[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR12.7]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.7  Permits required for importation.

    (a) Under the Act of February 15, 1927 (44 Stat. 1101, as amended, 
21 U.S.C. 141-149), commonly known as the Federal Import Milk Act, the 
importation into the United States of milk and cream is prohibited 
unless the person by whom such milk or cream is shipped or transported 
into the United States holds a valid permit from the Department of 
Health and Human Services. Such permits become invalid at the end of one 
year unless applications for renewal are filed prior to the date of 
expiration.
    (b) The regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services 
under the said act require that each container of milk or cream shipped 
or transported into the United States by a permittee shall have firmly 
attached thereto a tag showing in clear and legible type the product 
(raw milk, pasteurized milk, raw cream, or pasteurized cream) the permit 
number and the name and address of the shipper; except that in case of 
unit shipments consisting of milk only or cream only under one permit 
number, each container need not be so marked if the vehicle of 
transportation is sealed and tagged with the above-mentioned tag. In 
such case the tag is required to show, in addition to the other required 
information, the number of containers and the contents of each. Customs 
officers shall not permit the importation of any milk or cream that is 
not tagged in accordance with such regulations.

[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35475, 
Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]

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