[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR310.16]

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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. 310.16  Disposition of lungs.

    (a) Livestock lungs shall not be saved for use as human food.
    (b) Lungs found to be affected with disease or pathology and lungs 
found to be adulterated with chemical or biological residue shall be 
condemned and identified as ``U.S. Inspected and Condemned.'' Condemned 
lungs may not be saved for pet food or other nonhuman food purposes. 
They shall be maintained under inspectional control and disposed of in 
accordance with Secs. 314.1 and 314.3 of this subchapter.
    (c) Lungs not condemned under paragraph (b) of this section may be 
used in the preparation of pet food or for other nonhuman food purposes 
at the official establishment, provided they are handled in the manner 
prescribed in Sec. 318.12 of this subchapter, or they may be distributed 
from the establishment in commerce, or otherwise, in accordance with the 
conditions prescribed in Sec. 325.8 of this subchapter for nonhuman food 
purposes or they may be so distributed to pharmaceutical manufacturers 
for pharmaceutical use in accordance with Secs. 314.9 and 325.19(b) of 
this subchapter, if they are labeled as ``Inedible [SPECIES] Lungs--for 
Pharmaceutical Use Only.'' Otherwise, they shall be disposed of at the 
official establishment, in accordance with Secs. 314.1 and 314.3 of this 
subchapter.

[36 FR 11639, June 17, 1971]