§ 1220.71 - Procedure for protest against findings.

In case the collector of customs, importer, or consignee shall protest against the finding of the examiner, the matter in dispute shall be referred for decision to the United States Board of Tea Appeals, designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and if such board shall, after due examination, find the tea in question to be equal in purity, quality, and fitness for consumption, as compared with the proper standards, a permit shall be issued by the District Director of Customs for its release and delivery to the importer; but if, upon such final re-examination by such board, the tea shall be found to be inferior in purity, quality, and fitness for consumption, as compared with the said standards, the importer or consignee shall give a bond, unless he has previously done so, with security satisfactory to the District Director of Customs, to export said tea out of the limits of the United States within a period of 6 months after such final re-examination; and if the same shall not have been exported within the time specified, the District Director of Customs, at the expiration of that time, shall cause the same to be destroyed.