[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: 9CFR381.74]

[Page 453]
 
                  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. 381.74  Poultry suspected of having biological residues.

    When any poultry at an official establishment is suspected of having 
been treated with or exposed to any substance that may impart a 
biological residue that would make their edible tissues adulterated, 
they shall, at the option of the operator of the establishment, be 
processed at the establishment and the carcasses and all parts thereof 
retained under U.S. Retained tags, pending final disposition in 
accordance with Sec. 381.80, of this part, and other provisions in 
subpart K; or they shall be slaughtered at the establishment and buried 
or incinerated in a manner satisfactory to the inspector. Alternatively, 
such poultry may be returned to the grower, if further holding is likely 
to result in their not being adulterated by reason of any residue. The 
Inspection Service will notify the other Federal and State agencies 
concerned of such action. To aid in determining the amount of residue 
present in the poultry, officials of the Inspection Service may permit 
the slaughter of any such poultry for the purpose of collecting tissues 
for analysis of the residue. Such analysis may include the use of 
inplant screening procedures designed to detect the presence of 
antimicrobial residues in any species of poultry.

[47 FR 41336, Sept. 20, 1982]