19 CFR 12.19 - Detention; samples.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 19 - Customs Duties last revised: Feb 06, 2026

View all text of Part 12 [§ 12.1 - § 12.152]

§ 12.19 - Detention; samples.

(a) The port director shall detain all shipments of such products for which no permit to import has been issued pending instructions from the Department of Agriculture.

(b) Samples shall be furnished to the Department of Agriculture upon its request, and the port director shall immediately notify the consignee of any such request.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66,1202,Harmonized,1624

source: 28 FR 14710, Dec. 31, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 19 CFR 12.19