[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: 9CFR327.21]



[Page 353]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 327_IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 327.21  Inspection procedures for chilled fresh and frozen boneless manufacturing meat.



    (a) Definitions; sampling; standards. (1) Frozen boneless 

manufacturing meat is meat, frozen in the fresh state from cattle, 

sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines that has all bone 

removed and is cut into pieces or trimmings, frozen into a compact block 

of any shape and suitable for slicing or chopping in the manufacturing 

of meat food products. As used in this section, the term ``frozen'' 

includes ``chilled fresh,'' and ``lot'' means any amount of frozen 

boneless manufacturing meat of one species, similarly packaged, shipped 

from one establishment, and offered for import inspection under one or 

more foreign inspection certificates.

    (2) Imported frozen boneless manufacturing meat shall be sampled as 

required by Sec. 327.6(a) of this part, and the samples defrosted for 

inspection. The Program import inspector, or in the case of Canadian 

product subject to procedures described in Sec. 327.5(d)(1), the 

Canadian representative will select from a lot the appropriate number of 

cartons specified by the table of sampling plans. The total sample for 

inspection will consist of the necessary number of 12-pound units drawn 

from these cartons. The 12-pound units selected will be completely 

defrosted and examined.

    (b) Lots refused entry. Reinspection (including resampling) will be 

provided for any lot of frozen boneless manufacturing meat which was 

refused entry under this section on the basis of the original evaluation 

of the sample thereof, upon appeal from the inspector's initial 

decision.



[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 49 FR 36819, Sept. 20, 1984; 

51 FR 44901, Dec. 15, 1986; 54 FR 275, Jan. 5, 1989; 57 FR 27906, June 

23, 1992]