Title 21 — Food and DrugsRelease 119-73
§1039 Eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food; inspection; denaturing or otherwise identifying
Title 21 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION › § 1039
Summary
Plants that process eggs or egg products not meant for people to eat do not get inspection under this chapter. Before those products are sold or shipped in commerce, they must be denatured or clearly marked as the Secretary’s rules require, and they cannot be bought, sold, or transported unless they are so denatured or identified.
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Title 21, §1039
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Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter 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.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–597, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1620, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1031 of this title and Tables.
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of this section, see section 29 of Pub. L. 91–597, set out as a note under section 1031 of this title.
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21 U.S.C. § 1039
Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73