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21 USC' ^^*^"

PUBLIC LAW 91-597-DEC. 29, 1970

[84 STAT.

(7) if it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to section 409 of the Federal Food, Dru^5 ^nd Cosmetic Act; or (8) if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance has been substituted, wholly or in part therefor; or if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is. (b) The term "capable of use as human food" shall apply to any egg or egg product, unless it is denatured, or otherwise identified, as required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary to deter its use as human food. (c) The term "commerce" means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce. (d) The term "container" or "package" includes any box, can, tin, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover. (1) The term "immediate container" means any consumer package; or any other container in which egg products, not consumer packaged, are packed. (2) The term "shipping container" means any container used in packaging a product packed in an immediate container. (e) The term ^^egg handler" means any person who engages in any business in commerce which involves buying or selling any eggs (as a poultry producer or otherwise), or processing any egg products, or otherwise using any eggs in the preparation of human food. (f) The term ^^egg product" means any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, excepting products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been, in the judgment of the Secretary, considered by consumers as products of the egg food industry, and which may be exempted by the Secretary under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the egg ingredients are not adulterated and such products are not represented as egg products. (g) The term ^^egg'^ means the shell egg of the domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea. (1) The term "check" means an egg that has a broken shell or crack in the shell but has its shell membranes intact and contents not leaking. (2) The term "clean and sound shell egg" means any egg whose shell is free of adhering dirt or foreign material and is not cracked or broken. (3) The term "dirty egg^^ means an egg that has a shell that is unbroken and has adhering dirt or foreign material. (4) The term "incubator reject" means an egg that has been subjected to incubation and has been removed from incubation during the hatching operations as infertile or otherwise unhatchable.

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