[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: 9CFR590.50]



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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. 590.50  Temperature and labeling requirements.



    (a) No shell egg handler shall possess any shell eggs that are 

packed into containers destined for the ultimate consumer unless they 

are stored and transported under refrigeration at an ambient temperature 

of no greater than 45[deg]F (7.2[deg]C).

    (b) No shell egg handler shall possess any shell eggs that are 

packed into containers destined for the ultimate consumer unless they 

are labeled to indicate that refrigeration is required.



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    (c) Any producer-packer with an annual egg production from a flock 

of 3,000 or fewer hens is exempt from the temperature and labeling 

requirements of this section.



[63 FR 45675, Aug. 27, 1998]



                               Exemptions