[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: 9CFR318.15]

[Page 258]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 318_ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; REINSPECTION AND PREPARATION 
OF PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 318.15  Tagging chemicals, preservatives, cereals, spices, etc., 
``U.S. retained.''

    When any chemical, preservative, cereal, spice, or other substance 
is intended for use in an official establishment, it shall be examined 
by a Program employee and if found to be unfit or otherwise unacceptable 
for the use intended, or if final decision regarding acceptance is 
deferred pending laboratory or other examination, the employee shall 
attach a ``U.S. retained'' tag to the substance or container thereof. 
The substance so tagged shall be kept separate from other substances as 
the circuit supervisor may require and shall not be used until the tag 
is removed, and such removal shall be made only by a Program employee 
after a finding that the substance can be accepted, or, in the case of 
an unacceptable substance, when it is removed from the establishment.