[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 9CFR316.13]



[Page 159-160]

 

                  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]