[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR310.20]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 310--POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.20  Saving of blood from livestock as an edible product.

    Blood may be saved for edible purposes at official establishments 
provided it is derived from livestock, the carcasses of which are 
inspected and passed, and the blood is collected, defibrinated, and 
handled in a manner so as not to render it adulterated under the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act and regulations issued pursuant thereto. The 
defibrination of blood intended for human food purposes shall not be 
done with the hands. Anticoagulants may be used in accordance with 21 
CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A and Subchapter B, or by regulation in 9 CFR 
Chapter III, Subchapter A or Subchapter E.

[64 FR 72174, Dec. 23, 1999]