§ 737.56 - Official samples; sample tags and seals.

(a) Each licensed sampler shall provide himself, unless provided by the warehouseman, with a sufficient quantity of tags of a kind and quality approved by the Administrator or his representative for identifying the samples of tobacco drawn by him. There shall be clearly written or printed on the face of each tag (1) the number of the tag, (2) the caption “Official Tobacco Sample Drawn under the United States Warehouse Act”, (3) the name and location of the licensed warehouse in which the tobacco is or is to be stored, (4) the identification number, in accordance with § 737.33, of the package from which the sample was drawn, except when sampled before being stored, in which case the private number and marks of the package shall be shown and a blank space left for said identification number, (5) the date on which the sample was drawn, and (6) a statement to the effect that the sample was drawn by a sampler licensed in accordance with the United States Warehouse Act and the regulations thereunder. One such tag shall be attached to each official sample of tobacco so as to preserve the identity of the sample.

(b) Each sampler shall seal each official sample of tobacco drawn by him so as to prevent the removal of the tag mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section, or the separation of the sample into parts without breaking the seal. Such seal shall show (1) the name of the sampler, (2) the license number of such sampler, and (3) the insignia “U.S.W.A.”

(c) Each official sample taken from a package of tobacco stored or to be stored in a licensed warehouse shall be of such size and drawn and prepared in such manner as may be required by the Administrator or his representative.