9 CFR § 317.12 - Relabeling products; requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s317.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 317.12 - Relabeling products; requirements."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "317.12"
section_name: "Relabeling products; requirements."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "317"
part_name: "LABELING, MARKING DEVICES, AND CONTAINERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15580, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "317"
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# 317.12 Relabeling products; requirements.

When it is claimed by an official establishment that any of its products which bore labels bearing official marks has been transported to a location other than an official establishment, and it is desired to relabel the product because the labels have become mutilated or otherwise damaged, a request for relabeling the product shall be sent to the Administrator, accompanied with a statement of the reasons therefor. Labeling material intended for relabeling inspected and passed product shall not be transported from an official establishment until permission has been received from the Administrator. The relabeling of inspected and passed product with labels bearing any official marks shall be done under the supervision of a Program inspector. The official establishment shall reimburse the Program, in accordance with the regulations of the Department, for any cost involved in supervising the relabeling of such product.