(b) Inedible-product certificates for shipments to Norway and Sweden shall have the statement "of American origin" inserted after the word "animals."*t [Reg. 24, sec. 4]

24.16 Animal casings for export to South Africa; special certificate required. Upon receipt of affidavits from exporters showing that casings for South Africa are derived from animals slaughtered in an official establishment and that they are suitable for sausage containers and have been 90 days in salt M. I. Form 122-E should be issued for shipment with the words "and have been in salt 90 days prior to shipment" added to the last sentence of the certification.* [SRA, BAI 334, Feb. 1935]

24.17 Animal casings for export to foreign countries named herein; certificates required. (a) M. I. Form 122-E shall be issued for animal casings destined to Australia, Austria, Canada, Danzig, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and Poland.

(b) M. I. Form 122-E for hog casings destined to The Netherlands shall bear on the reverse side the following statement signed by inspectors in charge:

"The hog casings described on the reverse side of this certificate were refrigerated continuously for not less than 3 weeks at a temperature not higher than 15° C. below freezing."

(c) M. I. Form 122-E shall be issued for animal casings destined to the Union of South Africa which have been in salt continuously for 6 weeks, with the following words added to the last sentence of the certification: "and have been in salt 6 weeks prior to shipment."

(d) The blue animal-casings certificate may be issued for animal casings destined to countries other than Australia, Austria, Canada, Danzig, and The Netherlands upon request of exporters.

(e) M. I. Form 167 shall be issued for animal casings destined to France, Algeria, Poland, and Belgium.

(f) M. I. Form 169 shall be issued for animal casings destined to The Netherlands.

(g) Animal casings for Canada shall be marked with the name of the product such as "green hog casings", "finished beef bungs", etc., and a shipping mark in diamond form inclosing the initial or initials of the exporter.* [SRA, BAI 336, Apr. 1935]

24.18 Certificate required for sausage casings of animal origin destined to New Zealand. The New Zealand regulations dated February 23, 1938, effective March 1, 1938, governing the importation into that Dominion of sausage casings of animal origin, provide that these articles may be admitted at the ports of Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, or Bluff, when accompanied by a certificate in the following form duly executed by the exporter and Bureau inspector:

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FORM NO. 1

of the

(Give name and status)

(Give name of premises)

situated at or near

(Give name of town)

(Where casings produced or prepared) in the country or district of

in the country or State of do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the sausage casings more particularly described below to be shipped by

(a) Were derived from animals which received ante-mortem and postmortem veterinary inspection at the time of slaughter;

(b) Were found to be healthy and in every way suitable for human consumption;

(c) Are sound, healthful, wholesome, and otherwise fit for human consumption;

(d) Have not been treated with chemical preservatives or other foreign substances injurious to health;

(e) Have been handled only in a sanitary manner; and (f) Were not exposed to contagion prior to exportation.

DESCRIPTION OF CASINGS

Brands and marks

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of-

(State here under what statutory provisions the declaration is made)

Declared at

19, before me.

Signed

(N. B.-In any British country the declaration is to be made before a justice of the peace, notary public, or other person authorized to take it. In any country outside the British Empire the declaration is to be made before a British consul or vice consul, or before any other authorized person.)

FORM NO. 2

I,

--, a duly qualified veterinarian, now employed by the Government of ----, hereby certify that I have no reason to doubt the correctness of the above declaration in any particular. Dated at

Veterinary Inspector in Charge, Meat-Inspection Service. Accordingly, hereafter the use of M. I. form 122-E shall be discontinued, and a certificate as a single document, including form No. 1 and form No. 2 as above specified shall be furnished in duplicate fully executed by the exporter and Bureau inspector in charge for each consignment of sausage casings of animal origin destined to New Zealand. The certificate forms shall be supplied by the exporter. The wording of the certificate limits certification to casings derived

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from animals slaughtered in official establishments and handled only in a sanitary manner. Inspectors will satisfy themselves of the origin of the casings and the sanitary handling thereof before issuing certificates. Furthermore, all such casings intended for exportation to New Zealand shall first be examined by bureau inspectors in official establishments and only those found fit for use as sausage containers in such establishments shall be certified. A copy of each certificate shall be forwarded to the Washington office.* [SRA, BAI 371, Mar. 1938]

24.19 Uninspected tallow, stearin, oleo oil, etc.; not to be exported unless exporter certifies as inedible. No tallow, stearin, oleo oil, or the rendered fat derived from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, that has not been inspected, passed, and marked in compliance with the regulations in this subchapter shall be exported, unless the shipper files with the collector of customs at the port from which the export shipment is made an affidavit by the exporter that such article is inedible.** [Reg. 24, sec. 5]

24.20 Products packed with preservative for export; required stamps and certificates; affixing and removal of stamps. (a) Numbered stamps and certificates of a distinctive color, known as preservative stamps and certificates, shall be issued to identify all articles prepared or packed with preservatives for export. The stamps shall be securely affixed to containers of the article before they leave the establishment, in the manner prescribed by § 24.1 (b). Unless, upon special application to him, the Chief of Bureau shall otherwise direct, the certificates shall be issued before the articles leave the establishment, and shall be issued and used in the same way and shall serve the same purposes, respectively, as the certificates issued pursuant to § 24.3.

(b) Prior to export no preservative stamp required by this section shall be detached from the container except under the personal supervision of a bureau employee. If the preservative stamp is detached, then the article in the container shall be either repacked, in accordance with the provisions of § 18.12 (a) or (b), (c), or destroyed for food purposes under the supervision of a bureau employee.* [Reg. 24, sec. 6]

24.21 Meats packed in borax for export; handling, stamping, certifying, sealing, and transporting. (a) Containers of meat packed in borax shall be conspicuously stenciled at the time of packing, in letters and figures not less than 1 inch in height, with a statement showing that the product is for export, packed in preservatives, and giving the establishment number, in the following form:

FOR EXPORT

Packed in Preservatives or Borax

Est.

(b) Preservative meat-inspection stamps shall be affixed and certificates issued only when the meat is about to be forwarded for immediate export.

(c) Such meats shall be prepared and packed in compartments of the establishment separate and apart from the compartments in which any meat or product is prepared or packed for domestic use or con

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sumption, or they may be packed in the regular packing room provided no other meat or product is allowed in the packing room during the time of such packing. In the latter case, after the packing is completed the packing room shall be thoroughly cleansed of the preservative before the packing of other articles therein is resumed.

(d) When meats treated with borax are stored pending exportation they shall be held under bureau lock in a separate room, or in a substantially separated compartment, containing no other meat or meat food product.

(e) Permission must be obtained from the Washington office before meats packed in borax are shipped from one official establishment to another or to an unofficial establishment for storage. After such permission has been granted the instructions in paragraph (f) shall apply to shipments of this kind destined to official as well as unofficial establishments.

(f) Government seals shall be applied to the cars in which such meats are shipped and an M. I. Form 109-F issued for each shipment showing the contents to be packed in borax. The inspector in charge at destination should make arrangements whereby he will be notified of the arrival of such shipments, in order that a bureau employee may be detailed to break the Government seals and supervise the removal of the product to the establishment, where it shall be stored under bureau lock in a separate room, or in a substantially separated compartment, containing no other meat or meat product, until such time as the meat is to be forwarded for immediate export, when a reinspection should be made and if the product is sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food the necessary export preservative stamps and certificates should be issued. However, in the case of product that is to be stored in a freezer it may be reinspected at the time it enters the establishment to avoid the necessity of defrosting the meat for reinspection at the time of export.* [ŠRA, BAI 336, Apr. 1935]

Sec.

PART 25-TRANSPORTATION

Sec.

25.1 Interstate or foreign transporta-
tion prohibited without certifi-
cate; imported articles prior to 25.7
inspection excepted if handled
under seals.

essing; transportation by wagon under seal; breaking of seals. Shipment of paunches between official establishments under bureau seal.

25.2 Parcel post and ferries deemed 25.8 Loading or unloading marked

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Interstate transportation of animals and poultry: See Parts 71-81.

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Section 25.1 Interstate or foreign transportation prohibited without certificate; imported articles prior to inspection excepted if handled under seals. No carrier or other person shall transport or receive for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to 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, any article derived wholly or in part from cattle, sheep, swine, or goats unless and until a certificate is made and furnished to him in one of the forms prescribed therefor in this part: Provided, however, That any such article offered for importation into the United States may be transported and received for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into another State or Territory or the District of Columbia, without such a certificate, if such meat or product is conveyed, prior to inspection, in cars, wagons, vehicles, or packages, sealed with special import-meat seals of the Department of Agriculture or with customs or consular seals as provided in § 27.10 (a).*† [Reg. 25, sec. 1]

*§§ 25.1 to 25.17, inclusive, issued under the authority contained in 34 Stat. 1260-1265; 21 U.S.C. 71-79, 83-91.

†The source of §§ 25.1 to 25.17, inclusive, (except for supplemental documents noted in the text,) is BAI order 211 rev., Sept. 1, 1922.

25.2 Parcel post and ferries deemed carriers. (a) For the purposes of this subchapter the United States parcel post shall be deemed a carrier, and the provisions of this subchapter relating to transportation by carriers shall apply, so far as they may be applicable, to transportation by parcel post.

(b) For the purposes of this subchapter every ferry and ferry line shall be deemed a carrier, and the provisions of this subchapter relating to transportation by carriers shall apply to transportation by

Attention is directed to the facts that the Meat-Inspection Act prohibits the transportation of any meat or product which does not comply with the law and the regulations in this subchapter, and makes a violation either of the Act or of the regulations in this subchapter a criminal offense punishable by a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for two years. Attention is also directed to the additional requirements of Part 24 governing export stamps and certificates, and to §§ 16.26-16.28.

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