7 CFR 58.731
§ 58.731 Closing and sealing containers.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 58.731, § 58.731 Closing and sealing containers, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/16287
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Pouches, liners, or containers having product contact surfaces, after filling shall be folded or closed and sealed in a sanitary manner, preferably by mechanical means, so as to assure against contamination. Each container in addition to other required labeling shall be coded in such a manner as to be easily identified as to date of manufacture by lot or sublot number.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.