§ 1220.76 - Destruction of condemned tea.

Whenever condemned tea is to be destroyed it must be conveyed to some suitable place, and proper means, to be prescribed by the examiner, must be used for its effectual destruction, which shall be effected in the presence of an officer of customs, detailed by the District Director of Customs for the purpose. Before the tea is destroyed a particular description or statement of the same must be prepared containing the name of the importer or owner, the date of importation, the name of the vessel, and the place from which imported, with the character and quantity of the tea and the invoice value. The fact of its destruction must be certified on said statement by the officer detailed as aforesaid, which statement must be filed in the customhouse.