[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: 9CFR381.73]

[Page 446]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 381--POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart J--Ante Mortem Inspection
 
Sec. 381.73  Quarantine of diseased poultry.

    If live poultry, which is affected by any contagious disease which 
is transmissible to man, is brought into an official establishment, such 
poultry shall be segregated. The slaughtering of such poultry shall be 
deferred and the poultry shall be dealt with in one of the following 
ways:
    (a) If it is determined by a veterinary inspector that further 
handling of the poultry will not create a health hazard, the lot shall 
be slaughtered separately, subject to ante mortem and post mortem 
inspection pursuant to the regulations.
    (b) If it is determined by a veterinary inspector that further 
handling of the poultry will create a health hazard, such poultry may be 
released for treatment under the control of an appropriate State or 
Federal agency. If the circumstances are such that release for treatment 
is impracticable, a careful bird-by-bird ante mortem inspection shall be 
made, and all birds found to be, or which are suspected of being, 
affected with a contagious disease transmissible to man shall be 
condemned.