[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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[CITE: 9CFR327.3]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 327_IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 327.3  No product to be imported without compliance with applicable regulations.



    (a) No product offered for importation from any foreign country 

shall be admitted into the United States if it is adulterated or 

misbranded or does not comply with all the requirements of this 

subchapter that would apply to it if it were a domestic product.

    (b) No cooked or partially cooked meat or meat trimmings, either in 

separable pieces or molded into larger forms, shall be permitted entry 

except under the following conditions:

    (1) A complete procedure for preparing and handling the product in 

the foreign country and en route to the United States shall be submitted 

by the exporter or his authorized agent to the Administrator and 

determined by the Administrator to be adequate to assure that the 

product will not be adulterated or misbranded at the time of offer for 

entry.

    (2) A system acceptable to the Administrator (upon his determination 

that the system will provide a reliable indication of the kinds and 

numbers of microorganisms present) for the microbiological testing of 

the finished product shall be installed by the processor, the product is 

subjected to such testing, and the results thereof are furnished to the 

Administrator and are acceptable to him as showing that the product has 

been prepared and handled in a sanitary manner.

    (c) [Reserved]



[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 38 FR 29215, Oct. 23, 1973; 54 

FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989; 56 FR 38335, Aug. 13, 1991; 57 FR 27906, June 

23, 1992]