[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: 9CFR327.1]

[Page 338-339]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 327_IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 327.1  Definitions; application of provisions.




Sec.
327.1 Definitions; application of provisions.
327.2 Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of products into 
          the United States.
327.3 No product to be imported without compliance with applicable 
          regulations.
327.4 Imported products; foreign certificates required.
327.5 Importer to make application for inspection of products for entry; 
          information required; ``streamlined'' inspection procedures 
          for Canadian product.
327.6 Products for importation; program inspection, time, and place; 
          application for approval of facilities as official import 
          inspection establishment; refusal or withdrawal of approval; 
          official numbers.
327.7 Products for importation; movement prior to inspection; handling; 
          bond; assistance.
327.8 Import products; equipment and means of conveyance used in 
          handling to be maintained in sanitary condition.
327.9 Burlap wrapping for foreign meat.
327.10 Samples; inspection of consignments; refusal of entry; marking.
327.11 Receipts to importers for import product samples.
327.12 Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels; 
          sampling and inspection.
327.13 Foreign products offered for importation; reporting of findings 
          to customs; handling of articles refused entry.
327.14 Marking of products and labeling of immediate containers thereof 
          for importation.
327.15 Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling; 
          application of official inspection legend.
327.16 Small importations for importer's own consumption; requirements.
327.17 Returned U.S. inspected and marked products.
327.18 Products offered for entry and entered to be handled and 
          transported as domestic; exception.
327.19 Specimens for laboratory examination and similar purposes.
327.20 Importation of foreign inedible fats.
327.21 Inspection procedures for chilled fresh and frozen boneless 
          manufacturing meat.
327.22 [Reserved]
327.23 Compliance procedure for cured pork products offered for entry.
327.24 Appeals; how made.
327.25 Disposition procedures for product condemned or ordered destroyed 
          under import inspection.
327.26 Official import inspection marks and devices.

    Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

    Source: 35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) When used in this part, the following terms shall be construed 
to mean:
    (1) Import (imported). To bring within the territorial limits of the 
United States whether that arrival is accomplished by land, air, or 
water.
    (2) For product from eligible countries other than Canada:
    (i) Offer(ed) for entry. The point at which the importer presents 
the imported product to the Program for reinspection.
    (ii) Entry (entered). The point at which imported product offered 
for entry receives reinspection and is marked with the offical mark of 
inspection in accordance with Sec. 327.26 of this subchapter.
    (3) For product from Canada:
    (i) Offer(ed) for entry from establishments participating in the 
``streamlined'' inspection procedures. The point at which an official of 
the Canadian meat inspection system contacts the Import Field Office for 
an inspection assignment.
    (ii) Offer(ed) for entry from nonparticipating establishments. The 
point at which the importer presents the imported product to the Program 
for reinspection.
    (iii) Entry (entered) for product not subject to reinspection. When 
the containers or the products themselves if not in containers are 
marked with the Canadian port stamp and upon the filing of Customs Form 
7533 at the port of entry or at the nearest customhouse in accordance 
with 19 CFR part 123.
    (iv) Entry (entered) for product subject to reinspection. When the 
containers or the products themselves if not in containers are marked 
with the

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Canadian export stamp and the foreign inspection certificate 
accompanying the product is stamped as ``Inspected and Passed'' by the 
import inspector.
    (b) The provisions of this part shall apply to products derived from 
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, if 
capable of use as human food. Compliance with the conditions for 
importation of products under this part does not excuse the need for 
compliance with applicable requirements under other laws, including the 
provisions in parts 94, 95, and 96 of chapter I of this title.

[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 36 FR 12004, June 24, 1971; 54 
FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989]