[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR800.15]

[Page 524-525]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 800--GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 800.15  Services.

    (a) General. These regulations implement requirements for a national 
inspection and weighing system. This system promotes the uniform and 
accurate application of the official grain standards and provides 
inspection and weighing services required by the Act and as requested by 
applicants for official services. The types and kinds of services 
available under the Act and regulations can be obtained at all specified 
service points in the United States and on U.S. grain in Canadian ports.
    (b) Responsibilities for complying with the official inspection, 
aflatoxin testing, and weighing requirements.
    (1) Export grain. Exporters are responsible for (i) complying with 
all inspection, Class X weighing, and other certification provisions and 
requirements of section 5(a)(1) of the Act and the regulations 
applicable to export grain and (ii) having all corn, as defined in 
Sec. 810.401, exported from the United States tested for aflatoxin 
contamination unless the buyer and seller agree not to have the corn 
tested. The Service shall perform the aflatoxin testing service unless 
the buyer and seller

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agree to have the corn tested by an entity other than the Service.
    (2) Intercompany barges. Operators of export elevators at export 
port locations are responsible for complying with Class X weighing 
requirements and regulations covering intercompany grain shipments 
received by barge.
    (3) Grain in marked containers. When grain is in a container that 
bears an official grade designation or mark, the person who places the 
designation or mark on the container or the person who places the grain 
in a container that bears the designation or mark shall be responsible 
for determining that the grain has been inspected or weighed by official 
personnel and qualifies for the official grade designation or mark.
    (4) Grain for which representations have been made. Any person who 
makes a representation that (i) grain has been officially inspected or 
weighed; or (ii) grain has been officially inspected or weighed and 
found to be of a particular kind, class, quality, condition, or weight; 
or (iii) particular facts have been established with respect to the 
grain by official inspection or weighing, shall be responsible for 
determining that the representation is true and is not in violation of 
the Act and regulations.

[50 FR 49668, Dec. 4, 1985, as amended at 57 FR 2439, Jan. 22, 1992]