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PUBLIC LAW 91 ^ 9 7 - D E C. 29, 1970

(4) contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate; (5) knowingly possess, without jDromptly notifying the Secretary or his representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label, or any eggs or egg products bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark; (6) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided foi in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary; (7) knowingly represent that any article has been inspected or exempted, under this Act, when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected or exempted; and (8) refuse access, at any reasonable time, to any representative of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to any plant or other place of business subject to inspection under any provisions of this Act. (e) No person, while an official or employee of the United States Government or any State or local governmental agency, or thereafter, shall use to his own advantage, or reveal other than to the authorized representatives of the United States Government or any State or other government in their official capacity, or as ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding, any information accjuired under the authority of this Act concerning any matter which is entitled to protection as a trade secret. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION

SEC. 9. The Secretary shall, whenever he determines that it would effectuate the purposes of this Act, cooperate with appropriate State and other governmental agencies, in carrying out any provisions of this Act. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may conduct such examinations, investigations, and inspections as he determines practicable through any officer or employee of any such agency commissioned by him for such purpose. The Secretary shall reimburse the States and other agencies for the costs incurred by them in such cooperative programs. EGGS AND EGG

PRODUCTS NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN FOOD

SEC. 10. Inspection shall not be provided under this Act at any plant for the processing of any egg products which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in commerce, shall be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Secretary to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, or transport or offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation, in commerce, any restricted eggs or egg products which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Secretary. RECORD AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESSORS OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES

SEC 11. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all persons engaged in the business of transporting, shipping, or receiving any eggs or egg products in commerce or holding such articles so received, and all egg handlers, shall maintain such records showing, for such time and in

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