[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: 9CFR590.136]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 590_INSPECTION OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)

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Sec. 590.136  Facilities and equipment to be furnished by official 

plants for use of inspectors in performing service.



    (a) Such facilities and equipment shall include but not be limited 

to a room or area suitable for sampling product, and acceptable candling 

light, flashlight, heavy duty, high speed drill with an eleven 

sixteenths-inch or larger bit of sufficient length to reach the bottom 

of containers used for frozen eggs, metal stem thermometer(s), test 

thermometer(s), stop watch, test weighing scale(s) and test weight(s), 

test kit for determining the bactericidal strength of sanitizing 

solutions, and stationary or adequately secured storage box or cage 

(capable of being



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locked only by the inspector) for holding official samples.

    (b) Furnished office space and equipment, including but not being 

limited to a desk (equipped with a satisfactory locking device), lockers 

or cabinets suitable for the protection and storage of supplies, and 

facilities suitable for inspectors to change clothing.



[36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, 

and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 60 

FR 49169, Sept. 21, 1995]



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