[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR309.5]



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                  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. 309.5  Swine; disposal because of hog cholera.



    (a) All swine found by an inspector to be affected with hog cholera 

shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with 

Sec. 309.13. Immediate notification shall be given by the inspector to 

the official in the Veterinary Services unit of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service who has responsibility for the control of 

swine diseases in the State where the swine are located.

    (b) All swine, even though not themselves identified as U.S. 

Suspects, which are of lots in which one or more animals have been 

condemned or identified as U.S. Suspect for hog cholera, shall, as far 

as possible, be slaughtered separately and apart from all other 

livestock passed on ante-mortem inspection.



[40 FR 27225, June 27, 1975]