Subpart A. Subpart A—General

• Definitions

  • SECTION § 590.1 - Meaning of words.
  • SECTION § 590.5 - Terms defined.

• Administration

  • SECTION § 590.10 - Authority.
  • SECTION § 590.13 - Federal and State cooperation.
  • SECTION § 590.18 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

• Scope of Inspection

  • SECTION § 590.20 - Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.
  • SECTION § 590.24 - Egg products plants requiring continuous inspection.
  • SECTION § 590.26 - Egg products entering or prepared in official plants.
  • SECTION § 590.28 - Other inspections.

• Relation to Other Authorities

  • SECTION § 590.30 - At official plants.
  • SECTION § 590.35 - Eggs and egg products outside official plants.

• Eggs and Egg Products Not Intended for Human Food

  • SECTION § 590.40 - Egg products not intended for human food.
  • SECTION § 590.45 - Prohibition on eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food.

• Refrigeration of Shell Eggs

  • SECTION § 590.50 - Egg temperature and labeling requirements.

• Exemptions

  • SECTION § 590.100 - Specific exemptions.

• Performance of Service

  • SECTION § 590.110 - Licensed inspectors.
  • SECTION § 590.118 - Identification.
  • SECTION § 590.120 - Financial interest of inspectors.
  • SECTION § 590.122 - Time of inspection.
  • SECTION § 590.124 -
  • SECTION § 590.126 - Overtime inspection service.
  • SECTION § 590.128 - Holiday inspection service.
  • SECTION § 590.130 - Basis of billing plants.
  • SECTION § 590.132 - Access to plants.
  • SECTION § 590.134 - Accessibility of product and cooler rooms.
  • SECTION § 590.136 - Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by facilities for use of inspection program personnel in performing service.

• Application for Service

  • SECTION § 590.140 - Application for grant of inspection.
  • SECTION § 590.142 - Filing of application.
  • SECTION § 590.144 - Authority of applicant.
  • SECTION § 590.146 - Survey and grant of inspection.
  • SECTION § 590.149 - Conditions for receiving inspection.

• Inauguration of Service

  • SECTION § 590.150 - Official plant numbers.
  • SECTION § 590.155 - Inauguration of service.

• Denial of Service

  • SECTION § 590.160 - Clean Water Act; refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of service.
  • SECTION § 590.161 - Termination of plant approval.

• Records and Related Requirements for Eggs and Egg Products Handlers and Related Industries

  • SECTION § 590.200 - Records and related requirements.
  • SECTION § 590.220 - Information and assistance to be furnished to inspectors.

• Administrative Detention

  • SECTION § 590.240 - Detaining product.

• Appeal of an Inspection or Decision

  • SECTION § 590.300 - Appeal inspections.
  • SECTION § 590.310 - Appeal inspections; how made.
  • SECTION § 590.320 - How to file an appeal inspection or decision review.
  • SECTION § 590.330 - When an application for an appeal inspection may be refused.
  • SECTION § 590.340 - Who must perform the appeal inspection or decision review.
  • SECTION § 590.350 - Appeal samples.

• Certificates

  • SECTION § 590.400 - Form of certificates.
  • SECTION § 590.402 - Egg products inspection certificates.
  • SECTION § 590.404 - Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.
  • SECTION § 590.406 - Disposition of official certificates.
  • SECTION § 590.407 - Export certification and marking of containers with export inspection mark.

• Identifying and Marking Product

  • SECTION § 590.410 - Egg products required to be labeled.
  • SECTION § 590.411 - Label approval.
  • SECTION § 590.412 - Approval of generic labels.
  • SECTION § 590.413 - Form of official identification symbol and inspection mark.
  • SECTION § 590.414 - Products bearing the official inspection mark.
  • SECTION § 590.415 - Use of other official identification.
  • SECTION § 590.417 - Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels.
  • SECTION § 590.418 - Supervision of marking and packaging.
  • SECTION § 590.419 - Reuse of containers bearing official identification prohibited.

• Inspection, Reinspection, Condemnation, and Retention

  • SECTION § 590.420 - Inspection.
  • SECTION § 590.422 - Condemnation.
  • SECTION § 590.424 - Reinspection.
  • SECTION § 590.426 - Retention.

• Entry of Material Into Official Egg Products Plants

  • SECTION § 590.430 - Limitation on entry of material.
  • SECTION § 590.435 - Use of food ingredients and approval of materials.
  • SECTION § 590.440 - Processing ova.

• Sanitary, Processing, and Facility Requirements

  • SECTION § 590.504 - General operating procedures.
  • SECTION § 590.508 - Candling and transfer-room operations.
  • SECTION § 590.510 - Classifications of shell eggs used in the processing of egg products.
  • SECTION § 590.516 - Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing.
  • SECTION § 590.522 - Egg products processing room operations.
  • SECTION § 590.534 - Freezing facilities.
  • SECTION § 590.570 - Control of pathogens in pasteurized egg products.

• Laboratory

  • SECTION § 590.580 - Pathogen reduction standards testing.
  • SECTION § 590.590 - Use of irradiated shell eggs to produce egg products.

• Inspection and Disposition of Restricted Eggs

  • SECTION § 590.700 - Prohibition on disposition of restricted eggs.
  • SECTION § 590.720 - Disposition of restricted eggs.

• Identification of Restricted Eggs or Egg Products Not Intended for Human Consumption

  • SECTION § 590.800 - Identification of restricted eggs.
  • SECTION § 590.801 - Nest-run or washed ungraded eggs.
  • SECTION § 590.840 - Identification of inedible, unwholesome, or adulterated egg products.
  • SECTION § 590.860 - Identification wording.