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Inspector shall accept a certificate unless it is signed by an official whose name has been published by the Department and whose authority to sign certificates has not been revoked.

Paragraph 5. Each foreign-meat-inspection certificate shall be in the English language, and shall contain a statement of the number of pieces or packages, and the total weight of each kind of meat or product comprising the consignment, together with a description of the identification marks on the meat and products or on the packages containing the same, a description of the shipping marks, the name and address of the consignor, the name of the consignee, and the final destination of the consignment in the United States.

Paragraph 6. Each carrier that receives and loads into boats, cars, or other vehicles in any foreign country any consignment of meat and products for transportation to the United States shall indorse on the foreign-meat-inspection certificate accompanying it the date and place of loading, the name of the vessel, or the numbers and initials of the cars, in which loaded, and, if the consignment is unloaded at any place prior to arrival in the United States, the date and place of unloading. Every such indorsement shall be signed by the person making it, and he shall state on the certificate his official title and the name of the carrier for which he signs.

Paragraph 7. The foreign-meat-inspection certificate required by this section to accompany each consignment containing any meat or product shall be delivered by the consignee or his agent in the United States to the Department Inspector at the place of inspection, and inspection of the meat or product will not be commenced prior to such delivery.

SECTION 6. Each importer shall make application for inspection to the Inspector in charge, if one be stationed at the port where any meat or product is to be offered for importation, or, if not, to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., as long as possible in advance of the anticipated arrival of each consignment, except in the case of consignments of meat and products expressly exempted from inspection by section 11 of this regulation. Each application shall state the approximate date on which the consignment is due to arrive in the United States, the name of the boat or other carrier transporting it, the name of the country of the slaughter of the animals from which the meat and products were derived, the place of transhipment, if any, the place of destination, the quantity and kind of the product, and whether fresh, cured, or canned. In case of consignments arriving in the United States by water, the application should also state the port of first arrival in the United States.

SECTION 7. Paragraph 1. Except as provided in section 11 of this regulation, all meat and products offered for importation from any foreign country shall be inspected by a Department Inspector before the same shall be admitted into the United States.

Paragraph 2. All meat and products required by this regulation to be inspected, which arrive in the United States by water at any port where a Department Inspector is stationed, shall be inspected on the wharf at the time of unloading, except that if, upon the application of the consignee or his agent, the Inspector in charge at such port shall so direct, the articles may be inspected at any other place within the limits of the port or elsewhere in the United States.

Paragraph 3. All meat and products required by this regulation to be inspected which arrive in the United States by water at a port where no Department Inspector is stationed, and which are consigned to any place where a Department Inspector is stationed, shall be inspected at destination.

Paragraph 4. All meat and products required by this regulation to be inspected which arrive in the United States by water at a port where no Department Inspector is stationed, and which are consigned to any place where no Department Inspector is stationed, shall be inspected at such place as the Chief of Bureau, on application of the consignee or his agent, or upon the request of the Customs officer at the port of arrival shall direct.

Paragraph 5. All meat and products required by this regulation to be inspected which arrive in the United States otherwise than by water, and which are consigned to any place where a Department Inspector is stationed, shall be inspected at destination.

Paragraph 6. All meat and products required by this regulation to be inspected which arrive in the United States otherwise than by water, and which are consigned to any place where no Department Inspector is stationed, shall be inspected at such place as the Chief of Bureau, on application of the consignee or his agent, or upon the request of the Customs officer at the port of arrival shall direct.

Paragraph 7. No meat or product required by this regulation to be inspected shall be moved, prior to inspection, from the port of first arrival in the United States, or, if arriving by water, from the wharf where un-