|
|
| [Code of Federal Regulations] |
| [Title 21, Volume 8] |
| [CITE: 21CFR1210] |
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER L - REGULATIONS UNDER CERTAIN OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
| |
| PART 1210 | REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL IMPORT MILK ACT |
|
|
|
|
Subpart C - Permit Control
|
|
Sec. 1210.20 Application for permit.
|
|
Application for a permit to ship or transport milk or cream into the United States shall be made by the actual shipper upon forms prescribed by the Secretary. The request for forms of applications for permits should be addressed to Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.21 Permit number.
|
|
Each permit issued under the Federal Import Milk Act, including each temporary permit, shall bear an individual number. The right to the use of such number is restricted solely to the permittee.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.22 Form of tag.
|
|
Each container of milk or cream shipped or transported into the United States by such permittee shall have firmly attached thereto a tag in the following form, bearing the required information in clear and legible type:
Provided, That in case of unit shipments consisting of milk only or cream only under one permit number, in lieu of each container being so marked, the vehicle of transportation, if sealed, may be tagged with the above tag, which should, in addition, show the number of containers and quantity of contents of each.
Product (State whether raw milk, pasteurized milk, raw cream, or pasteurized cream.) Permit number Federal Import Milk Act, Department of Health and Human Services. Shipper Address of shipper
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.23 Permits granted on certificates.
|
|
In the discretion of the Secretary, a permit may be granted on a duly certified statement signed by a duly accredited official of an authorized department of any foreign government or of any State of the United States or any municipality thereof. Such statement shall be in the form of a certificate prescribed by the Secretary, and shall have attached thereto, as a part thereof, signed copies of reports prescribed by §§ 1210.12, 1230.13, and also by §§ 1210.11, 1210.14, as applicable. The necessary inspections and examinations upon which the reports are based shall be made by persons who are acting under the direct supervision of the certifying official.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.24 Temporary permits.
|
|
A temporary permit will be granted only upon a satisfactory showing that the applicant therefor has been unable to obtain the necessary inspections required by the applicable provisions of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act. Temporary permits shall be valid until the Secretary shall provide for inspection to ascertain that clauses 1, 2, and 3 of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act have been complied with.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.25 Permits for pasteurized milk or cream.
|
|
Permits to ship or transport pasteurized milk or cream into the United States will be granted only upon compliance with the requirements of clauses 1 and 3 of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act, §§ 1210.11, 1210.12, 1210.14, as applicable.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.26 Permits for raw milk or cream.
|
|
Except as provided in § 1210.27, permits to ship or transport raw milk or cream into the United States will be granted only when the milk or cream comes from dairy farms or plants where pasteurization is not carried on and then only upon compliance with the requirements of clauses 1, 2, and 3 of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act, §§ 1210.11 to 1210.14 as applicable.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.27 Permits waiving clauses 2 and 5, section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act.
|
|
A permit to ship or transport raw milk into the United States will contain a waiver of clauses 2 and 5 of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act when the shipper is an operator of a creamery or condensery, or is a producer shipping or transporting to a creamery or condensery and the creamery or condensery is located in the United States within a radius of 20 miles of the point of production of such milk, and the milk, prior to its sale, use, or disposal, is pasteurized, condensed, or evaporated.
|
|
|
Sec. 1210.28 Permits waiving clause 4, section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act.
|
|
The Secretary, in his discretion, will issue to a shipper who is an operator of a condensery a permit waiving the requirements of clause 4, of section 2 of the Federal Import Milk Act and allowing milk and cream containing not to exceed 1,200,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter to be shipped or transported into the United States if the condensery is located within a radius of 15 miles of the point of production of the milk and cream and such milk and cream are to be sterilized in the manufacture of condensed milk.
|
|
|
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 141-149.
Source: 38 FR 32104, Nov. 20, 1973, unless otherwise noted.
|
|
