9 CFR § 327.9 - Burlap wrapping for foreign meat.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s327.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 327.9 - Burlap wrapping for foreign meat."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "327.9"
section_name: "Burlap wrapping for foreign meat."
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"
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 15610, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "327"
---


# 327.9 Burlap wrapping for foreign meat.

Burlap shall not be used as a wrapping for foreign meat unless the meat is first wrapped with a good grade of paper or cloth of a kind which will prevent contamination with lint or other foreign material.