[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR117.3]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 117_ANIMALS AT LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 117.3  Admittance of animals.

    (a) No animal which shows clinical signs or other evidence of 
disease shall be admitted to the premises of licensed establishments, 
except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section. The health 
status of all animals offered for admission shall be determined by or 
under the direction of a veterinarian prior to admission. If the 
determination cannot be made prior to admission, the animals shall be 
kept separate from animals already on the premises and in a quarantine 
area to be provided by the licensee for this purpose until the animal's 
health status is determined.
    (b) If special test requirements for admittance of the animals are 
specified in the Outline of Production for the product to be produced, 
the animals shall remain in the quarantine area until such tests have 
been performed and the results obtained. Animals which do not meet the 
requirements shall not be admitted to the production area or allowed to 
contact production animals.
    (c) All animals admitted to the premises of a licensed establishment 
shall be permanently identified either collectively or individually by 
the licensee with tags, marks, or other means acceptable to the 
Administrator.
    (d) When an animal which has a disease is to be used to prepare a 
biological product for control of such disease, the animal shall be 
admitted directly to the processing facilities in which the product is 
to be prepared but shall not be permitted contact with other animals on 
the premises.
    (e) The Administrator may authorize the maintenance of diagnostic 
facilities at the licensed establishment: Provided, That safeguards 
proposed by the licensee are adequate to prevent diseased or dead 
animals brought into such facilities from being a threat to biological 
products prepared in such establishment or to other animals on the 
premises used in the preparation of biological products.

[38 FR 15499, June 13, 1973, as amended at 56 FR 66784, Dec. 26, 1991]