Inspection of poultry products offered for entry.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

(a)(1) Except as provided in § 381.209 and paragraph (c) of this section, all slaughtered poultry and poultry products offered for entry from any foreign country shall be reinspected by a Program import inspector before they shall be allowed entry into the United States. (2) Every lot of product shall routinely be given visual inspection for appearance and condition, and checked for certification and label compliance. (3) The electronic inspection system shall be consulted for reinspection instructions. The electronic inspection system will assign reinspection levels and procedures based on established sampling plans and established product and plant history. (4) When the inspector deems it necessary, the inspector may sample and inspect lots not designated by the electronic inspection system. (b) Inspectors may take, without cost to the United States, from each consignment of poultry products offered for entry, such samples of the products as are deemed necessary to determine the eligibility of the products for entry into the commerce of the United States. (c) Poultry products imported under § 381.207 shall not be sampled and inspected under this section unless there is reason for suspecting the presence therein of a substance in violation of that section, and in such case they shall be sampled and inspected in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section. (d) In addition to the provisions specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the following requirements

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 381.199