[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR354.63]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE 
PRODUCTS THEREOF--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 354.63  Marking inspected products.

    (a) Wording and form of inspection mark. Except as otherwise 
authorized, the inspection mark permitted to be used with respect to 
inspected and certified edible products shall include wording as 
follows: ``Inspected for Wholesomeness by U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.'' This wording shall be contained within a circle in the 
form and arrangement shown in Sec. 354.65. The appropriate plant number 
of the official plant shall be included in the circle unless it appears 
elsewhere on the

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packaging material. The Administrator may approve the use of 
abbreviations of such inspection mark, and such approved abbreviations 
shall have the same force and effect as the inspection mark. The 
inspection mark or approved abbreviation thereof, as the case may be, 
may be applied to the inspected and certified edible product or to the 
packaging material of such product. When the inspection mark, or the 
approved abbreviation thereof, is used on packaging material, it shall 
be printed on such material or on a label to be affixed to the packaging 
material and the name of the packer or distributor of such product shall 
be printed on the packaging material or label, as the case may be, 
except that on shipping containers and containers for institutional 
packs, the inspection marks may be stenciled on the container and, when 
the inspection mark is so stenciled, the name and address of the packer 
or distributor may be applied by the use of a stencil or a rubber stamp. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the name and address of the packer or 
distributor, if appropriately shown elsewhere on the packaging material, 
may be omitted from insert labels which bear an official identification 
if the applicable plant number is shown.
    (b) Wording on labels. Each trade label to be approved for use 
pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 354.64 with respect to any inspected 
and certified edible product shall bear the true name of the edible 
product, the name and address of the packer or distributor thereof, and 
in prominent letters and figures of uniform size, the inspection mark, 
as aforesaid, and the label shall also bear, in such manner as may be 
prescribed or approved by the Administrator, the plant number, if any, 
of the official plant in which such product was inspected and certified. 
The class of the rabbits shall be shown on the label. The appropriate 
designation ``young'', ``mature'', or ``old'' may be used as a prefix to 
the word ``rabbit'' in lieu of the class name.
    (c) Labels in foreign languages. Any trade label to be affixed to a 
container of any edible products for foreign commerce may be printed in 
a foreign language. However, the inspection mark shall appear on the 
label in English, but, in addition, may be literally translated into 
such foreign language. Each such trade label which is to be printed in a 
foreign language must be approved pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 
354.64.
    (d) Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels. (1) Labels 
approved for use pursuant to Sec. Sec. 354.60 to 354.64 shall be used 
only for the purpose for which approved and shall not otherwise be 
disposed of from the plant for which approved except with written 
approval of the Administrator. Any unauthorized use or disposition of 
approved labels or labels bearing official identification may result in 
cancellation of the approval and denial of the use of labels bearing 
official identification or denial of the benefits of the Act pursuant to 
the provisions of Sec. 354.60.
    (2) The use of simulations or imitations of any official 
identification by any person is prohibited.
    (e) Rescindment of approved labels. Once a year, or more often if 
requested, each applicant shall submit to the Administrator a list in 
triplicate of approved labels that have become obsolete, accompanied 
with a statement that such approvals are no longer desired. The 
approvals shall be identified by the date of approval and the name of 
product or other designation showing the class of material.