Sec. 23. relation to other authorities
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## Sec. 23 relation to other authorities **[**[21 U.S.C. 1052](/us/usc/t21/s1052)**]** ###
(a)Requirements within the scope of this Act with respect to premises, facilities, and operations of any official plant which are in addition to or different than those made under this Act may not be imposed by any State or local jurisdiction except that any such jurisdiction may impose recordkeeping and other requirements within the scope of section 11 of this Act, if consistent therewith, with respect to any such plant. ###
(b)For eggs which have moved or are moving in interstate or foreign commerce,
(1)no State or local jurisdiction may require the use of standards of quality, condition, weight, quantity, or grade which are in addition to or different from the official Federal standards,
(2)with respect to egg handlers specified in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of section 5(e), no State or local jurisdiction may impose temperature requirements pertaining to eggs packaged for the ultimate consumer which are in addition to, or different from, Federal requirements, and
(3)no State or local jurisdiction other than those in noncontiguous areas of the United States may require labeling to show the State or other geographical area of production origin: *Provided, however,* That this shall not preclude a State from requiring that the name, address, and license number of the person processing or packaging eggs, be shown on each container. Labeling, packaging, or ingredient requirements, in addition to or different than those made under this Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, may not be imposed by any State or local jurisdiction, with respect to eggs and egg proucts for the purpose of preventing the distribution for human food purposes of any such articles which are outside of such a plant and are in violation of any of said Federal Acts or any State or local law consistent therewith. Otherwise the provisions of this Act shall not invalidate any law or other provisions of any State or other jurisdiction in the absence of a conflict with this Act. ###
(c)The provisions of this Act shall not affect the applicability of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act or other Federal laws to eggs, egg products that are outside any plant processing egg products, or other food products or diminish any authority conferred on the Secretary of Health and Human Services or other Federal officials by such other laws, except that the Secretary of Agriculture shall have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate official plants processing egg products and operations thereof as to all matters within the scope of this Act. ###
(d)The detainer authority conferred on representatives of the Secretary of Agriculture by section 19 of this Act shall also apply to any authorized representative of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purposes of paragraph
(d)of section 5 of this Act, with respect to any eggs or egg products that are outside any plant processing egg products.
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