U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

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All TitlesTitle 9Chapter IIIPart 590Subpart A - Subpart A—General

DEFINITIONS
§ 590.1 - Meaning of words.
§ 590.5 - Terms defined.

ADMINISTRATION
§ 590.10 - Authority.
§ 590.13 - Federal and State cooperation.
§ 590.18 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

SCOPE OF INSPECTION
§ 590.20 - Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.
§ 590.24 - Egg products plants requiring continuous inspection.
§ 590.26 - Egg products entering or prepared in official plants.
§ 590.28 - Other inspections.

RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITIES
§ 590.30 - At official plants.
§ 590.35 - Eggs and egg products outside official plants.

EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN FOOD
§ 590.40 - Egg products not intended for human food.
§ 590.45 - Prohibition on eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food.

REFRIGERATION OF SHELL EGGS
§ 590.50 - Egg temperature and labeling requirements.

EXEMPTIONS
§ 590.100 - Specific exemptions.

PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE
§ 590.110 - Licensed inspectors.
§ 590.118 - Identification.
§ 590.120 - Financial interest of inspectors.
§ 590.122 - Time of inspection.
§ 590.124 - Schedule of operation of official plants.
§ 590.126 - Overtime inspection service.
§ 590.128 - Holiday inspection service.
§ 590.130 - Basis of billing plants.
§ 590.132 - Access to plants.
§ 590.134 - Accessibility of product and cooler rooms.
§ 590.136 - Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by facilities for use of inspection program personnel in performing service.

APPLICATION FOR SERVICE
§ 590.140 - Application for grant of inspection.
§ 590.142 - Filing of application.
§ 590.144 - Authority of applicant.
§ 590.146 - Survey and grant of inspection.
§ 590.149 - Conditions for receiving inspection.

INAUGURATION OF SERVICE
§ 590.150 - Official plant numbers.
§ 590.155 - Inauguration of service.

DENIAL OF SERVICE
§ 590.160 - Clean Water Act; refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of service.
§ 590.161 - Termination of plant approval.

RECORDS AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS HANDLERS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES
§ 590.200 - Records and related requirements.
§ 590.220 - Information and assistance to be furnished to inspectors.

ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION
§ 590.240 - Detaining product.

APPEAL OF AN INSPECTION OR DECISION
§ 590.300 - Appeal inspections.
§ 590.310 - Appeal inspections; how made.
§ 590.320 - How to file an appeal inspection or decision review.
§ 590.330 - When an application for an appeal inspection may be refused.
§ 590.340 - Who must perform the appeal inspection or decision review.
§ 590.350 - Appeal samples.

CERTIFICATES
§ 590.400 - Form of certificates.
§ 590.402 - Egg products inspection certificates.
§ 590.404 - Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.
§ 590.406 - Disposition of official certificates.
§ 590.407 - Export certification and marking of containers with export inspection mark.

IDENTIFYING AND MARKING PRODUCT
§ 590.410 - Egg products required to be labeled.
§ 590.411 - Label approval.
§ 590.412 - Approval of generic labels.
§ 590.413 - Form of official identification symbol and inspection mark.
§ 590.414 - Products bearing the official inspection mark.
§ 590.415 - Use of other official identification.
§ 590.417 - Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels.
§ 590.418 - Supervision of marking and packaging.
§ 590.419 - Reuse of containers bearing official identification prohibited.

INSPECTION, REINSPECTION, CONDEMNATION, AND RETENTION
§ 590.420 - Inspection.
§ 590.422 - Condemnation.
§ 590.424 - Reinspection.
§ 590.426 - Retention.

ENTRY OF MATERIAL INTO OFFICIAL EGG PRODUCTS PLANTS
§ 590.430 - Limitation on entry of material.
§ 590.435 - Use of food ingredients and approval of materials.
§ 590.440 - Processing ova.

SANITARY, PROCESSING, AND FACILITY REQUIREMENTS
§ 590.504 - General operating procedures.
§ 590.508 - Candling and transfer-room operations.
§ 590.510 - Classifications of shell eggs used in the processing of egg products.
§ 590.516 - Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing.
§ 590.522 - Egg products processing room operations.
§ 590.534 - Freezing facilities.
§ 590.570 - Control of pathogens in pasteurized egg products.

LABORATORY
§ 590.580 - Pathogen reduction standards testing.
§ 590.590 - Use of irradiated shell eggs to produce egg products.

INSPECTION AND DISPOSITION OF RESTRICTED EGGS
§ 590.700 - Prohibition on disposition of restricted eggs.
§ 590.720 - Disposition of restricted eggs.

IDENTIFICATION OF RESTRICTED EGGS OR EGG PRODUCTS NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
§ 590.800 - Identification of restricted eggs.
§ 590.801 - Nest-run or washed ungraded eggs.
§ 590.840 - Identification of inedible, unwholesome, or adulterated egg products.
§ 590.860 - Identification wording.
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