TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SUBCHAPTER C - REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT

PART 70 - VOLUNTARY GRADING OF POULTRY PRODUCTS AND RABBIT PRODUCTS

subpart a - GRADING OF POULTRY PRODUCTS AND RABBIT PRODUCTS

70.15 - Equipment and facilities to be furnished for use of graders in performing service on a resident basis.

Such equipment and facilities shall include but not be limited to: (a) An accurate metal stem thermometer.

  (b) A drill with a steel bit to drill holes in frozen product for inserting the metal thermometer stem to determine temperature.

  (c) Scales graduated in tenths of a pound or less for weighing carcasses, parts, or products individually or in containers up to 100 pounds, and test weights for such scales.

  (d) Scales graduated in one-pound graduation or less for weighing bulk containers of poultry and test weights for such scales.

  (e) Furnished adequate office space, a desk equipped with a satisfactory locking device, lockers or cabinets suitable for the protection and storage of official supplies and facilities suitable for graders to change clothing.

[41 FR 23681, June 11, 1976. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 17280, May 9, 1986; 60 FR 6640, Feb. 2, 1995]