[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR316.13]

[Page 152-153]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 316--MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 316.13  Marking of outside containers.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in part 325 of this subchapter, 
when any inspected and passed product for domestic commerce is moved 
from an official establishment, the outside container shall bear an 
official inspection legend as prescribed in part 312 of this subchapter.
    (b) When any product prepared in an official establishment for 
domestic commerce has been inspected and passed and is enclosed in a 
cloth or other wrapping, such wrapping shall bear the official 
inspection legend and official establishment number applied by the 
approved 2\1/2\-inch rubber brand in the form prescribed in part 312 of 
this subchapter: Provided, That the rubber brand may be omitted if the 
official inspection legend and official establishment number on the 
product itself are clearly legible through the wrapping or the wrapping 
is labeled in accordance with part 317 of this subchapter: Provided 
further, That plain unprinted wrappings, such as stockinettes, 
cheesecloth, paper, and crinkled paper bags, for properly marked 
products, which are used solely to protect the product against soiling 
or excessive drying during transportation or storage, need not bear the 
official inspection legend.
    (c) The outside containers of products for export shall be marked in 
compliance with part 322 of this subchapter as well as this part.
    (d) Slack barrels used as outside containers of products shall have 
a cloth or paper top covering bearing the official inspection legend 
containing the official establishment number. At the time of removal of 
the covering, the official inspection legend shall be destroyed.
    (e) The outside containers of any product which has been inspected 
and passed for cooking, pork which has been refrigerated as provided in 
Sec. 318.10(c) of this subchapter, and beef which has been inspected and 
passed for refrigeration shall bear the markings and tag prescribed in 
Sec. 325.7(b) of this subchapter.
    (f) The outside containers of glands and organs which are not used 
for human food purposes, such as those described in Sec. 325.19 of this 
subchapter, shall be plainly marked with the phrase ``For pharmaceutical 
purposes,'' ``For organotherapeutic purposes'' or ``For technical 
purposes,'' as appropriate, with no reference to inspection, and need 
not bear other markings otherwise required under the regulations in this 
subchapter.
    (g) Stencils, box dies, labels, and brands may be used on shipping 
containers of properly labeled products and on such immediate 
containers, of

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properly marked products, as tierces, barrels, drums, boxes, crates, and 
large-size fiber-board containers, without approval as provided for in 
Sec. 317.3 of this subchapter: Provided, That the stencils, box dies, 
labels, and brands are not false or misleading and are approved by the 
inspector in charge. The official inspection legend for use with such 
markings shall be approved by the Administrator as provided for in part 
317 of this subchapter.
    (h) The outside containers of livers prepared as described in 
Sec. 314.10(b), shall be marked as prescribed in Sec. 314.10(c) of this 
subchapter.
    (i) The outside containers of any equine product shall be marked to 
show the kinds of animals from which derived, when the products are 
sold, transported, offered for sale or transported, or received for 
transportation in commerce.

[35 FR 15577, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 29268, July 7, 1978]