[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR381.126]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 381_POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart N_Labeling and Containers

 

Sec. 381.126  Date of packing and date of processing; contents of cans.



    (a) Either the immediate container or the shipping container of all 

poultry food products shall be plainly and permanently marked by code or 

otherwise with the date of packing. If calendar dating is used, it must 

be accompanied by an explanatory statement, as provided in Sec. 

381.129(c)(2).

    (b) The immediate container for dressed poultry shall be marked with 

a lot number which shall be the number of the day of the year on which 

the poultry was slaughtered or a coded number.

    (c) All canned products shall be plainly and permanently marked, by 

code or otherwise, on the containers, with the identity of the contents 

and date of canning, except that canned products packed in glass 

containers are not required to be marked with the date of canning if 

such information appears on the shipping container. If calendar dating 

is used, it must be accompanied by an explanatory statement, as provided 

in Sec. 381.129(c)(2).

    (d) If any marking is by code, the inspector in charge shall be 

informed as to its meaning.



[37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, as amended at 39 FR 28516, Aug. 8, 1974; 39 

FR 35784, Oct. 4, 1974]