AgricuHural Kansas City Commodity Office 

Stabilization and Post Office Box 419205 

Conservation Service Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6205 

IF TELEGRAM/TELExnwx; TELETYPE TEL. NO. Processed Commodities Division 

EASYLINK USE: 467094 - USDA CI 816-926-641 l Telephone No. 816-926-6707 

December 21, 1989 

N O T I C E 

CONTAINER, BARGE, AND VESSEL HOLD INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS 

TITLE II, P.L. 480 AND SECTION 416 EXPORT DONATIONS 

Effective with bookings made on or after January 1, 1990, all conveyances 

(containers, barges, and break bulk vessels) used in shipments of processed 

grain products, rice, dairy products, vegetable oil, peas, beans, lentils, and 

bagged whole grains destined under the P.L. 480 Title II and Section 416 

programs must be inspected and certified by the Federal Grain Inspection 

Service (FGIS) or its designated agent prior to loading. 

In addition, containers filled with donated agricultural commodities, other 

than vegetable oil, cheese, UHT milk, and butter, destined for the Dominican 

Republic and Haiti must continue to be fumigated with methyl bromide and 

certified by a licensed fumigator. 

Voluntary relief agencies and booking agents shall provide in the booking 

contracts~for the conveyance inspections and for fumigation of applicable 

cargo. 

Container, Barge, and Vessel Hold Inspections 

1. Ocean carriers shall arrange for the FGIS or its agent to inspect each 

conveyance into which processed grain products, dairy products, rice, 

peas, beans, lentils, bagged whole grains, or vegetable oil are to be 

loaded. 

2. Conveyances shall be inspected prior to loading and an inspection 

certificate obtained which certifies that the conveyance is clean, dry, 

free of insect infestation and odor, and is in condition to load and carry 

food commodities. 

3. Costs for the inspection and certification shall be for the account of the 

ocean carrier. 

4. Ocean carriers shall submit copies of inspection certificates to the 

freight forwarder along with the Ocean Bills of Lading in order to receive 

payment for ocean freight. 

S. Freight forwarder shall distribute the certificates as follows: 

a. One copy together with other shipping documents (consignee receipt, 

dock receipt, forwarding notices, etc.) to the Kansas City Commodity 

Office, Processed Commodities Division, Export Operations Branch, 

(KCCO/PCD/EOB). 
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b. One copy to the consignee. 

c. One copy together with, and in support of, the freight payment 

voucher. 

6. Checkloading of bagged whole grains during loading is required and is for 

the account of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). Without these 

inspections, the Export Weight Certificates will not be issued by FGIS and 

vendors cannot receive payment. 

7. If a conveyance is examined immediately prior to loading of CCC 

commodities at the first U.S. port of call with the vessel rotation, no 

further examination is required unless whole grains (bulk or bagged) are 

loaded. If whole grains are loaded into the conveyance, new passes are 

required. 

Container Fumigation 

1. Containers filled with processed grain products, nonfat dry milk, rice, 

peas, beans, or lentils destined for Haiti and the Dominican Republic 

shall be fumigated with methyl bromide. 

2. Ocean carriers shall arrange with a certified fumigator to fumigate the 

filled containers. 

3. Filled containers shall be fumigated with methyl bromide in accordance 

with the instructions on the fumigant manufacturer's label. 

4. Containers shall remain under fumigation for the length of time 

prescribed by the fumigant manufacturer. 

5. The fumigant shall be applied within seven (7) days prior to loading the 

container aboard the container vessel. 

6. Costs for the fumigation shall be for the account of the ocean carrier. 

7. Ocean carriers shall submit copies of fumigation certificates to the 

freight forwarder along with the Ocean Bills of Lading. 

8. Freight Forwarders shall distribute the certificates as follows: 

a. One copy together with other shipping documents (consignee receipts, 

dock receipts, forwarding notices, etc.) to KCCO/PCD/EOB. 

b. One copy to the consignee. 

c. One copy together with, and in support of, the freight payment 

voucher. 

Any questions concerning the above provisions should be directed to the Export 

Operations Branch. 

Norman D. Houser 

Director 

Kansas City Commodity Office