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 62—LIVESTOCK, MEAT, AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES (QUALITY SYSTEMS VERIFICATION PROGRAMS) > SUBPART A—Quality Systems Verification Programs Definitions (§62.000 to §62.400) > 62.213—Official identification.

62.213—Official identification.

The following, as shown in figure 1, constitutes official identification to show product or services produced under an approved USDA, Process Verified Program (PVP):
Figure 1.

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(a) Products or services produced under an approved USDA, PVP may use the “USDA Process Verified” statement and the “USDA Process Verified” shield, so long as, both the statement and shield are used in direct association with a clear description of the process verified points that have been approved by the Branch.
(b) Use of the “USDA Process Verified” statement and the “USDA Process Verified” shield shall be approved in writing by Chief prior to use by an applicant.