[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR88.5]

[Page 338]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 88_COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION OF EQUINES FOR SLAUGHTER--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  88.5  Requirements at a slaughtering facility.

    (a) Upon arrival at a slaughtering facility, the owner/shipper must:
    (1) Ensure that each equine has access to appropriate food and 
potable water after being offloaded;
    (2) Present the owner-shipper certificates to a USDA representative;
    (3) Allow a USDA representative access to the equines for the 
purpose of examination; and
    (4) Allow a USDA representative access to the animal cargo area of 
the conveyance for the purpose of inspection.
    (b) If the owner/shipper arrives during normal business hours, the 
owner/shipper must not leave the premises of a slaughtering facility 
until the equines have been examined by a USDA representative. However, 
if the owner/shipper arrives outside of normal business hours, the 
owner/shipper may leave the premises but must return to the premises of 
the slaughtering facility to meet the USDA representative upon his or 
her arrival.
    (c) Any owner/shipper transporting equines to slaughtering 
facilities outside of the United States must present the owner-shipper 
certificates to USDA representatives at the border.