UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 



TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 



Chapter I — Agricultural Marketing 

 Service (Standards, Inspections, 

 Marketing Practices), Department 

 of Agriculture 



Part 52 — Processed Fruits and Vege- 

 tables, Processed Products Thereof, 

 and Certain Other Processed Food 

 Products * 



Subpart — Regulations Governing 

 Inspection and Certification 



Sec. 

 52.1 



Administration of regulations. 



DEFINITIONS 



62.2 Meaning of words. 



62.3 Terms defined. 



52.3a Designation of official cer- 

 tificates, memoranda, marks, 

 other identifications, and 

 devices for purposes of the 

 Agricultural Marketing Act. 



INSPECTION SERVICE 



62.4 Where inspection service is offered. 



62.5 Who may obtain inspection service. 



62.6 How to make application. 



62.7 Information required In connection 



with application. 



62.8 Filing of application. 



52.9 Record of filing time. 



52.10 When application may be rejected. 



62.11 When application may be withdrawn. 



62.12 Disposition of Inspected sample. 



62.13 Basis of inspection. 



62.14 Order of inspection service. 



62.15 Postponing inspection service. 



62.16 Financial Interest of Inspector. 



52.17 Forms of certificates. 



62.18 Issuance of certificates. 



52.19 Issuance of corrected certificates. 



62.20 Issuance of an inspection report In 



lieu of an Inspection certificate. 



62.21 Disposition of Inspection certificates. 



52.22 Report of Inspection results prior to 



issuance of formal report. 



APPEAL INSPECTION 



62.23 When appeal Inspection may be re- 



quested. 



62.24 Where to file for an appeal Inspection 



and Information required. 

 62.26 When an application for an appeal 

 Inspection may be withdrawn. 



62.26 When appeal inspection may be re- 



fused. 



62.27 Who shall perform appeal Inspection. 



62.28 Appeal Inspection certificate. 



LICENSING Or SAMPLERS AND INSPECTORS 



62.29 Who may become licensed sampler. 



62.30 Application to become a licensed 



sampler. 



62.31 Inspectors. 



Sec. 



62.32 Suspension or revocation of license 



of licensed sampler or licensed In- 

 spector. 



62.33 Surrender of license. 



SAMPLING 



62.34 How samples are drawn by Inspectors 



or licensed samplers. 



52.35 Accessibility for sampling. 



62.36 How officially drawn samples are to 



be Identified. 



52.37 How samples are to be shipped. 



62.38 Sampling rates for officially drawn 



samples. 



52.39 Issuance of certificate of sampling. 



52.40 Identification of lots sampled. 



FEES AND CHARGES 



52.41 Payment of fees and charges. 



52.42 Schedule of fees. 



52.43 Fees to be charged and collected for 



sampling when performed by a li- 

 censed sampler. 



62.44 Inspection fees when charges for sam- 



pling have been collected by a 

 licensed sampler. 



52.45 Inspection fees when charges for 



sampling have not been collected 

 bj a licensed sampler. 



62.46 Fee for appeal Inspection. 



52.47 Charges for micro, chemical and cer- 



tain other special analyses. 



52.48 When charges are to be based on 



hourly rate not otherwise provided 

 for in this part. 



52.49 Fees for score sheets. 



52.50 Fees for additional copies of Inspec- 



tion certificates. 



52.51 Travel and other expenses. 



62.52 Charges for inspection service on a 



contract basis. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



52.53 Approved identification. 



52.54 Fraud or misrepresentation. 



52.55 Political activity. 



52.56 Interfering with an inspector or 



licensed sampler. 



52.57 Compliance with other laws. 



52.58 Identification. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANTS OPERATING UNDER 

 CONTINUOUS INSPECTION ON A CONTRACT 

 BASIS 



62.81 



62.82 

 52.83 

 52.84 

 52.85 

 62.86 

 62.87 



1 Among such other processed food prod- 

 ucts are the following: Honey; molasses, 

 except for stock feed; nuts and nut prod- 

 ucts, except oil; sugar (cane, beet, and 

 maple); sirups (blended), sirups, except 

 from grain; marine food products, except oil. 



Plant survey. 



Premises. 



Buildings and structures. 



Facilities. 



Equipment. 



Operations and operating procedures. 



Personnel; health. 

 § 52.1 Administration of regulations. 

 The Administrator. Agricultural Market- 

 ing Service, United States Department 

 of Agriculture is charged with the 

 administration of the regulations in 

 this part except that he may delegate 

 any or all of such functions to any offi- 

 cer or employee cf the Agricultural 

 Marketing Service of the Department, 

 in his discretion. 



DEFINITIONS 



§ 52.2 Meaning of words. Words in 

 the regulations in this part in the sin- 



gular form shall be deemed to import 

 the plural and vice versa, as the case 

 may demand. 



§ 52.3 Terms defined. For the pur- 

 pose of the regulations in this part, un- 

 less the context otherwise requires, the 

 following terms shall have the following 

 meanings : 



(a) "Act" means the applicable pro- 

 visions of the Agricultural Marketing 

 Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1087; 7 U. S. C. 1621 

 et seq.), or any other act of Congress 

 conferring like authority. 



<b) "Administrator" .means the 

 Administrator of the Agricultural Mar- 

 keting Service. 



(c) "Applicant" means any interested 

 party who requests inspection service 

 under the regulations in this part. 



(d) "Case" means the number of con- 

 tainers (cased or uncased) which, by the 

 particular industry are ordinarily packed 

 in a shipping container. 



(e) "Certificate of loading" means a 

 statement, either written or printed, 

 issued pursuant to the regulations in this 

 part, relative to checkloading of a proc- 

 essed product subsequent to inspection 

 thereof. 



(f ) "Certificate of sampling" means a 

 statement, either written or printed, is- 

 sued pursuant to the regulations in this 

 part, identifying officially drawn sam- 

 ples and may include a description o* 

 condition of containers and the condi- 

 tion under which the processed product 

 is stored. 



<g) "Class" means a grade or rank 

 of quality. 



(hi "Condition" means the degree of 

 soundness of the product which may 

 affect its merchantability and includes, 

 but is not limited to those factors which 

 are subject to change as a result of age. 

 improper preparation and processing, 

 improper packaging, improper storage or 

 improper handling. 



<:> "Department" means the United 

 Stales Department of Agriculture. 



<j> "Inspection certificate" means a 

 statement, either written or printed, is- 

 sued pursuant to the regulations in this 

 part, setting forth in addition to appro- 

 priate descriptive information relative 

 to a processed product, and the con- 

 tainer thereof, the quality and condition, 

 or any part thereof, of the product and 

 may include a desciiption of the condi- 

 tions under which the produc is stored. 



(k) "Inspection service" means: 



(1) The sampling pursuant to the 

 regulations in this part; 



<2> The determination pursuant to 

 the regulations in this part of: 



(i) Essential characteristics such as 

 style, type, size, sirup density or identity 

 of any processed product which dif- 

 ferentiates between major groups of the 



