[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR325.5]

[Page 319-320]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 325--TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 325.5  Unmarked inspected product transported under official seal between official establishments for further processing; certificate.

    (a) Any product which has been inspected and passed may be 
transported from one official establishment to another for further 
processing without each article being marked with the official 
inspection legend, if it is so transported in a railroad car, 
motortruck, or other means of conveyance which is sealed by a Program 
employee with an official seal of the Department prescribed in 
Sec. 312.5(a) of this

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subchapter. Unless 25 percent or more of the contents of each car or 
other means of conveyance consists of product not marked with the 
inspection legend, transportation will not be permitted under this 
paragraph.
    (b) When articles are offered for transportation under paragraph (a) 
of this section, the initial carrier shall require, and the shipper 
shall make in duplicate and deliver to the carrier, one copy of a 
certificate in the following form: \1\
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    \1\ For convenience in filing, it is requested that these 
certificates be made on paper 5\1/2\ x 8 inches in size.
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                                                   Date __________, 19__
Name of carrier_________________________________________________________
Establishment number of consignor_______________________________________
Point of shipment_______________________________________________________
Establishment number of consignee_______________________________________
Destination_____________________________________________________________
Car number and initials_________________________________________________
License number of other means of conveyance_____________________________

    I hereby certify that the following described product has been U.S. 
inspected and passed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and that it 
is not marked ``U.S. inspected and passed,'' but has been placed in the 
means of conveyance specified above under the supervision of an employee 
of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Programs of said Department, and the 
means of conveyance has been sealed by him with official U.S. Government 
seals Nos. ---- and ----.

                Kind of product        Amount and weight

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

                                                  (Signature of shipper)

                                                    (Address of shipper)


When paunches are offered for transportation under this paragraph, the 
initial carrier shall require, and the shipper shall make in duplicate 
and deliver to the carrier, one copy of a certificate in duplicate in 
the form set out in Sec. 325.5(b), appropriately modified. Certificates 
in this form or copies thereof need not be forwarded to any official or 
office of the Department, but the original of the certificate shall be 
retained by the carrier and a copy shall be retained by the shipper in 
accordance with part 320 of this subchapter. If the shipper is also the 
carrier, he shall nevertheless execute and retain the certificate in 
accordance with part 320 of this subchapter.
    (c) The signature of the shipper or his agent shall be written in 
full. This certificate may be stamped upon or incorporated in any form 
ordinarily used in the transportation of product. Certificates in this 
form or copies thereof need not be forwarded to any official or office 
of the Department. The original of the certificate required by this 
section shall be retained by the carrier and a copy shall be retained by 
the shipper in accordance with part 320 of this subchapter. If the 
shipper is also the carrier, he shall nevertheless execute and retain 
the certificate in accordance with part 320 of this subchapter.