[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: 9CFR327.12]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 327--IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 327.12  Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels; sampling and inspection.

    (a) Samples of foreign canned or packaged products bearing on their 
immediate containers trade labels which have not been approved under 
Sec. 317.3 of this subchapter shall be collected and forwarded to the 
laboratory by the Program inspector for examination, and the products 
shall be held pending receipt of the report of the laboratory findings 
and the results of the examination of trade labels and the marks on 
shipping containers.
    (b) Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels and 
other markings which have been approved under Sec. 317.3 of this 
subchapter shall be

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inspected for soundness and checked for net weight. Samples may be 
collected for laboratory examination, but the products may be released 
under customs' bond pending the report of laboratory findings.
    (c) Samples shall be taken from foreign canned products or packaged 
products as required by Sec. 327.6 (a) and (j) of this part.

[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 49 FR 36818, Sept. 20, 1984]