[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 19CFR12.33]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.33  Importation of tea; entry; examination for customs purposes.

    (a) The importation of any merchandise as tea which is inferior in 
purity, quality, and fitness for consumption to the standards prescribed 
by the Act of March 2, 1897, as amended (21 U.S.C. 41 through 50), is 
prohibited. Customs officers and employees shall perform all duties 
required of them by the said act and regulations.
    (b) The importation of tea is subject also to the provisions of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the regulations thereunder. See 
Sec. Sec. 12.1 to 12.5.
    (c) [Reserved]
    (d) The port director may order such an examination of packages 
containing tea as will satisfy him that no dutiable goods are packed 
therein. For this purpose the customary designation shall be made of 
packages for examination in public stores.
    (e) If the invoice has not been received, the importer may use an 
additional copy of the chop list and release permit required by the 
regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services as a pro 
forma invoice, marking ``Pro forma invoice'' across the face thereof.

[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 78-99, 43 FR 13060, Mar. 
29, 1978; T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35477, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 84-213, 49 FR 
41167, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988; T.D. 97-82, 
62 FR 51770, Oct. 3, 1997]

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