CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER III—ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 300 to 381) > PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE NOTICES > SUBPART —Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products 1,2 (§319.37 to §319.37-14) > 319.37-10—Marking and identity.

319.37-10—Marking and identity.

(a) Any restricted article for importation other than by mail, at the time of importation or offer for importation into the United States shall plainly and correctly bear on the outer container (if in a container) or the restricted article (if not in a container) the following information:
(1) General nature and quantity of the contents,
(2) Country and locality where grown,
(3) Name and address of shipper, owner, or person shipping or forwarding the article,
(4) Name and address of consignee,
(5) Identifying shipper's mark and number, and
(6) Number of written permit authorizing the importation if one was issued.
(b) Any restricted article for importation by mail shall be plainly and correctly addressed and mailed to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs at a port of entry identified in § 319.37-14, shall be accompanied by a separate sheet of paper within the package plainly and correctly bearing the name, address, and telephone number of the intended recipient, and shall plainly and correctly bear on the outer container the following information:
(1) General nature and quantity of the contents,
(2) Country and locality where grown,
(3) Name and address of shipper, owner, or person shipping or forwarding the article, and
(4) Number of written permit authorizing the importation, if one was issued.
(c) Any restricted article for importation (by mail or otherwise), at the time of importation or offer for importation into the United States shall be accompanied by an invoice or packing list indicating the contents of the shipment.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0579-0049)

Code of Federal Regulations

[45 FR 31585, May 13, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 57466, Dec. 30, 1983; 72 FR 43522, Aug. 6, 2007]