[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR999.500]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 999_SPECIALTY CROPS; IMPORT REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 999.500  Safeguard procedures for walnuts and certain dates 
exempt from grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements.

    (a) Each person who imports:
    (1) Dates which are donated to needy persons, prisoners or Native 
Americans on reservations; or
    (2) Walnuts which are: green walnuts (so immature that they cannot 
be used for drying and sale as dried walnuts);

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walnuts used in non-competitive outlets such as use by charitable 
institutions, relief agencies, governmental agencies for school lunch 
programs, and diversion to animal feed or oil manufacture shall obtain 
an ``Importer's Exempt Commodity Form'' (FV-6) from the Marketing Order 
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, and 
shall show the completed ``Importer's Exempt Commodity Form'' to the 
U.S. Customs Service Regional Director or District Director, as 
applicable, at the port at which the customs entry is filed. One copy 
shall be mailed to the Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 
Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, with a postmark not later than two days 
after the date of importation and a third copy shall accompany the lot 
to the exempt outlet specified on the form. Any lot offered for 
inspection and, all or a portion thereof, imported as exempt under this 
provision shall be reported on an ``Importer's Exempt Commodity Form'' 
and such form, accompanied by a copy of the applicable inspection 
certificate, shall be mailed to the Marketing Order Administration 
Branch.
    (b) Each person who receives an exempt commodity for the purposes 
specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall also receive a copy of 
the same numbered Importer's Exempt Commodity Form filed by the importer 
or customs broker and shall certify, by completing and signing Section 
II of the form and mailing the form to the Marketing Order 
Administration Branch within two days of receipt of the exempt lot, that 
such lot has been received and will be utilized in the exempt outlet.
    (c) It is the responsibility of the importer to notify the Marketing 
Order Administration Branch of any lot of exempt commodity rejected by a 
receiver, shipped to an alternative exempt receiver, exported, or 
otherwise disposed of. In such cases, a second ``Importer's Exempt 
Commodity Form'' must be filed by the importer providing sufficient 
information to determine ultimate disposition of the exempt lot and such 
disposition shall be so certified by the final receiver.
    (d) All FV-6 forms and other correspondence regarding entry of 8e 
commodities must be mailed to the Marketing Order Administration Branch, 
USDA, AMS, P.O. Box 96456, room 2523-S, Washington, D.C. 20090-6456, 
telephone (202) 720-4607. FV-6 forms submitted by fax must be followed 
by a mailed, original copy of the FV-6. Fax transmissions may be sent to 
the MOAB at (202) 720-5698.

[61 FR 13060, Mar. 26, 1996]