[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: 9CFR325.18]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 325_TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 325.18  Diverting of shipments, breaking of seals, and reloading by carrier in emergency; reporting to Regional Director.



    (a) Shipments of inspected and passed product that bear the 

inspection legend may be diverted from the original destination without 

a reinspection of the articles, provided the waybills, transfer bills, 

running slips, conductor's card, or other papers accompanying the 

shipments are marked, stamped, or have attached thereto signed 

statements in accordance with Sec. 325.15.

    (b) In case of wreck or similar extraordinary emergency, the 

Department seals on a railroad car or other means of conveyance 

containing any inspected and passed product may be broken by the 

carrier, and if necessary, the articles may be reloaded into another 

means of conveyance, or the shipment may be diverted from the original 

destination, without another shipper's certificate; but in all such 

cases the carrier shall immediately report the facts by telephone or 

telegraph to the Regional Director in the area in which the emergency 

occurs. Such report shall include the following information:

    (1) Nature of the emergency.

    (2) Place where seals were broken.

    (3) Original points of shipment and destination.

    (4) Number and initial of the original car or truck.

    (5) Number and initials of the car or truck into which the articles 

are reloaded.

    (6) New destination of the shipment.

    (7) Kind and amount of articles.



[35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 42 FR 39087, Aug. 2, 1977]