[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: 9CFR325.7]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 325_TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 325.7  Shipment of products requiring special supervision between 
official establishments under official seal; certificate.

    (a) Products passed for cooking, pork that has been refrigerated to 
destroy trichinae, and beef that is to be refrigerated to destroy 
cysticerci, may be shipped loose from one official establishment to any 
other official establishment, for further handling in accordance with 
part 318 of this subchapter, in railroad cars, trucks, or other means of 
conveyance sealed with the official seal of the Department as prescribed 
in Sec. 325.16: Provided, That in the case of railroad cars, the 
receiving establishment has railroad facilities for unloading the 
products directly into the establishment.
    (b) When such restricted product is shipped from one official 
establishment to another official establishment in the same railroad car 
or other means of conveyance with other product, such restricted product 
shall be packed in

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individual closed containers as hereinafter provided. Containers shall 
be sealed by firmly applying a pressure sensitive tape around each 
container in two directions and stamping the intersection of the tape 
with the marking device described in Sec. 312.2(a) of this subchapter 
for use on burlap, muslin, etc. (2\1/2\-inch rubber brand). Such tape 
must possess the adhesive property to actually remove a portion of the 
container surface when the tape is removed. Alternatively, an inelastic, 
nonmetallic strap which will retain a legible imprint of the marking 
device (2\1/2\-inch rubber brand) may be used. The imprint of the 
marking device shall be placed partially on the strap and partially on 
the container. Such restricted product shall be marked ``U.S. passed for 
cooking'' or ``pork product ---- [deg]F. ----days refrigeration'' or 
``beef passed for refrigeration,'' as the case may be. In addition, a 
``U.S. retained'' tag shall be securely affixed to each container of 
product passed for cooking and of beef passed for refrigeration. The 
means of conveyance shall not be sealed unless at least 25 percent of 
the other product in the vehicle is unmarked. For each consignment there 
shall be promptly issued and forwarded by the inspector to the inspector 
in charge at destination, a report on the form entitled ``Notice of 
Unmarked Meats Shipped in Sealed Cars,'' appropriately modified to show 
the character of the containers, and that the contents are restricted. A 
duplicate copy shall be retained in the program files.
    (c) When products are offered for transportation under this section, 
the initial carrier shall require and the shipper shall make in 
duplicate and deliver to the carrier one copy of a certificate in the 
form set out in Sec. 325.5(b). Certificates in this form or copies 
thereof need not be forwarded to any official or office of the 
Department, but the original of the certificate shall be retained by the 
carrier and a copy shall be retained by the shipper in accordance with 
part 320 of this subchapter. If the shipper is also the carrier, he 
shall nevertheless execute and retain the certificate in accordance with 
part 320 of this subchapter.

[35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 39 FR 20187, June 7, 1974]