9 CFR § 327.20 - Importation of foreign inedible fats.

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title: "9 CFR § 327.20 - Importation of foreign inedible fats."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "327.20"
section_name: "Importation of foreign inedible fats."
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: "327"
part_name: "IMPORTED PRODUCTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "327"
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# 327.20 Importation of foreign inedible fats.

No inedible grease, inedible tallow, or other inedible rendered fat shall be imported into the United States unless it has been first denatured as prescribed in § 327.25 of this part and the containers marked as prescribed by § 316.15 of this subchapter or unless it is identified and handled as prescribed by § 325.11 (b) or (c) of this subchapter.

[54 FR 41049, Oct. 5, 1989]