---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 70.20"
title: "7"
number: "70.20"
heading: "Who may be licensed and authorized."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/70.20"
---

# §70.20. Who may be licensed and authorized.

- (a) Any person who is a Federal or State employee, the employee of a local jurisdiction, or the employee of a cooperating agency possessing proper qualifications as determined by an examination for competency and who is to perform grading service under this part may be licensed by the Secretary as a grader.
- (b) All licenses issued by the Secretary shall be countersigned by the officer in charge of the poultry grading service of the AMS or any other designated officer of such Service.
- (c) Any person who is employed by any official plant and possesses proper qualifications as determined by the Administrator may be authorized to grade poultry and/or rabbits on the basis of the U.S. classes, standards, and grades under the supervision of a grader. No person to whom such authorization is granted shall have authority to issue any grading certificates, grading memoranda, or other official documents; and all products graded by any such person shall thereafter be check graded by a grader.

## Notes

### Amendments

[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 71 FR 42012, July 24, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 23681, June 11, 1976, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 42 FR 32514, June 27, 1977, and further redesignated at 46 FR 63203, Dec. 31, 1981.

### Amendments

[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 71 FR 42012, July 24, 2006]