[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR310.12]

[Page 124]
 
                  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. 310.12  Sternum to be split; abdominal and thoracic viscera to 
be removed.

    The sternum of each carcass shall be split and the abdominal and 
thoracic viscera shall be removed at the time of slaughter in order to 
allow proper inspection.