels that have become obsolete, accompanied 

with a statement that such approvals are no longer desired. The 

approvals shall be identified by the date of approval and the name of 

product or other designation showing the class of material.