[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR57.720]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 57_INSPECTION OF EGGS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A_Regulations Governing the Inspection of Eggs
 
Sec.  57.720  Disposition of restricted eggs.

    (a) Eggs classified as checks, dirties, incubator rejects, 
inedibles, leakers, or loss shall be disposed of by one of the following 
methods at point and time of segregation:
    (1) By shipping directly or indirectly to an official egg products 
processing plant for segregation and processing, if a check or dirty and 
if labeled in accordance with Sec.  57.800. Inedible and loss eggs shall 
not be intermingled in the same container with checks and dirties.
    (2) By destruction and identification in a manner approved by the 
Administrator.
    (i) Loss and inedible eggs shall be crushed and shall be placed in a 
container containing a sufficient amount of approved denaturant or 
decharacterant, such as FD&C brown, blue, black, or green colors, meat 
and fish by-products, grain and milling by-products, or any other 
substance, as approved by the Administrator, that will accomplish the 
purposes of this section. The approved denaturant or decharacterant 
substance shall be dispersed through the product in amounts sufficient 
to give the product a distinctive appearance or odor.
    (ii) The denatured and decharacterized product shall be labeled as 
required in Sec. Sec.  57.840 and 57.860.
    (3) By processing for industrial use or for animal food. Such 
product shall be denatured or decharacterized in accordance with Sec.  
57.720(a)(2) and identified as provided in Sec. Sec.  57.840 and 57.860, 
or handled in accordance with other procedures approved by the 
Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, product which was produced 
under official supervision and transported for industrial use or animal 
food need not be denatured or decharacterized if it is shipped under 
Government seal and received by an inspector or grader as defined in 
this part.
    (4) By coloring the shells of loss and inedible eggs with a 
sufficient amount of FD&C color to give a distinct appearance, or 
applying a substance that will penetrate the shell and decharacterize 
the egg meat. Except that, lots of eggs containing significant 
percentages of blood spots or meat

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spots, but no other types of loss or inedible eggs may be shipped 
directly to official egg products processing plants, provided they are 
conspicuously labeled with the name and address of the shipper and the 
wording ``Spots--For Processing Only In Official Egg Products Products 
Plants.''
    (b) Eggs which are packed for the ultimate consumer and which have 
been found to exceed the tolerance for restricted eggs permitted in the 
official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shall be identified as 
required in Sec. Sec.  57.800 and 57.860 and shall be shipped directly 
or indirectly:
    (1) To an official egg products processing plant for proper 
segregation and processing; or
    (2) Be regraded so that they comply with the official standards; or
    (3) Used as other than human food.
    (c) Records shall be maintained as provided in Sec.  57.200 to 
assure proper disposition.

[36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971; 36 FR 10841, June 4, 1971; 37 FR 6659, Apr. 
1, 1972; 40 FR 20059, May 8, 1975. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 
1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended 
at 47 FR 745, Jan. 7, 1982; 60 FR 49170, Sept. 21, 1995. Redesignated at 
63 FR 69970, Dec. 17, 1998; 69 FR 57168, Sept. 24, 2004]

Identification of Restricted Eggs or Egg Products Not Intended for Human 
                               Consumption