---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 327.15"
title: "9"
number: "327.15"
heading: "Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling; application of official inspection legend."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/327.15"
---

# §327.15. Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling; application of official inspection legend.

- (a) The outside container in which any immediate container of foreign product is shipped to the United States shall bear, in English, in a prominent and legible manner:
  - (1) The name or descriptive designation of the product in accordance with [§ 317.2](/cfr/9/317.2.md) of this subchapter;
  - (2) The name of the country of origin; and
  - (3) **The establishment number assigned by the foreign meat inspection system and certified to the Program.**
- (b) All labeling used with an outside container of foreign product must be approved in accordance with [part 317](/cfr/9/part317.md) of this subchapter.
- (c) Except for product offered for entry from Canada, all outside containers of products which have been inspected and passed in accordance with this part shall be marked by a Program import inspector or under a Program import inspector's supervision with the official import meat inspection mark prescribed in [§ 327.26](/cfr/9/327.26.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 37707, Oct. 24, 1986; 54 FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 51 FR 37707, Oct. 24, 1986; 54 FR 41048, Oct. 5, 1989]