{"data":{"id":"us/9-cfr-590.124","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"9 CFR 590.124","heading":"Schedule of operation of official plants.","body":"Operating schedules for an official plant shall be subject to approval of the Administrator. The normal operating schedule shall consist of a continuous 8-hour period per day and shall include the time for FSIS inspection program personnel to put on required gear and to walk to a work station, and the time for FSIS inspection program personnel to return from a work station and remove required gear (excluding not to exceed 1 hour for lunch), 5 consecutive days per week, within the administrative workweek, Sunday through Saturday, for each full shift required. Clock hours of daily operations need not be specified in a schedule, although as a condition of continuance of approval of a schedule, the hours of operation must be reasonably uniform from day to day.","path":["Title 9—Animals and Animal Products","CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER I—EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION","PART 590—INSPECTION OF EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS (EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT)","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-9.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:03Z","sha256":"5fc3f2e1a294d09413743c7739132c1f385d227ea169ac45cb81935b607716a9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/9-cfr-590.122","next":"us/9-cfr-590.126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}