9 CFR § 557.17 - Returned U.S. inspected and marked fish and fish products.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s557.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 557.17 - Returned U.S. inspected and marked fish and fish products."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "557.17"
section_name: "Returned U.S. inspected and marked fish and fish products."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MANDATORY INSPECTION OF FISH OF THE ORDER SILURIFORMES AND PRODUCTS OF SUCH FISH"
part_number: "557"
part_name: "IMPORTATION"
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. 601-602, 606-622, 624-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "557"
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# 557.17 Returned U.S. inspected and marked fish and fish products.

U.S. inspected and passed and so marked fish products exported to and returned from foreign countries will be admitted into the United States without compliance with this part upon notification of and approval by the Assistant Administrator, Office of Field Operations, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, in specific cases.