---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 70.56"
title: "7"
number: "70.56"
heading: "Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/70.56"
---

# §70.56. Grading requirements of poultry and rabbits identified with official identification.

- (a) Poultry and rabbit products to be identified with the grademarks illustrated in [§ 70.51](/cfr/7/70.51.md) must be individually graded by a grader or by authorized personnel pursuant to [§ 70.20](/cfr/7/70.20.md) and thereafter checkgraded by a grader.
- (b) Poultry and rabbit products not graded in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may be officially graded on a sample basis and the shipping containers may be identified with grademarks which contain the words “Sample Graded” and which are approved by the Administrator.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 42014, 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

[71 FR 42014, July 24, 2006]