7 CFR 57.45
§ 57.45 Prohibition on eggs not intended for use as human food.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 57.45, § 57.45 Prohibition on eggs not intended for use as human food, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/15931
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(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.