---
kind: "unit"
title: "9"
title_heading: "Animals and Animal Products"
key: "chIII/subchF/part557"
level: "part"
label: "Part 557"
heading: "Importation"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/chIII-subchF-part557"
sections_count: 23
---

# Part 557 — Importation

Title 9 C.F.R. — Animals and Animal Products › Chapter III — Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture › Subchapter F — Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order Siluriformes and Products of Such Fish

## Sections

- [§557.1. Definitions; application of provisions.](/cfr/9/557.1.md)
- [§557.2. Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of fish and fish products into the United States.](/cfr/9/557.2.md)
- [§557.3. No fish or fish product to be imported without compliance with applicable regulations.](/cfr/9/557.3.md)
- [§557.4. Imported fish and fish products; foreign certificates required.](/cfr/9/557.4.md)
- [§557.5. Importer to make application for inspection of fish and fish products for entry.](/cfr/9/557.5.md)
- [§557.6. Fish and fish products for importation; program inspection, time and place; application for approval of facilities as official import inspection establishment; refusal or withdrawal of approval; official numbers.](/cfr/9/557.6.md)
- [§557.7. Products for importation; movement prior to inspection; handling; bond; assistance.](/cfr/9/557.7.md)
- [§557.8. Import fish and fish products; equipment and means of conveyance used in handling to be maintained in sanitary condition.](/cfr/9/557.8.md)
- [§557.9. Reserved](/cfr/9/557.9.md)
- [§557.10. Samples; inspection of consignments; refusal of entry; marking.](/cfr/9/557.10.md)
- [§557.11. Receipts to importers for import fish product samples.](/cfr/9/557.11.md)
- [§557.12. Foreign canned or packaged fish and fish products bearing trade labels; sampling and inspection.](/cfr/9/557.12.md)
- [§557.13. Foreign fish and fish products offered for importation; reporting of findings to Customs.](/cfr/9/557.13.md)
- [§557.14. Marking of fish and fish products and labeling of immediate containers thereof for importation.](/cfr/9/557.14.md)
- [§557.15. Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling; application of official inspection legend.](/cfr/9/557.15.md)
- [§557.16. Small importations for importer's own consumption; requirements.](/cfr/9/557.16.md)
- [§557.17. Returned U.S. inspected and marked fish and fish products.](/cfr/9/557.17.md)
- [§557.18. Fish or fish products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; exception.](/cfr/9/557.18.md)
- [§557.19. Specimens for laboratory examination and similar purposes.](/cfr/9/557.19.md)
- [§557.20-557.23. Reserved](/cfr/9/557.20-557.23.md)
- [§557.24. Appeals; how made.](/cfr/9/557.24.md)
- [§557.25. Disposition procedures for fish and fish products condemned or ordered destroyed under import inspection.](/cfr/9/557.25.md)
- [§557.26. Official import inspection marks and devices.](/cfr/9/557.26.md)