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PUBLIC LAW 91-597-DEC. 29, 1970

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(5) The term "inedible" means eggs of the following descriptions: black rots, yellow rots, white rots, mixed rots (addled eggs), sour eggs, eggs with green whites, eggs with stuck yolks, moldy eggs, musty eggs, eggs showing blood rings, and eggs containing embryo chicks (at or beyond the blood ring stage). (6) The term "leaker" means an egg that has a crack or break in the shell and shell membranes to the extent that the egg contents are exposed or are exuding or free to exude through the shell. (7) The term "loss" means an egg that is unfit for human food because it is smashed or broken so that its contents are leaking; or overheated, frozen, or contaminated; or an incubator reject; or because it contains a bloody white, large meat spots, a large quantity of blood, or other foreign material. (8) The term "restricted egg" means any check, dirty egg, incubator reject, inedible, leaker, or loss. (h) The term "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act" means the Act ^J^l "^^ ^''^i so entitled, approved November 3, 1966 (80 Stat, 1296), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. (i) The term "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the 21 USC 301. Act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. (j) The term "inspection" means the application of such inspection methods and techniques as are deemed necessary by the responsible Secretary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (k) The term "inspector" means: (1) any employee or official of the Ignited States Government authorized to inspect eggs or egg products under the authority of this Act; or (2) Any employee or official of the government of any State or local jurisdiction authorized by the Secretary to inspect eggs or egg products under the authority of this Act, under an agreement entered into between the Secretary and the appropriate State or other agency. (1) The term "misbranded" shall apply to egg products which are not labeled and packaged in accordance with the requirements prescribed by regulations of the Secretary under section 7 of this Act. (m) The term "official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this Act. (n) The term "official device" means any device prescribed or authorized by the Secretary for use in applying any official mark. (o) The term "official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by regulations of the Secretary showing that egg products were inspected in accordance with this Act. (p) The term "official mark" means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to identify the status of any article under this Act.

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