Volume 85
Public Law 92–67
To amend the Egg Products Inspection Act to provide that certain plants which process egg products shall be exempt from such Act for a certain period of time.
Approved August 6, 1971
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Egg Products Inspection Act to provide that certain plants which process egg products shall be exempt from such Act for a certain period of time.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 15 of
Egg products.
Certain processing plants, exemption.
the Egg Products Inspection Act (84 Stat. 1629) is amended by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
“(b) The Secretary shall, by regulation and under such procedures as he may prescribe, exempt any plant located within noncontiguous areas of the United States from specific provisions of this Act where, despite good faith efforts by the owner of such plant, such owner has not been able to bring his plant into full compliance with this Act: Provided, That in order to provide at least minimum standards for the protection of the public health, whenever processing operations are being conducted at any such plant, continuous inspection shall be maintained to assure that it is operated in a sanitary manner. No
Termination date.
exemption under this subsection shall be granted for a period extending beyond December 31, 1971.”
Approved August 6, 1971.