{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-118.7","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 118.7","heading":"Sampling methodology for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE).","body":"(a) Environmental sampling. An environmental test must be done for each poultry house in accordance with § 118.5 (a) and (b). Within each poultry house, you must sample the environment using a sampling plan appropriate to the poultry house layout.\n(b) Egg sampling. When you conduct an egg test required under § 118.6, you must collect and test the following number of eggs from the positive poultry house:\n(1) To meet the egg testing requirements of § 118.6(c), you must collect and deliver for testing a minimum of 1,000 intact eggs representative of a day's production. The 1,000-egg sample must be tested according to § 118.8. You must collect and test four 1,000-egg samples at 2-week intervals for a total of 4,000 eggs.\n(2) To meet the monthly egg testing requirement of § 118.6(e), you must collect and deliver for testing a minimum of 1,000 intact eggs representative of a day's production per month for the life of the flock. Eggs must be tested according to § 118.8.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION","PART 118—PRODUCTION, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION OF SHELL EGGS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"bd17d8dc367ff8b17c2c407cb54d52d623f091d03653c94445ecd0f17b1e1018","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-118.6","next":"us/21-cfr-118.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}