Subpart A - General  


Certificates
§ 590.400 - Form of certificates.
§ 590.402 - Egg products inspection certificates.
§ 590.404 - Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.
§ 590.406 - Disposition of official certificates.
§ 590.407 - Export certification and marking of containers with export inspection mark.
Relation to Other Authorities
§ 590.30 - At official plants.
§ 590.35 - Eggs and egg products outside official plants.
Records and Related Requirements for Eggs and Egg Products Handlers and Related Industries
§ 590.200 - Records and related requirements.
§ 590.220 - Information and assistance to be furnished to inspectors.
Eggs and Egg Products Not Intended for Human Food
§ 590.40 - Egg products not intended for human food.
§ 590.45 - Prohibition on eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food.
Application for Service
§ 590.140 - Application for grant of inspection.
§ 590.142 - Filing of application.
§ 590.144 - Authority of applicant.
§ 590.146 - Survey and grant of inspection.
§ 590.148 - Order of service.
§ 590.149 - Conditions for receiving inspection.
Inspection, Reinspection, Condemnation, and Retention
§ 590.420 - Inspection.
§ 590.422 - Condemnation.
§ 590.424 - Reinspection.
§ 590.426 - Retention.
Inauguration of Service
§ 590.150 - Official plant numbers.
§ 590.155 - Inauguration of service.
Definitions
§ 590.1 - Meaning of words.
§ 590.5 - Terms defined.
Exemptions
§ 590.100 - Specific exemptions.
§ 590.105 - Suspension or termination of exemptions.
Administration
§ 590.10 - Authority.
§ 590.13 - Federal and State cooperation.
§ 590.17 - Nondiscrimination.
§ 590.18 - OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Denial of Service
§ 590.160 - Clean Water Act; refusal, suspension, or withdrawal of service.
§ 590.161 - Termination of plant approval.
Laboratory
§ 590.580 - Pathogen reduction standards testing.
§ 590.590 - xxx
Imports
§ 590.970 - Charges for storage, cartage, and labor with respect to products imported contrary to the Act.
Refrigeration of Shell Eggs
§ 590.50 - Egg temperature and labeling requirements.
Administrative Detention
§ 590.240 - Detaining product.
Identification of Restricted Eggs or Egg Products Not Intended for Human Consumption
§ 590.800 - Identification of restricted eggs.
§ 590.801 - xxx
§ 590.840 - Identification of inedible, unwholesome, or adulterated egg products.
§ 590.860 - Identification wording.
Inspection and Disposition of Restricted Eggs
Appeal of an Inspection or Decision
§ 590.300 - Appeal inspections.
§ 590.310 - Appeal inspections; how made.
§ 590.320 - How to file an appeal inspection or decision review.
§ 590.330 - When an application for an appeal inspection may be refused.
§ 590.340 - Who must perform the appeal inspection or decision review.
§ 590.350 - Appeal samples.
§ 590.360 - Appeal inspection certificates.
§ 590.370 - Cost of appeals.
Exempted Egg Products Plants
§ 590.600 - Application for exemption.
§ 590.610 - Criteria for exemption.
§ 590.620 - Authority of applicant.
§ 590.630 - Filing of application.
§ 590.640 - Application for exemption; approval.
§ 590.650 - Exempted plant registration number.
§ 590.660 - Inspection of exempted plants.
§ 590.670 - Termination of exemption.
§ 590.680 - Approval of labeling for egg products processed in exempted egg products processing plants.
§ 590.700 - xxx
§ 590.720 - xxx
Performance of Service
§ 590.110 - Licensed inspectors.
§ 590.112 - Suspension of license or authority; revocation.
§ 590.114 - Surrender of license.
§ 590.116 - Activities of inspectors.
§ 590.118 - Identification.
§ 590.119 - Political activity.
§ 590.120 - Financial interest of inspectors.
§ 590.122 - Time of inspection.
§ 590.124 - Schedule of operation of official plants.
§ 590.126 - Overtime inspection service.
§ 590.128 - Holiday inspection service.
§ 590.130 - Basis of billing plants.
§ 590.132 - Access to plants.
§ 590.134 - Accessibility of product and cooler rooms.
§ 590.136 - Accommodations and equipment to be furnished by facilities for use of inspection program personnel in performing service.
Identifying and Marking Product
§ 590.410 - Egg products required to be labeled.
§ 590.411 - Label approval.
§ 590.412 - Approval of generic labels.
§ 590.413 - xxx
§ 590.414 - Products bearing the official inspection mark.
§ 590.415 - Use of other official identification.
§ 590.417 - Unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels.
§ 590.418 - Supervision of marking and packaging.
§ 590.419 - Reuse of containers bearing official identification prohibited.
Entry of Material Into Official Egg Products Plants
§ 590.430 - Limitation on entry of material.
§ 590.435 - Use of food ingredients and approval of materials.
§ 590.440 - Processing ova.
Scope of Inspection
§ 590.20 - Inspection in accordance with methods prescribed or approved.
§ 590.22 - Basis of service.
§ 590.24 - Egg products plants requiring continuous inspection.
§ 590.26 - Egg products entering or prepared in official plants.
§ 590.28 - Other inspections.
Sanitary, Processing, and Facility Requirements
§ 590.500 - Plant requirements.
§ 590.502 - Equipment and utensils; PCB-containing equipment.
§ 590.504 - General operating procedures.
§ 590.506 - Candling and transfer-room facilities and equipment.
§ 590.508 - Candling and transfer-room operations.
§ 590.510 - Classifications of shell eggs used in the processing of egg products.
§ 590.515 - Egg cleaning operations.
§ 590.516 - Cleaning of eggs prior to packaging, breaking, or pasteurizing.
§ 590.520 - Breaking room facilities.
§ 590.522 - Egg products processing room operations.
§ 590.530 - Liquid egg cooling.
§ 590.532 - Liquid egg holding.
§ 590.534 - Freezing facilities.
§ 590.536 - Freezing operations.
§ 590.538 - Defrosting facilities.
§ 590.539 - Defrosting operations.
§ 590.540 - Spray process drying facilities.
§ 590.542 - Spray process drying operations.
§ 590.544 - Spray process powder; definitions and requirements.
§ 590.546 - Albumen flake process drying facilities.
§ 590.547 - Albumen flake process drying operations.
§ 590.548 - Drying, blending, packaging, and heat treatment rooms and facilities.
§ 590.549 - Dried egg storage.
§ 590.550 - Washing and sanitizing room or area facilities.
§ 590.552 - Cleaning and sanitizing requirements.
§ 590.560 - Health and hygiene of personnel.
§ 590.570 - Control of pathogens in pasteurized egg products.
§ 590.575 - Heat treatment of dried whites.