[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: 9CFR327.5]



[Page 345-346]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 327_IMPORTED PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 327.5  Importer to make application for inspection of products for entry; information required; ``streamlined'' inspection procedures for Canadian 

          product.



    (a) Except for importers of Canadian products, each importer shall 

apply for inspection of any product offered for entry by contacting the 

Import Field Office covering the location where import inspection will 

take place. The Import Field Office will provide specific application 

instructions (See Sec. 301.2 (yyy)).

    (b) The application should be made as long as possible in advance of 

the anticipated arrival of each consignment, except in case of 

consignments of products expressly exempted from inspection by 

Sec. Sec. 327.16 and 327.17, and in the case of product imported from 

Canada.

    (c) Except in the case of product imported from Canada, each 

application shall state the approximate date on which the consignment is 

due to arrive



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at such port in the United States, the name of the ship or other carrier 

transporting it, the name of the country from which the product was, or 

is to be, shipped, the place where inspection is desired in accordance 

with Sec. 327.6, the quantity and kind of product, and whether it is 

fresh, cured, canned or otherwise prepared. In case of consignments 

arriving in the United States by water, the application shall also state 

the port of first arrival in the United States.

    (d) For participating Canadian establishments, an official of the 

Canadian meat inspection system shall contact the participating Import 

Field Office for an inspection assignment (See Sec. 301.2 (yyy)).

    (1) If the Automated Import Information System (AIIS) does not 

designate the consignment for reinspection, the consignment may be 

transported to its consignee for further distribution.

    (2) If the AIIS designates the consignment for reinspection, the 

representative shall:

    (i) Select samples in accordance with USDA sampling tables.\3\

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    \3\ A copy of the sampling tables is available, upon request, from 

the Import Inspection Division, International Programs, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 

20250.

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    (ii) Identify and place samples in the vehicle for easy removal and 

reinspection by an import inspector.

    (3) In the event that any one of the requirements provided in (d)(2) 

of this section is not met, reinspection of the consignment shall be 

conducted by a Program import inspector in accordance with established 

procedures provided in the regulations for other imported products.



[54 FR 274, Jan. 5, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989]