Another 211 have required advance notice of shipments.

The legislation would increase inspections of imported foods, require importers to give notice of shipments, require food manufacturers and processors to register with the government and authorize the food and drug agency to detain food products without a court order.

The air waybill was designed as an acknowledgment of receipt of goods from the consignor, and as a notice of shipment to the carrier (and especially to his agent at the destination), a notice which would also enable the identification of the consignee.

Since the DFR was not a document of title, but merely a receipt and notice of shipment it did little to assure the consignee or bona fide purchaser of the goods that the shipper would not resell or reroute the goods in transit.