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Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-110

§1036 Pasteurization and Labeling of Egg Products at Official Plants

Title 21 › CHAPTER 15 — EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION › § 1036

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Egg products that pass inspection at an official plant must be pasteurized before they leave, unless the Secretary allows an exception. Packages must show the official inspection mark and plant number, and any other information the Secretary requires so the product is described accurately and not misleading. Labels or containers that are false, misleading, or not approved by the Secretary cannot be used. If the Secretary believes a label or container is misleading, the Secretary can order it stopped or changed. The user can ask for a hearing, but the Secretary may require the label or container to be withheld while the matter is decided. A person unhappy with the Secretary’s final decision must appeal to the U.S. court of appeals for their circuit or the D.C. Circuit within 30 days, following the rules in section 194 of title 7.

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Title 21, §1036

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(a)Contents of label
Egg products inspected at any official plant under the authority of this chapter and found to be not adulterated shall be pasteurized before they leave the official plant, except as otherwise permitted by regulations of the Secretary, and shall at the time they leave the official plant, bear in distinctly legible form on their shipping containers or immediate containers, or both, when required by regulations of the Secretary, the official inspection legend and official plant number, of the plant where the products were processed, and such other information as the Secretary may require by regulations to describe the products adequately and to assure that they will not have false or misleading labeling.
(b)False or misleading or use of nonapproved labeling or containers; determination by Secretary; procedures applicable; appeal
No labeling or container shall be used for egg products at official plants if it is false or misleading or has not been approved as required by the regulations of the Secretary. If the Secretary has reason to believe that any labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to egg products at any official plant is false or misleading in any particular, he may direct that such use be withheld unless the labeling or container is modified in such manner as he may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the labeling or container does not accept the determination of the Secretary, such person may request a hearing, but the use of the labeling or container shall, if the Secretary so directs, be withheld pending hearing and final determination by the Secretary. Any such determination by the Secretary shall be conclusive unless, within thirty days after receipt of notice of such final determination, the person adversely affected thereby appeals to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such person has its principal place of business or to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The provisions of section 194 of title 7, shall be applicable to appeals taken under this section.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), 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. § 1036

Title 21, Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110