(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (g) and (h) of this section, or section 318.12 of this Part, no product shall be brought into an official establishment unless it has been prepared only in an official establishment and previously inspected and passed by a department employee, and is identified by an official inspection legend as so inspected and passed or prepared in an establishment operating under Federal inspection and is identified as “U.S. Inspected and Passed”. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, product imported in accordance with the import requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and regulations pursuant thereto and so identified, may enter any official establishment subject in other respects to the same restrictions as apply to domestic product. Products received in an official establishment during the department employees absence shall be identified and maintained in a manner acceptable to such employee. Product entering any official establishment shall not be used or prepared thereat until it has been reinspected in accordance with section 318.2 of this Part. Any product originally prepared at any official establishment may not be returned into any part of such establishment, except the receiving area approved under section 318.3 of this Part, until it has been reinspected by the inspector.

(b) No slaughtered poultry or poultry product shall be brought into an official establishment unless it has been (1) previously inspected and passed and is identified as such in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) and the regulations thereunder, and has not been prepared other than in an establishment inspected under said act, or (2) has been inspected and passed and is identified as such in accordance with the requirements of article 5-D of the Agriculture and Markets Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Every article for use as an ingredient in the preparation of meat food products, when entering any official establishment and at all times while it is in such establishment, shall bear a label showing the name of the article, the amount or percentage therein of any substances restricted by this Part or Part 317 of this Article and a list of ingredients in the article if composed of two or more ingredients: provided, that in the case of articles received in tank car lots, only one such label shall be used to identify each lot. In addition, the label must show the name and address of the shipper.

(d) Containers of preparations which enter any official establishment for use in cooling or retort water, in hog scalding water, or in denuding of tripe shall at all times while they are in such establishment bear labels showing the chemical names of the chemicals in such preparations. In the case of any preparation containing any chemicals which are specifically limited by section 318.7(c)(4) as to amount permitted to be used, the labels on the containers shall also show the percentage of each such chemical in the preparation.

(e) Dyes, chemicals, or other substances the use of which is restricted to certain products may be brought into or kept in an official establishment only if such products are prepared thereat. No prohibited dye, chemical, preservative, or other substance shall be brought into or kept in an official establishment.

(f) All isolated soy protein, when entering and while in any official establishment, must be labeled in accordance with, and otherwise meet the requirements of section 318.6(b)(11) of this Part.

(g) Glands and organs, such a cotyledons, ovaries, prostate glands, tonsils, spinal cords and detached lymphatic, pineal, pituitary, parathyroid, suprarenal, pancreatic and thyroid glands, used in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and which are not used as human food (whether or not prepared at official establishments) may be brought into and stored in edible product departments of official establishments if packaged in suitable containers so that the presence of such glands and organs will in no way interfere with the maintenance of sanitary conditions or constitute an interference with inspection. Glands or organs which are regarded as human food products, such as livers, testicles and thymus glands, may be brought into official establishment for pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical purposes, only if NYSDA&M or U.S. inspected and passed and so identified. Lungs and lung lobes derived from livestock slaughtered in any establishment may not be brought into any official establishment except as provided in subdivision 318.12(a).

(h) Carcasses of game animals, farm dressed meat, custom slaughtered meat and custom meat by-products, may be brought into an official establishment for preparation, packaging, and storing in accordance with the provisions of section 303.1(a)(2) of this Article.

(i) The operator of the official establishment shall furnish such information as is necessary to determine the origin of any product or other article entering the official establishment. Such information shall include, but is not limited to, the name and address of the seller or supplier, transportation company, agent, or broker involved in the sale or delivery of the product or article in question.

(j) Any product or any poultry or poultry product or other article that is brought into an official establishment contrary to any provision of this section may be required by the commissioner to be removed immediately from such establishment by the operator thereof, and failure to comply with such requirement shall be deemed a violation of this regulation. If any slaughtered poultry or poultry products or other articles are received at an official establishment and are suspected of being adulterated or misbranded under the Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the appropriate governmental authorities will be notified.