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7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624; 7 CFR 2.17 (g) and (i), 2.55.
41 FR 23702, June 11, 1976, unless otherwise noted.
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No inspector shall authorize the use of official identification for any inspected product unless he has on file evidence that such official identification or packaging material bearing such official identification has been approved in accordance with the provisions of §§ 354.60 to 354.64.
(a) No official identification or any abbreviation, copy, or representation thereof may be affixed to or placed on or caused to be affixed to or placed on any product or container thereof except by an inspector or under the supervision of an inspector. All such products shall have been inspected and certified. The inspector shall have supervision over the use and handling of all material bearing any official identification.
(b) Each container of inspected and certified products to be shipped from one official plant to another official plant for further processing shall be marked for identification and shall show the following information:
(1) The name of the inspected and certified products in the container;
(2) The name and address of the packer or distributor of such products;
(3) The net weight of the container;
(4) The inspection mark permitted to be used pursuant to the regulations in this part unless the containers are sealed or otherwise identified in such manner as may be approved by the Administrator; and
(5) The plant number of the official plant where the products were packed.
No container which bears or may bear any official identification or any abbreviation or copy or representation thereof may be filled in whole or in part except with edible products which were inspected and certified and are, at the time of such filing, sound, wholesome, and fit for human food. All such filling of containers shall be under the supervision of an inspector.
An inspector may use such labels, devices, and methods as may be approved by the Administrator for the identification of:
(a) Products which are held for further examination, and
(b) All equipment and utensils which are to be held for proper cleaning.
Inspection of products shall be rendered pursuant to the regulations in this part and under such conditions and in accordance with such methods as may be prescribed or approved by the Administrator.
Each product for which inspection service is requested shall be so arranged so as to permit adequate determination of its class, quantity, and condition as the circumstances may warrant.
The inspector who is to perform the inspection in an official plant shall be informed, in advance, by the applicant of the hours when such inspection is desired. Inspectors shall have access at all times to every part of any official plant to which they are assigned.