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21 CFR 118.5(b): Environmental testing for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE)

PART 118-PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF SHELL EGGS

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Citation 21 CFR 118.5(b)
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) (b) Environmental testing after an induced molting period. If you induce a molt in a flock or a group in a flock, you must perform environmental testing for SE in the poultry house at 4 to 6 weeks after the end of any molting process. (1) If an environmental test at 4 to 6 weeks after the end of the molting process is negative and none of your laying hens in that poultry house is molted again, then you do not need to perform any additional environmental testing in that poultry house. Each time a…

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