[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: 7CFR57.905]

[Page 75]
 
                          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.  57.905  Importation of restricted eggs or eggs containing more 

restricted eggs than permitted in the official standards for U.S. Consumer 

Grade B.

    (a) No containers of restricted egg(s) other than checks or dirties 
shall be imported into the United States. The shipping containers of 
such eggs shall be identified with the name, address, and country of 
origin of the exporter, and the date of pack and quality of the eggs 
(e.g., checks, or dirties) preceded by the word ``Imported'' or the 
statement ``Imported Restricted Eggs--For Processing Only In An Official 
USDA Processing Plant,'' or ``Restricted Eggs--Not To Be Used As Human 
Food.'' Such identification shall be legible and conspicuous. 
Alternatively, for properly sealed and certified shipments of shell eggs 
imported for breaking at an official egg products processing plant, the 
shipping containers need not be labeled, provided that the shipment is 
segregated and controlled upon arrival at the destination breaking 
plant.
    (b) Eggs which are imported for use as human food and upon entry are 
found to contain more restricted eggs than permitted in the official 
standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B, shall be refused entry and returned 
to the importing country or be conspicuously and legibly identified as 
``Imported Restricted Eggs'' and be sent directly under official seal: 
(1) To a place where they may be regraded to comply with the official 
U.S. standards for consumer grades; (2) to an official USDA egg products 
processing plant; or (3) to be used as other than human food.

[63 FR 69968, 69971, Dec. 17, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 57168, Sept. 24, 
2004]