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PUBLIC LAW 91-597-DEC. 29, 1970

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DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 3. I t is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the inspection of certain egg products, restrictions upon the disposition of certain qualities of eggs, and uniformity of standards for eggs, and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of eggs and egg products as hereinafter prescribed to prevent the movement or s a b for human food, of eggs and eg^ products which are adulterated or misbranded or otherwise in violation of this Act. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 4. For purposes of this Act— (a) The term "adulterated" applies to any egg or egg product under one or more of the following circumstances— (1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance, such article shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it injurious to health; (2)(A) if it bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the judgment of the Secretary, make such article unfit for human food; (B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and such commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (C) if it bears or contains any food additive which is unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (D) if it bears or contains any color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act: Provided, That an article which is not otherwise deemed adulterated under clause (B), (C), or (D) shall nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food additive, or color additive, in or on such article, is prohibited by regulations of the Secretary in official plants; (3) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for human food; (4) if it has been prepared, packaged, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; (5) if it is an egg which has been subjected to incubation or the product of any egg which has been subjected to incubation; (6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;

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