9 CFR 381.139
§ 381.139 Removal of official identifications.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 381.139, § 381.139 Removal of official identifications, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/35209
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(a) Every person who receives any poultry product in containers which bear any official inspection legend shall remove or deface such legend or destroy the containers upon removal of such articles from the containers.
(b) No person shall alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official identifications prescribed in subpart M that were applied pursuant to the regulations, unless he is authorized to do so by an inspector or this section; and no person shall fail to use any such official identification when required by 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.