[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR340.7]

[Page 417]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
 PART 340--INTRODUCTION OF ORGANISMS AND PRODUCTS ALTERED OR PRODUCED THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING WHICH ARE PLANT PESTS OR WHICH THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE ARE 
PLANT PESTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 340.7  Marking and identity.

    (a) Any regulated article to be imported other than by mail, shall, 
at the time of importation into the United States, plainly and correctly 
bear on the outer container the following information:
    (1) General nature and quantity of the contents;
    (2) Country and locality where collected, developed, manufactured, 
reared, cultivated or cultured;
    (3) Name and address of shipper, owner, or person shipping or 
forwarding the organism;
    (4) Name, address, and telephone number of consignee;
    (5) Identifying shipper's mark and number; and
    (6) Number of written permit authorizing the importation.
    (b) Any regulated article imported by mail, shall be plainly and 
correctly addressed and mailed to APHIS at a port of entry designated by 
an asterisk in 7 CFR 319.37-14(b) and shall be accompanied by a separate 
sheet of paper within the package plainly and correctly bearing the 
name, address, and telephone number of the intended recipient, and shall 
plainly and correctly bear on the outer container the following 
information:
    (1) General nature and quantity of the contents;
    (2) Country and locality where collected, developed, manufactured, 
reared, cultivated, or cured;
    (3) Name and address of shipper, owner, or person shipping or 
forwarding the regulated article; and
    (4) Number of permit authorizing the importation;
    (c) Any regulated article imported into the United States by mail or 
otherwise shall, at the time of importation or offer for importation 
into the United States, be accompanied by an invoice or packing list 
indicating the contents of the shipment.

[52 FR 22908, June 16, 1987. Redesignated at 58 FR 17056, Mar. 31, 1993, 
as amended at 58 FR 17059, Mar. 31, 1993; 62 FR 23958, May 2, 1997]