[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR12.7]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

              HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 12_SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  12.7  Permits required for importation.



    (a) Under the Act of February 15, 1927 (44 Stat. 1101, as amended, 

21 U.S.C. 141-149), commonly known as the Federal Import Milk Act, the 

importation into the United States of milk and cream is prohibited 

unless the person by whom such milk or cream is shipped or transported 

into the United States holds a valid permit from the Department of 

Health and Human Services. Such permits become invalid at the end of one 

year unless applications for renewal are filed prior to the date of 

expiration.

    (b) The regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services 

under the said act require that each container of milk or cream shipped 

or transported into the United States by a permittee shall have firmly 

attached thereto a tag showing in clear and legible type the product 

(raw milk, pasteurized milk, raw cream, or pasteurized cream) the permit 

number and the name and address of the shipper; except that in case of 

unit shipments consisting of milk only or cream only



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under one permit number, each container need not be so marked if the 

vehicle of transportation is sealed and tagged with the above-mentioned 

tag. In such case the tag is required to show, in addition to the other 

required information, the number of containers and the contents of each. 

Customs officers shall not permit the importation of any milk or cream 

that is not tagged in accordance with such regulations.



[28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35475, 

Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 89-1, 53 FR 51253, Dec. 21, 1988]



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