Regulation governing the importation of dates.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (b) (2) Compliance with the grade requirements shall be determined on the basis of an inspection and certification by a USDA inspector. (c) (2) (i) The date and place of inspection. (ii) The name of the applicant. (iii) The Customs entry number pertaining to the lot or shipment covered by the certificate; (iv) The variety, quantity, and identifying marks of the lot inspected. (v) The statement, if applicable: “Meets U.S. import requirements under section 8e of the AMA Act of 1937”. (vi) If the lot fails to meet the import requirements, a statement to that effect and the reasons therefor. (d) (2) The grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements of this section shall not apply to dates which are donated to needy persons, prisoners, or Native Americans on reservations; dates for processing; or dates prepared or preserved, but all such dates shall be subject to the safeguard provisions contained in § 999.500. (3) Dates for packaging or dates in retail packages that fail to meet the grade, size, quality, and maturity requirements of this section may be reclassified as dates for processing for importation, but such dates shall be subject to the safeguard provisions contained in § 999.500. (e) (f) (g) (h)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 999.1