[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: 9CFR311.3]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 311_DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES AND 

PARTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 311.3  Hog cholera.



    (a) The carcasses of all hogs affected with hog cholera shall be 

condemned.

    (b) Inconclusive but suspicious symptoms of hog cholera observed 

during the ante-mortem inspection of a U.S. suspect shall be duly 

considered in connection with post-mortem findings and when the carcass 

of such a suspect shows lesions in the kidneys and the lymph nodes which 

resemble lesions of hog cholera, they shall be regarded as those of hog 

cholera and the carcass shall be condemned.

    (c) When lesions resembling those of hog cholera occur in kidneys 

and lymph nodes of carcasses of hogs which appeared normal on ante-

mortem inspection, further inspection of such carcasses shall be made 

for corroborative lesions. If on such further inspection, characteristic 

lesions of hog cholera are found in some organ or tissue in addition to 

those in the kidneys or in the lymph nodes or in both, then all lesions 

shall be regarded as those of hog cholera and the carcass shall be 

condemned. 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 control of swine diseases 

in the State where the swine are located.



[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 40 FR 27225, June 27, 1975]