[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR309.1]



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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. 309.1  Ante-mortem inspection in pens of official establishments.



    (a) All livestock offered for slaughter in an official establishment 

shall be examined and inspected on the day of and before slaughter 

unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements acceptable 

to the Administrator have been made in specific cases by the circuit 

supervisor for such examination and inspection to be made on a different 

day before slaughter.

    (b) Such ante-mortem inspection shall be made in pens on the 

premises of the establishment at which the livestock are offered for 

slaughter before the livestock shall be allowed to enter into any 

department of the establishment where they are to be slaughtered or 

dressed or in which edible products are handled. When the holding pens 

of an official establishment are located in a public stockyard and are 

reserved for the exclusive use of the establishment, such pens shall be 

regarded as part of the premises of that establishment and the operator 

of the establishment shall be responsible for compliance with all 

requirements of the regulations in this subchapter with respect to such 

pens.