{"data":{"id":"us/9-cfr-325.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"9 CFR 325.16","heading":"Official seals; forms, use, and breaking.","body":"(a) The official seals required by this part shall be those prescribed in § 312.5(a) of this subchapter.\n(b) Except as provided in § 325.18(b), official seal affixed under this part shall be affixed or broken only by Program employees, and no person other than a Program employee shall affix, detach, break, change, or tamper with any such seal in any way whatever. Commission of any such acts contrary to this regulation is a criminal offense.","path":["Title 9—Animals and Animal Products","CHAPTER III—FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER A—AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION","PART 325—TRANSPORTATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-9.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:03Z","sha256":"59f7c70a32baa5b383d4548c6fe791889de473d2ac9cceb75f84541cfd643459","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/9-cfr-325.15","next":"us/9-cfr-325.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}