[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR316.13]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 316_MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 316.13  Marking of outside containers.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in part 325 of this subchapter, 
when any inspected and passed product for domestic commerce is moved 
from an official establishment, the outside container shall bear an 
official inspection legend as prescribed in part 312 of this subchapter.
    (b) When any product prepared in an official establishment for 
domestic commerce has been inspected and passed and is enclosed in a 
cloth or other wrapping, such wrapping shall bear the official 
inspection legend and official establishment number applied by the 
approved 2\1/2\-inch rubber brand in the form prescribed in part 312 of 
this subchapter: Provided, That the rubber brand may be omitted if the 
official inspection legend and official establishment number on the 
product itself are clearly legible through the wrapping or the wrapping 
is labeled in accordance with part 317 of this subchapter: Provided 
further, That plain unprinted wrappings, such as stockinettes, 
cheesecloth, paper, and crinkled paper bags, for properly marked 
products, which are used solely to protect the product against soiling 
or excessive drying during transportation or storage, need not bear the 
official inspection legend.
    (c) The outside containers of products for export shall be marked in 
compliance with part 322 of this subchapter as well as this part.
    (d) Slack barrels used as outside containers of products shall have 
a cloth or paper top covering bearing the official inspection legend 
containing the official establishment number. At the time of removal of 
the covering, the official inspection legend shall be destroyed.
    (e) The outside containers of any product which has been inspected 
and passed for cooking, pork which has been refrigerated as provided in 
Sec. 318.10(c) of this subchapter, and beef which has been inspected 
and passed for refrigeration shall bear the markings and tag prescribed 
in Sec. 325.7(b) of this subchapter.
    (f) The outside containers of glands and organs which are not used 
for human food purposes, such as those described in Sec. 325.19 of this 
subchapter,

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shall be plainly marked with the phrase ``For pharmaceutical purposes,'' 
``For organotherapeutic purposes'' or ``For technical purposes,'' as 
appropriate, with no reference to inspection, and need not bear other 
markings otherwise required under the regulations in this subchapter.
    (g) Stencils, box dies, labels, and brands may be used on shipping 
containers of properly labeled products and on such immediate 
containers, of properly marked products, as tierces, barrels, drums, 
boxes, crates, and large-size fiber-board containers, without approval 
as provided for in Sec. 317.3 of this subchapter: Provided, That the 
stencils, box dies, labels, and brands are not false or misleading and 
are approved by the inspector in charge. The official inspection legend 
for use with such markings shall be approved by the Administrator as 
provided for in part 317 of this subchapter.
    (h) The outside containers of livers prepared as described in Sec. 
314.10(b), shall be marked as prescribed in Sec. 314.10(c) of this 
subchapter.
    (i) The outside containers of any equine product shall be marked to 
show the kinds of animals from which derived, when the products are 
sold, transported, offered for sale or transported, or received for 
transportation in commerce.

[35 FR 15577, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 43 FR 29268, July 7, 1978]