[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: 9CFR327.12]



[Page 349-350]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 327_IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 327.12  Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels; 

sampling and inspection.



    (a) Samples of foreign canned or packaged products bearing on their 

immediate containers trade labels which have not been approved under 

Sec. 317.3 of this subchapter shall be collected and forwarded to the 

laboratory by the Program inspector for examination, and the products 

shall be held pending receipt of the report of the laboratory findings 

and the results of the examination of trade labels and the marks on 

shipping containers.

    (b) Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels and 

other markings which have been approved under Sec. 317.3 of this 

subchapter shall be



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inspected for soundness and checked for net weight. Samples may be 

collected for laboratory examination, but the products may be released 

under customs' bond pending the report of laboratory findings.

    (c) Samples shall be taken from foreign canned products or packaged 

products as required by Sec. 327.6 (a) and (j) of this part.



[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 49 FR 36818, Sept. 20, 1984]