(a) No person shall- (1) slaughter any poultry or process any poultry products which are capable of use as human food at any establishment processing any such articles for commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter; (2) sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, (A) any poultry products which are capable of use as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation
A product may not be sold in California if it is the result of force feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird's liver beyond normal size. Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 25982 Added by Stats 2004 ch 904 (SB 1520), s 1, eff. 1/1/2005, op. 7/1/2012.
(a) Storage and handling of poultry products; violation of regulations The Secretary may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, or importing, such articles, whenever the Secretary deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the
(a)Delegations of authority. The Secretary of Agriculture and Under Secretary for Food Safety have delegated to the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service the responsibility for exercising the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under various statutes (see 7 CFR 2.7 , 2.18 , and 2.53 ) . (b)Implementing regulations. This chapter of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (9 CFR chapter III) includes, in addition to administrative rules, rules and regulations that implement
(a) For the purposes of the regulations in this part, unless otherwise required by the context, the singular form shall also import the plural and the masculine form shall also import the feminine, and vice versa. (b) For the purposes of such regulations, unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: Acceptable. "Acceptable" means suitable for the purpose intended and acceptable to the Administrator. Act. "Act" means the Poultry Products
(a)Authorization to establish specifications. (1) The Administrator is authorized to establish specifications or definitions and standards of identity or composition, covering the principal constituents of any poultry product with respect to which a specified name of the product or other labeling terminology may be used, whenever he determines such action is necessary to prevent sale of the product under false or misleading labeling. Further, the Administrator is authorized to prescribe definitions
(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided or required in the context of a particular part of the regulations: Administrator means the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service or any other officer or employee of the Department to whom authority has been or may in the future be delegated to act in his or her stead. Circuit Supervisor means the official of the Inspection Service who is assigned responsibility for supervising the conduct of inspection at a specific group of official establishments
(a) When used in this part, the following terms are defined to mean: (1)Import (imported). To bring within the territorial limits of the United States whether that arrival is accomplished by land, air, or water. (2)Offer(ed) for entry. The point at which the importer presents the imported product for reinspection. (3)Entry (entered). The point at which imported product offered for entry receives reinspection and is marked with the official mark of inspection, as required by § 381.204 . (b) No slaughtered
(a) No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce or from any official establishment, any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with the regulations. (b) (1) No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any slaughtered poultry or other poultry product which is capable of use as human food and is adulterated