[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: 9CFR325.7]



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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. 325.7  Shipment of products requiring special supervision between official establishments under official seal; certificate.



    (a) Products passed for cooking, pork that has been refrigerated to 

destroy trichinae, and beef that is to be refrigerated to destroy 

cysticerci, may be shipped loose from one official establishment to any 

other official establishment, for further handling in accordance with 

part 318 of this subchapter, in railroad cars, trucks, or other means of 

conveyance sealed with the official seal of the Department as prescribed 

in Sec. 325.16: Provided, That in the case of railroad cars, the 

receiving establishment has railroad facilities for unloading the 

products directly into the establishment.

    (b) When such restricted product is shipped from one official 

establishment to another official establishment in the same railroad car 

or other means of conveyance with other product, such restricted product 

shall be packed in



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individual closed containers as hereinafter provided. Containers shall 

be sealed by firmly applying a pressure sensitive tape around each 

container in two directions and stamping the intersection of the tape 

with the marking device described in Sec. 312.2(a) of this subchapter 

for use on burlap, muslin, etc. (2\1/2\-inch rubber brand). Such tape 

must possess the adhesive property to actually remove a portion of the 

container surface when the tape is removed. Alternatively, an inelastic, 

nonmetallic strap which will retain a legible imprint of the marking 

device (2\1/2\-inch rubber brand) may be used. The imprint of the 

marking device shall be placed partially on the strap and partially on 

the container. Such restricted product shall be marked ``U.S. passed for 

cooking'' or ``pork product ---- [deg]F. ----days refrigeration'' or 

``beef passed for refrigeration,'' as the case may be. In addition, a 

``U.S. retained'' tag shall be securely affixed to each container of 

product passed for cooking and of beef passed for refrigeration. The 

means of conveyance shall not be sealed unless at least 25 percent of 

the other product in the vehicle is unmarked. For each consignment there 

shall be promptly issued and forwarded by the inspector to the inspector 

in charge at destination, a report on the form entitled ``Notice of 

Unmarked Meats Shipped in Sealed Cars,'' appropriately modified to show 

the character of the containers, and that the contents are restricted. A 

duplicate copy shall be retained in the program files.

    (c) When products are offered for transportation under this section, 

the initial carrier shall require and the shipper shall make in 

duplicate and deliver to the carrier one copy of a certificate in the 

form set out in Sec. 325.5(b). Certificates in this form or copies 

thereof need not be forwarded to any official or office of the 

Department, but the original of the certificate shall be retained by the 

carrier and a copy shall be retained by the shipper in accordance with 

part 320 of this subchapter. If the shipper is also the carrier, he 

shall nevertheless execute and retain the certificate in accordance with 

part 320 of this subchapter.



[35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 39 FR 20187, June 7, 1974]