[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR309.13]

[Page 110]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 309_ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 309.13  Disposition of condemned livestock.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, livestock identified 
as U.S. Condemned shall be killed by the official establishment, if not 
already dead. Such animals shall not be taken into the official 
establishment to be slaughtered or dressed; nor shall they be conveyed 
into any department of the establishment used for edible products; but 
they shall be disposed of in the manner provided for condemned carcasses 
in part 314 of this subchapter. The official U.S. Condemned tag shall 
not be removed from, but shall remain on the carcass until it goes into 
the tank, or is otherwise disposed of as prescribed in part 314 of this 
subchapter, at which time such tag may be removed by a Program employee 
only. The number of such tag shall be reported to the veterinary medical 
officer by the inspector who affixed it, and also by the inspector who 
supervised the tanking of the carcass.
    (b) Any livestock condemned on account of ketosis, swine erysipelas, 
vesicular diseases, grass tetany, transport tetany, parturient paresis, 
anasarca, anaplasmosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, or inflammatory 
condition including pneumonia, enteritis, and peritonitis may be set 
apart and held for treatment under supervision of a Program employee or 
official designated by the area supervisor. The U.S. Condemned 
identification tag will be removed by a Program employee following 
treatment under such supervision if the animal is found to be free from 
any such disease.
    (c) Livestock previously affected with listeriosis, including those 
released for slaughter after treatment under paragraph (b) of this 
section, shall be identified as U.S. Suspect.
    (d) When livestock under the provisions of this section is to be 
released for a purpose other than slaughter, the operator of the 
official establishment or the owner of the livestock shall first obtain 
permission for the movement of such livestock from the local, State, or 
Federal livestock sanitary official having jurisdiction.