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[71 Stat. 444]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 444]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-172-AUG. 28, 1957

[71 S T A T.

(c) All poultry carcasses and parts thereof and poultry products found to be unwholesome or adulterated shall be condennied and shall, if no ap)peal be taken from such determination of condemnation, be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector: Provided, That carcasses, parts, and products, which may by reprocessing be made not unwholesome and not adulterated, need not be so condemned and destroyed if so reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and thereafter found to be not unwholesome and not adulterated. If an appeal be taken from such determination, the carcasses, parts, or products shall be appropriately marked and segregated pending completion of an appeal inspection, which appeal shall be at the cost of the appellant i i the Secretary determines that the appeal is frivolous. If the determination of condemnation is sustained the carcasses, parts, and products shall be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector. SANITATIOBT, F A C I L I T I E S, A N D

PRACTICES

SEC. 7. (a) Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products for commerce or in or for marketing in a designated major consuming area shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in commerce or in a designated major consuming area, of poultry products which are unwholesome or adulterated. (b) The Secretary shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section. LABELING

SEC. 8. (a) Each shipping container of any poultry product inspected under the authority of this Act and found to be wholesome and not adulterated, shall at the time such product leaves the official establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, the official inspection mark and the approved plant number of the official establishment in which the contents were processed. Each immediate container of any poultry product inspected under the authority of this Act and found to be wholesome and not adulterated shall at the time such product leaves the official establishment bear, in addition to the official inspection mark, in distinctly legible form, the name of the product, a statement of ingredients if faoricated from two or more ingredients including a (feclaration as to artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, if any, the net weight or other appropriate measure of the contents, the name and address of the processor and the approved plant number of the official establishment in which the contents were processed. The name and address of the distributor may be used in lieu of the name and address of the processor if the approved plant number is used to identify the official establishment in which the poultry product was prepared and packed. The Secretary may permit reasonable variations and grant exemptions from the foregoing labeling requirements in any manner not in conflict with the purposes of this Act. (b) The use of any written, printed or graphic matter upon or accompanying any poultry product inspected or required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of this Act or the container thereof which is false or misleading in any particular is prohibited. No poultry products inspected or required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, or corporation under any false or deceptive name; but estab-