[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR590.100]



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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)--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 590.100  Specific exemptions.



    The following are exempt to the extent prescribed as to the 

provision for continuous inspection of processing operations in section 

5(a) of the Act: Provided, That the conditions for exemption and 

provisions of these regulations are met:

    (a) [Reserved]

    (b) Subject to the approval of the Administrator as provided in 

Sec. Sec. 590.600 through 590.670, the processing of egg products 

without continuous inspection at any plant where the facilities, 

sanitation, and operating procedures are the same as are required in 

this part for official plants and where the eggs received or used in the 

manufacture of egg products contain no more restricted eggs than are 

allowed by the official standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs, 

and the egg products processed at such plant;

    (c)-(d) [Reserved]

    (e) The processing and sale of egg products by any poultry producer 

from eggs of his own flock's production when sold directly to a 

household consumer exclusively for use by such consumer and members of 

his household and his nonpaying guests and employees;

    (f) [Reserved]

    (g) The processing in nonofficial plants, including but not limited 

to bakeries, restaurants, and other food processors, without continuous 

inspection, of certain categories of food products which contain eggs or 

egg products as an ingredient, and the sale and possession of such 

products: Provided, That such products are manufactured from inspected 

egg products processed in accordance with this part or from eggs 

containing no more restricted eggs than are allowed in the official 

standards for U.S. Consumer Grade B shell eggs;



[36 FR 9814, May 28, 1971, as amended at 40 FR 20057, May 8, 1975. 

Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 

46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 63 FR 69971, Dec. 17, 1998]