[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: 9CFR322.2]

[Page 318]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 322--EXPORTS \1\--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 322.2  Export certificates; instructions concerning issuance.

    (a) Upon application of the exporter, the inspector in charge is 
authorized to issue official export certificates for shipments of 
inspected and passed product to any foreign country. Certificates should 
be issued at the time the products leave the official establishment; if 
not issued at that time they may be issued later only after 
identification and reinspection of the products.
    (b) Official export certificates shall be issued with serial numbers 
and in triplicate form. Quadruplicate certificates may be issued for any 
exportation on request of the exporter. Each certificate shall show the 
names of the exporter and the consignee, the destination, the number and 
types of packages, the shipping marks, the kinds of products, and the 
weight of the products in accordance with Sec. 317.2 of this subchapter.
    (c) Only one certificate shall be issued for each consignment, 
except that for sufficient reasons new certificates in lieu of the 
original certificates may be issued. A certificate issued in lieu of 
another shall show in the left hand margin the notation ``Issued in lieu 
of * * *'', and the number of the certificate which is superseded. The 
certificate that is superseded when another is issued in lieu thereof, 
shall if available, be surrendered to the inspector in charge and marked 
by him to show in the left hand margin the number of the certificate 
which supersedes it, as follows: ``Superseded by No. ----''.
    (d) The original of the certificate shall be delivered to the 
shipper and may be furnished by him to the consignee for purposes of 
effecting the entry of product into the foreign country of destination.
    (e) The duplicate of the certificate shall be delivered to the 
shipper and shall be delivered by the shipper to the agent of the 
railroad or other carrier which transports the consignment from the 
United States otherwise than by water, or to the chief officer of the 
vessel on which the export shipment is made, or to the vessel's agent 
and shall be used only by such carrier and only for the purpose of 
effecting the transportation of the consignment certified. The chief 
officer of the vessel or the vessel's agent, shipper or shipper's agent 
shall file such duplicate with the Customs officer within four (4) 
business days of the clearance of the vessel at the time of filing the 
complete manifest. In the interim period, the vessel will be cleared by 
Customs on the basis of a statement, under the shipper's or agent's 
letterhead, containing the number of boxes, the number of pounds, the 
product name and the USDA export certificate number that covers the 
shipment of the product. No clearance shall be given to a vessel 
carrying meat products unless either the duplicate of the certificate or 
the prescribed statement referencing the certificate has been presented 
to Customs.
    (f) The triplicate of the certificate shall be retained in the 
circuit file.
    (g) Under no circumstances shall the original or the triplicate of 
such certificate be used for the purpose prescribed by paragraph (e) of 
this section for the duplicate.
    (h) Upon request, official export certificates may be issued by 
inspectors for export consignments of product of official establishments 
not under their supervision, provided the consignments are first 
identified as having been ``U.S. inspected and passed'' and are found to 
be neither adulterated nor misbranded, and marked as required by 
Sec. 322.1.

[35 FR 15604, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 42 FR 11826, Mar. 1, 1977; 51 
FR 31938, Sept. 8, 1986]