[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: 9CFR311.27]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 311--DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 311.27  Injured animals slaughtered at unusual hours.

    When it is necessary for humane reasons to slaughter an injured 
animal at night or on Sunday or a holiday when the inspector cannot be 
obtained, the carcass and all parts shall be kept for inspection, with 
the head and all viscera except the stomach, bladder, and intestines 
held by the natural attachments. If all parts are not so kept for 
inspection, the carcass shall be condemned. If, on inspection of a 
carcass slaughtered in the absence of an inspector, any lesion or other 
evidence is found indicating that the animal was sick or diseased, or 
affected with any other condition requiring condemnation of the animal 
on ante-mortem inspection, or if there is lacking evidence of the 
condition which rendered emergency slaughter necessary, the carcass 
shall be condemned.