Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

Title 7 - Agriculture last revised: Nov 22, 2024
§ 57.45 - Prohibition on eggs not intended for use as human food.

(a) No person shall buy, sell, or transport, or offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation in commerce, any eggs that are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or decharacterized, unless shipped under seal as authorized in § 57.720(a) and identified as required by the regulations in this part.

(b) No person shall import or export shell eggs classified as loss, inedible, or incubator rejects unless they are denatured or decharacterized and identified as required by the regulations in this part.

[63 FR 69968, 69970, Dec. 17, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 57166, Sept. 24, 2004]
source: 63 FR 69968, Dec. 17, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 7 CFR 57.45