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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter I - Agricultural Marketing Service (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices), Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter A - Commodity Standards and Standard Container Regulations |
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Part 42 - Standards for Condition of Food Containers |
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Subpart C - Skip Lot Sampling and Inspection Procedures |
§ 42.120 - Description and qualification.
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§ 42.120 Description and qualification.
Skip lot sampling and inspection are special procedures for inspecting stationary lots in which only one-half or one-fourth of the lots offered for inspection are formally inspected. Skip lot sampling and inspection procedures may be instituted only when all of the following conditions are met:
(a) When authorized by the Administrator and acceptable to the user and producer, if different from the user.
(b) When inspection is origin inspection (see § 42.102).
(c) When all lots can be expected to be of essentially the same quality.
(d) When lots from the producer are currently on, or eligible to be on, either normal or reduced inspection.