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Title 7AgriculturePart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations of the Department of Agriculture27 – 5099
Chapter IAgricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture27 – 209
Subchapter CRequirements and Standards Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 and the Egg Products Inspection Act51 – 75
Part 58Grading and Inspection, General Specifications for Approved Plants and Standards for Grades of Dairy Products58.1 – 58.2827
Subpart AProvisions Governing the Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products58.1 – 58.64
Definitions58.1 – 58.2
§ 58.1Meaning of words.
§ 58.2Designation of official certificates, memoranda, marks, identifications, and devices for purpose of the Agricultural Marketing Act.
Administration58.3
§ 58.3Authority.
Inspection or Grading Service58.4 – 58.21
§ 58.4Basis of service.
§ 58.5Where service is offered.
§ 58.6Supervision of service.
§ 58.7Who may obtain service.
§ 58.8How to make application.
§ 58.9Form of application.
§ 58.10Filing of application.
§ 58.11Approval of application.
§ 58.12When application may be rejected.
§ 58.13When application may be withdrawn.
§ 58.14Authority of applicant.
§ 58.15Accessibility and condition of product.
§ 58.16Disposition of samples.
§ 58.17Order of service.
§ 58.18Inspection or grading certificates, memoranda, or reports.
§ 58.19Issuance of inspection or grading certificates.
§ 58.20Disposition of inspection or grading certificates or reports.
§ 58.21Advance information.
Appeal Inspection or Grading and Reinstatement of Regrading58.22 – 58.32
§ 58.22When appeal inspection or grading may be requested.
§ 58.23How to obtain appeal inspection or grading.
§ 58.24Record of filing time.
§ 58.25When an application for appeal inspection or grading may be refused.
§ 58.26When an application for an appeal inspection or grading may be withdrawn.
§ 58.27Order in which appeal inspections or gradings are performed.
§ 58.28Who shall make appeal inspections or gradings.
§ 58.29Appeal inspection or grading certificate or report.
§ 58.30Application for reinspection or regrading.
§ 58.31Reinspection or regrading certificate or report.
§ 58.32Superseded certificates or reports.
Licensing of Inspectors or Graders58.33 – 58.37
§ 58.33Who may be licensed.
§ 58.34Suspension or revocation of license.
§ 58.35Surrender of license.
§ 58.36Identification.
§ 58.37Financial interest of licensees.
Fees and Charges58.38 – 58.46
§ 58.38Payment of fees and charges.
§ 58.39Fees for holiday or other nonworktime.
§ 58.40Fees for appeal inspection or grading.
§ 58.41Fees for additional copies of certificates.
§ 58.42Travel expenses and other charges.
§ 58.43Fees for inspection, grading, sampling, and certification.
§ 58.45Fees for continuous resident services.
§ 58.46Fees for service performed under cooperative agreement.
Marking, Branding, and Identifying Product58.49 – 58.52
§ 58.49Authority to use official identification.
§ 58.50Approval and form of official identification.
§ 58.51Information required on official identification.
§ 58.52Time limit for packaging inspected or graded products with official identification.
Prerequisites to Packaging Products With Official Identification58.53 – 58.57
§ 58.53Supervisor of packaging required.
§ 58.54Packing and packaging room and equipment.
§ 58.55Facilities for keeping quality samples.
§ 58.56Incubation of product samples.
§ 58.57Product not eligible for packaging with official identification.
Violations58.58
§ 58.58Debarment of service.
Miscellaneous58.61 – 58.64
§ 58.61Political activity.
§ 58.62Report of violations.
§ 58.63Other applicable regulations.
§ 58.64OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.