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CHAPTER I-AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Standards, Inspections, Marketing Practices) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(Parts 53 to 209)

NOTE: The title of Chapter I was changed as set forth above at 37 F.R. 8059, Apr. 25, 1972. For individual documentation of nomenclature changes in this chapter, see the List of CFR Sections Affected for this volume.

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SUBCHAPTER C-REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 (CONTINUED)

Livestock, meats, prepared meats, and meat products (grading, certification, and standards).

Grading and inspection of domestic rabbits and edible products thereof; and United States specifications for classes, standards, and grades with respect thereto.

Voluntary inspection of egg products and grading.

Grading of shell eggs and United States standards, grades and weight classes for shell eggs.

United States standards for hay and straw.

Grading and inspection, general specifications for approved plants and standards for grades of dairy products.

Inspection of eggs and egg products.

Cottonseed sold or offered for sale for crushing purposes (inspection, sampling and certification).

Regulations and standards for inspection and certification of certain agri-
cultural commodities and products thereof.

Grading and inspection of poultry and edible products thereof; and United
States classes, standards, and grades with respect thereto.

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180 Regulations and Rules of Practice Under the Plant Variety Protection Act.

201

SUBCHAPTER K-FEDERAL SEED ACT

Federal Seed Act regulations.

202 Federal Seed Act rules of practice.

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53.205

Specifications for official U.S. stand-
ards for grades of slaughter bul-
locks (quality).

53.206 Specifications

(n) Financially interested

Any person having a financial interest

in the livestock or products involved, in-

cluding but not limited to the shipper,

receiver, producer, seller, buyer, or car-

rier of the livestock or products.

(0) Applicant. Any person who has

applied for service under the regulations.

(p) Grading service. The service es-
tablished and conducted under the regu-
lations for the determination and certifi-
cation or other identification of the class,
grade, or other quality of livestock or
products under standards.

(q) Acceptance service. The service

established and conducted under the reg-

ulations for the determination and cer-

tification or other identification of the

compliance of livestock or products with

specifications.

(r) Service. Grading service or ac-

ceptance service.

(s) Class. A subdivision of livestock
or a product based on essential physical
characteristics that differentiate between
major groups of the same kind of species.

(t) Grade. (1) As a noun, this term
means an important commercial subdi-
vision of livestock or a product based on
certain definite and preference deter-
mining factors, such as, but not limited
to, conformation, finish, and quality in
meats and livestock.

(2) As a verb, this term means to de-
termine the class, grade, or other quality
of livestock or a product according to

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