[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR318.8]



[Page 245-246]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 318_ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS; REINSPECTION AND

PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 318.8  Preservatives and other substances permitted in product for export only; handling; such product not to be used for domestic food purposes.



    (a) Preservatives and other substances not permitted in domestic 

product under the regulations in this subchapter may be used in the 

preparation and packing of product intended for export provided the 

product (1) accords to the specifications or directions of the foreign 

purchaser; (2) is not in conflict with the laws of the country to which 

it is intended for export; and (3) is labeled on the outside container 

to show that it is intended for export, and is otherwise labeled as 

required by this subchapter for such export product.

    (b) The preparation and packing of export product as provided for in 

paragraph (a) of this section shall be done in a manner acceptable to 

the inspector in charge so that the identity of the export product is 

maintained conclusively and the preparation of domestic product is 

adequately protected. The preservatives and other substances not 

permitted in domestic product shall be stored in a room or compartment 

separate from areas used to store other supplies and shall be held under 

Program lock. Use of the preservatives or other substances shall be 

under the direct supervision of a Program employee.

    (c) The packing of all articles under paragraph (a) of this section 

shall be conducted under the direct supervision of a Program employee.

    (d) No article prepared or packed for export under paragraph (a) of 

this section shall be sold or offered for sale for domestic use or 

consumption, but unless exported shall be destroyed for



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food purposes under the direct supervision of a Program employee.

    (e) The contents of the container of any article prepared or packed 

for export under paragraph (a) of this section shall not be removed, in 

whole or in part, from such container prior to exportation, except under 

the supervision of a Program employee. If such contents are removed 

prior to exportation, then the article shall be either repacked, in 

accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 

section, or destroyed for food purposes under the direct supervision of 

a Program employee.

    (f) Permission must be obtained from the Administrator before meats 

packed in borax are shipped from one official establishment to another 

or to an unofficial establishment for storage, except such meat prepared 

for the account of Federal agencies.

    (g) At all times, the identity of meat to which borax has been added 

shall be effectively maintained. In no case shall such meat, nor any 

trimmings or fat derived from such meat, whether unwashed or washed, or 

otherwise treated, be diverted to domestic use.

    (h) Salt used for bulking meat previously packed in borax may not 

again be used in an edible products department other than in connection 

with the packing of meat in borax. Only metal equipment should be used 

for handling such meat. Particularly effective cleansing will be 

required if wooden equipment such as trucks, washing vats, etc., is 

used. Boxes from which boraxed meat has been removed may be used for 

repacking meat in borax, but their use as containers for other meat will 

be dependent upon the effective removal of all traces of borax.

    (i) The following instructions pertain to export cured pork packed 

in borax for the account of Federal agencies. The meat may be packed in 

borax in a room in which there is borax-free meat, provided proper care 

is taken to see that the borax-free meat is not affected by the borax. 

Under the same condition, meat packed in borax may be received, 

unpacked, defrosted, soaked, washed, smoked, and repacked in a room 

where there is other meat. However, meat originally packed in borax 

shall at all times be subject to the restrictions of meat so packed, 

even though repacked without borax. After packing or repacking, borax 

packed meat may be stored in a room with meat not packed in borax, 

provided a reasonable degree of separation is maintained between the two 

classes of product.



[35 FR 15586, Oct. 3, 1970; 36 FR 11903, June 23, 1971, as amended at 38 

FR 29214, Oct. 23, 1973]