The signature of the agent shall be written in full.

(c) Upon the arrival of the shipment at the establishment, a careful inspection shall be made of the product by a division inspector, and if it is found that the article is sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food, the same may be received into the establishment; but if the article is found to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or in any way unfit for human food, the same shall at once be stamped "U. S. inspected and condemned" and disposed of in accordance with this subchapter.

(d) No product which is unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or in any way unfit for human food shall be transported from an official establishment under this section, but it shall be disposed of at the official establishment in accordance with this subchapter: Provided, That when a product is found to come within one of the classes designated in § 268.1 (a) (2) of this subchapter, in respect to which rehandling is permitted, it may be transported from an official establishment and admitted into another official establishment for such rehandling. The transportation of such a product from an official establishment shall be in a manner prescribed by the chief of division. If the product is transported by the shipper himself a certificate shall nevertheless be forwarded by him to the Chief of the Meat Inspection Division.

§ 275.14 Denaturing of uninspected or inspected meat known to be unsound, grease, etc., required prior to shipment; certificate for shipment; statement to appear on waybills, etc., of connecting carrier. (a) No uninspected product, and no inspected and passed product which is known to have become unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or in any way unfit for human food, including any rendered or unrendered inedible grease,

inedible tallow, or other inedible fat from the carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, and possessing the physical characteristics of an edible product, shall be transported from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to or through another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to any place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or to a foreign country, unless it is first denatured or otherwise destroyed for food purposes. The shipper shall not offer nor the carrier accept for interstate or foreign transportation any such article until it has been denatured or otherwise destroyed for food purposes as required by this section. The carrier shall require and the shipper shall make and deliver to the carrier a certificate in duplicate in the following form: '

The signature of the shipper or of his agent shall be written in full. This certificate shall be separate and apart from any waybill, bill of lading, or other form ordinarily used in the transportation of meat. The duplicate certificate shall be forwarded immediately by the initial carrier to the Chief of the Meat Inspection Division, Washington, D. C. If the product is transported by the shipper himself a certificate shall nevertheless be forwarded by him to the Chief of the Meat Inspection Division.

(b) As evidence to connecting carriers that the proper shipper's certificate is on file with the initial carrier, the waybills, transfer bills, running slips, conductor's cards, or other papers accompanying such shipments shall have embodied

1 See footnote 2 § 275.6 (b).

The signature of the agent shall be written in full.

§ 275.15 Certificates to be filed and retained by carriers for one year. All original certificates delivered to a carrier in accordance with this part shall be filed separate and apart from all its other papers and records and retained by it for one year, in order that they may be readily checked in such manner as the chief of division may from time to time prescribe.

§ 275.16 Diverting of shipments, breaking of seals and reloading by carrier in emergency; reporting to chief of division. (a) Shipments of inspected and passed product that bears 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 § 275.12.

(b) In case of wreck or other extraordinary emergency, the Department seals on a railroad car or truck containing any inspected and passed product may be broken by the carrier, and, if necessary, the articles may be reloaded into another car or truck, 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 telegraph to the Chief of the Meat Inspection Division, Washington, D. C. 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 initials 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.

§ 275.17 Provisions in this part do not apply to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to inedible articles not having physical characteristics of edible products. (a) The provisions of this part do not apply:

(1) To specimens of product sent to or by the Department of Agriculture or branches thereof in Washington, D. C., or elsewhere, for laboratory examination, exhibition purposes, or other official use;

(2) To material released for educational purposes under § 264.5 of this subchapter;

(3) To glands and organs for use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products, as provided for in § 268.15 (a) of this subchapter, and

(4) To hoofs, horns, hides, etc., or inedible grease, inedible tallow, or other inedible fats, which do not possess the physical characteristics of an edible product.

PART 276-FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

§ 276.1 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; foods containing product derived from cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses, compliance with. (a) A food which contains product derived from cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses but which is not amenable to the Meat Inspection Act, is subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C., 301-392), if in interstate or foreign commerce.

(b) Product is exempt from the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to the extent of the application, or the extension thereto, of the Meat Inspection Act. [Reg., Mar. 24, 1945, 10 F.R. 3352]

PART 277-IMPORTED PRODUCTS1 Sec.

Sec. 277.3

277.4 277.5 277.6 277.7 277.8

277.9

When product, etc., prohibited entry; preservatives, misbranding, etc. Importation of foreign inedible fats. No product to be imported without compliance with regulations. Imported products; foreign certificates required.

Importer to make application for inspection; information required. Import meat or meat food products;

division inspection; arrival, time and place; movement from port of entry. Import product; movement prior to inspection; sealing; handling; bond; facilities and assistance. 277.10 Import product; equipment of conveyances used in handling to be maintained in sanitary condition. 277.11 Burlap wrapping for foreign meat. 277.12 Product imported; samples; inspection of whole consignment; condemnations; exception; marking. 277.13 Receipts to importers for import meat samples.

277.14 Foreign canned and packaged meat and meat food product, bearing trade labels; sampling and inspection. 277.15 Foreign product offered for importation; reporting of findings to customs; handling and marking of articles refused entry; marking carcasses and parts.

277.16 Marking and labeling of product U. S. inspected and passed for importation; application of inspection legend.

277.17 Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling. 277.18 Small importations for consignee's personal use; requirements. 277.19 Returned United States inspected and

marked product; not importations. 277.20 Imported product to be handled and transported as domestic; entry into official establishments; transportation.

SOURCE: $§ 277.1 to 277.20, inclusive, contained in Regulations, Acting Administrator, Mar. 24, 1945, 10 F.R. 3352.

§ 277.1 Application. This part shall apply only to product derived from cattle, sheep, swine, and goats. The term United States, as used, includes Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

§ 277.2 Importation of product prohibited if foreign meat inspection not equivalent of that in the United States. Whenever it shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture that the system of meat inspection maintained by any foreign country is not the substantial equivalent of, or is not so efficient as, the system established and maintained by

the United States, or that reliance can not be placed upon certificates required under this part from authorities of such foreign country, due notice will be given of that fact by proclamation or otherwise, and thereafter no product as to which the inspection or certification is determined to be insufficient shall be admitted into the United States from such foreign country.

§ 277.3 When product, etc., prohibited entry; preservatives, misbranding, etc. (a) No product of a kind forbidden entry into, or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in, the country in which the animal from which it was derived was slaughtered, or in which the article was prepared or processed, shall be admitted into the United States.

(b) No product which contains or has been treated with any preservative, coloring matter, or other substance, except as permitted by Part 268 of this subchapter, shall be admitted into the United States. No article of a kind mentioned in § 268.10 of this subchapter, unless treated in compliance therewith, shall be admitted into the United States.

(c) No product which bears, or the container of which bears, any statement, design, or device prohibited by Part 267 of this subchapter or which fails to bear any qualifications with reference to added substances provided by Parts 266 and 267 of this subchapter, or which is in any respect misbranded or adulterated within the meaning of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, shall be admitted into the United States.

(d) No meat trimmings in pieces too small to permit of adequate inspection upon arrival shall be admitted into the United States.

(e) No inedible grease, inedible tallow, or other rendered inedible fat possessing the physical characteristics of an edible product shall be admitted into the United States for industrial use unless it has been first denatured or otherwise destroyed for food purposes and the containers have been marked in the manner prescribed by § 266.18 of this subchapter, except, that for the duration of the war and for six months thereafter, it will not be required that the ends of barrels, tierces, and other containers of inedible rendered animal fat offered for importation into the United States be painted white. In lieu thereof, the ends may be painted any color desired or the painting

may be omitted, provided there is a reasonable contrast between the background and the word "Inedible," which shall appear in letters at least two (2) inches high on the top and bottom of each container or on the sides near the top and bottom.

§ 277.4 Importation of foreign inedible fats. Foreign inedible rendered fats which do not possess the physical characteristics of an edible product are eligible for importation without restriction under this subchapter. Such importations need not be reported to the division.

§ 277.5 No product to be imported without compliance with regulations. No product offered for importation from any foreign country shall be admitted into the United States except upon compliance with all the requirements of this part applicable to it.

§ 277.6 Imported product; foreign certificates required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) and § 277.18, each consignment containing any product consigned to the United States from a foreign country shall be accompanied with a foreign meat-inspection certifilcate in the following form:

FOREIGN OFFICIAL MEAT-INSPECTION

I hereby certify that the meat and meat food products herein described were derived from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats which received ante-mortem and post-mortem veterinary inspections at the time of slaughter, and that such meat and meat food products are sound, healthful, wholesome, and otherwise fit for human food, and have not been treated with, and do not contain, any preservative, coloring matter, or other substance not permitted by the regulations governing the meat inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture, filed with me, and that said meat and meat food products have been handled only in a sanitary manner in this country.

Number of pieces Kind of product or packages

Weight

Identification marks on meats and pack

ages..

Consignor

Address

(b) Each foreign meat-inspection certificate shall be signed by an official authorized by the national government of the foreign country in which the product is inspected to sign and issue the same. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the name of each official authorized to sign and issue foreign meat-inspection certificates, when submitted to the department, will be published, and the chief of division shall file with each such official a copy of the regulations in this subchapter and copies of amendments which may hereafter be made thereto. No inspector shall accept a certificate unless it is signed by an official whose name has been published by the department and whose authority to sign certificates has not been revoked.

(c) Each foreign meat-inspection certificate shall contain a statement of the number of pieces or packages, and the total weight of each kind of product comprising the consignment, together with a description of the identification marks on the product or on the packages containing the same, a description of the shipping marks, the name and address of the consignor, the name of the consignee, and the final destination of the consignment in the United States and except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section shall be in the English language.

(d) The foreign meat-inspection certificate required by this section to accompany each consignment containing any product shall be delivered by the consignee, or his agent, in the United States to the division inspector at the place of inspection, and inspection of the product will not be commenced prior to such delivery.

(e) The foreign meat-inspection certificate of the national government of a foreign country, the form and substance of which has been approved by the department and which is issued for any product, may be accepted in lieu of the certificate prescribed in paragraph (a)

of this section, notwithstanding the fact that the name of the foreign official who signed the certificate has not been published by the department.

(f) Except as provided in § 277.18, each consignment of any product of a kind prepared customarily to be eaten without cooking (such as summer sausage, "Italian" and "Westphalia" hams, and the like), which contains any muscle tissue of pork, shall be accompanied, in addition to any other certificate required by this section, by a separate foreign meat-inspection certificate in the following form:

Each such foreign meat-inspection certificate shall be subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section.

§ 277.7 Importer to make application for inspection; information required. Each importer shall make application for inspection to the inspector in charge, if one be stationed at the port where any product is to be offered for importation, or, if not, to the Chief of the Meat In spection Division, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., as long as possible in advance of the anticipated arrival of each consignment, except in the case of consignments of product expressly exempted from inspection by § 277.18. Each application shall state the approximate date on which the consignment is due to arrive in the United States, the name of the boat or other carrier transporting it, the name of the country from which the product was shipped, the place of destination, the quantity and kind of the product, and whether fresh, cured, or canned. In case of consignments arriving in the United States by water, the application should also state the port of first arrival in the United States.

§ 277.8 Import meat or meat food products; division inspection; arrival, time and place; movement from port of entry. (a) Except as provided in § 277.18, all products offered for importation from any foreign country, shall be inspected by a division inspector before the same shall be admitted into the United States.

(b) All products required by this part to be inspected, which arrive in the United States by water at any port where a division inspector is stationed, shall be inspected on the wharf at the time of unloading, except that if, upon the application of the consignee, or his agent, the inspector in charge at such port shall so direct, the articles may be inspected at any other place within the limits of the port or shipped to destination for inspection, if an inspector of the division is stationed at destination.

(c) All products required by this part to be inspected, which arrive in the United States by water at any port where a division inspector is stationed, and which are consigned to any place where no division inspector is stationed, shall be inspected on the wharf at the time of unloading.