CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 27 to 206) > SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (parts 51 to 75) > PART 56—VOLUNTARY GRADING OF SHELL EGGS > SUBPART A—Grading of Shell Eggs (§56.1 to §56.77) > 56.40—Grading requirements of shell eggs identified with grademarks.

56.40—Grading requirements of shell eggs identified with grademarks.

(a) Shell eggs to be identified with the grademarks illustrated in § 56.36 must be individually graded by a grader or by authorized personnel pursuant to § 56.11 and thereafter check graded by a grader.
(b) Shell eggs not graded in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section may be officially graded on a sample basis and the shipping containers may be identified with grademarks which contain the words “Sample Graded” and which are approved by the Administrator.
(c) In order to be officially identified with a USDA consumer grademark, shell eggs shall:
(1) Be eggs of current production;
(2) Not possess any undesirable odors or flavors; and
(3) Not have previously been shipped for retail sale.

Code of Federal Regulations

[32 FR 8231, June 8, 1967. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 39571, Aug. 4, 1981. Redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 63 FR 13331, Mar. 19, 1998; 69 FR 76376, Dec. 21, 2004; 71 FR 20292, Apr. 19, 2006]