[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: 9CFR327.5]

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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. 327.5  Importer to make application for inspection of products for entry; information required; ``streamlined'' inspection procedures for Canadian product.

    (a) Except for importers of Canadian products, each importer shall 
apply for inspection of any product offered for entry by contacting the 
Import Field Office covering the location where import inspection will 
take place. The Import Field Office will provide specific application 
instructions (See Sec. 301.2 (yyy)).
    (b) The application should be made as long as possible in advance of 
the anticipated arrival of each consignment, except in case of 
consignments of products expressly exempted from inspection by 
Secs. 327.16 and 327.17, and in the case of product imported from 
Canada.
    (c) Except in the case of product imported from Canada, each 
application shall state the approximate date on which the consignment is 
due to arrive at such port in the United States, the

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name of the ship or other carrier transporting it, the name of the 
country from which the product was, or is to be, shipped, the place 
where inspection is desired in accordance with Sec. 327.6, the quantity 
and kind of product, and whether it is fresh, cured, canned or otherwise 
prepared. In case of consignments arriving in the United States by 
water, the application shall also state the port of first arrival in the 
United States.
    (d) For participating Canadian establishments, an official of the 
Canadian meat inspection system shall contact the participating Import 
Field Office for an inspection assignment (See Sec. 301.2 (yyy)).
    (1) If the Automated Import Information System (AIIS) does not 
designate the consignment for reinspection, the consignment may be 
transported to its consignee for further distribution.
    (2) If the AIIS designates the consignment for reinspection, the 
representative shall:
    (i) Select samples in accordance with USDA sampling tables.\3\
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    \3\ A copy of the sampling tables is available, upon request, from 
the Import Inspection Division, International Programs, Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 
20250.
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    (ii) Identify and place samples in the vehicle for easy removal and 
reinspection by an import inspector.
    (3) In the event that any one of the requirements provided in (d)(2) 
of this section is not met, reinspection of the consignment shall be 
conducted by a Program import inspector in accordance with established 
procedures provided in the regulations for other imported products.

[54 FR 274, Jan. 5, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989]