[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: 9CFR329.3]

[Page 349]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 329--DETENTION; SEIZURE AND CONDEMNATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 329.3  Notification of detention to the owner of the article or livestock detained, or the owner's agent, and person having custody.

    (a) When any article or livestock is detained under this part, an 
authorized representative of the Secretary shall:
    (1) Orally notify the immediate custodian of the article or 
livestock detained, and
    (2) Promptly furnish a copy of a completed ``Notice of Detention'' 
(FSIS Form 8080-1) to the immediate custodian of the detained article or 
livestock.
    (b) If the owner of the detained article or livestock, or the 
owner's agent, is not the immediate custodian at the time of detention 
and if the owner, or owner's agent, can be ascertained and notified, an 
authorized representative of the Secretary shall furnish a copy of the 
completed ``Notice of Detention'' to the owner or the owner's agent. 
Such copy shall be served, as soon as possible, by delivering the 
notification to the owner, or the owner's agent, or by certifying and 
mailing the notification to the owner, or the owner's agent, at his or 
her last known residence or principal office or place of business.

[55 FR 47842, Nov. 16, 1990]