21 U.S.C. § 1039 — Eggs and egg products not intended for use as human food; inspection; denaturing or otherwise identifying

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Egg plants that make egg products not meant for human food are not inspected under this chapter. But before sale or shipment, they must be denatured or identified to stop people eating them. No one may buy, sell, or transport such eggs unless this has been done.

Egg processing plants that make egg products not meant for human food do not get inspected under this chapter. That inspection requirement simply does not apply to such a plant.

Before these products may be offered for sale, or shipped in commerce, they must be denatured, or otherwise identified, under regulations set by the Secretary. This step must be done specifically to deter people from using the eggs or egg products as human food.

No one may buy or sell these restricted eggs or egg products. No one may transport them, and no one may offer to buy, sell, or ship them in commerce. All of this is barred unless the eggs or egg products have already been denatured or otherwise identified, exactly as the Secretary's regulations require.

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- Codified at 21 U.S.C. § 1039, addressing eggs and egg products not intended for human food, including inspection and denaturing/identification requirements. - Enacted by Pub. L. 91–597, § 10, dated December 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 1627). - Statutory text comprises 111 words. - Single source-credit reference cited, corresponding to one amendment.

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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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–597, § 10, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1627.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-597 · 84 Stat. 1627

The record. According to the source credit, this section was enacted as § 10 of Public Law 91-597, approved December 29, 1970, and published at 84 Stat. 1627. The source credit reflects one amendment to the section since its original enactment, though the details of that amendment are not given here and cannot be characterized further from the citation alone. Historical context. Public Law 91-597 is generally understood to be the Egg Products Inspection Act, a statute enacted in 1970 as part of a broader federal effort to strengthen food-safety oversight of egg products moving in interstate commerce. Legislation of this era commonly responded to concerns that eggs and egg products unfit or not intended for human consumption could nonetheless enter the food supply, and that inspection and labeling requirements were needed to protect public health and to give federal and state authorities consistent tools for enforcement. Within that general framework, this particular section addresses eggs and egg products not intended for human food, requiring that such items be denatured or otherwise marked to prevent their diversion into the human food supply. This purpose is consistent with the commonly cited goals of the Act as a whole. However, the record does not establish the specific legislative reasoning, debate, or committee deliberation behind this particular provision, and no such detail should be inferred beyond what is stated here.

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