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21 CFR 118.5(a): Environmental testing for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE)
PART 118-PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF SHELL EGGS
Key facts
| Citation | 21 CFR 118.5(a) |
|---|---|
| Section | Environmental testing for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) |
| Part | PART 118-PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF SHELL EGGS |
| Subchapter | 21 CFR B Food |
| Product types cited | Food/Cosmetics |
| Regulation text (excerpt) | (a) Environmental testing when laying hens are 40 to 45 weeks of age. As one indicator of the effectiveness of your SE prevention plan, you must perform environmental testing for SE (as described in §§ 118.7 and 118.8) in a poultry house when any group of laying hens constituting the flock within the poultry house is 40 to 45 weeks of age. (1) If an environmental test at 40 to 45 weeks is negative and your laying hens do not undergo induced molting, then you do not need to perform any additional… |
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