[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: 9CFR309.13]



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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. 309.13  Disposition of condemned livestock.



    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, livestock identified 

as U.S. Condemned shall be killed by the official establishment, if not 

already dead. Such animals shall not be taken into the official 

establishment to be slaughtered or dressed; nor shall they be conveyed 

into any department of the establishment used for edible products; but 

they shall be disposed of in the manner provided for condemned carcasses 

in part 314 of this subchapter. The official U.S. Condemned tag shall 

not be removed from, but shall remain on the carcass until it goes into 

the tank, or is otherwise disposed of as prescribed in part 314 of this 

subchapter, at which time such tag may be removed by a Program employee 

only.



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The number of such tag shall be reported to the veterinary medical 

officer by the inspector who affixed it, and also by the inspector who 

supervised the tanking of the carcass.

    (b) Any livestock condemned on account of ketosis, swine erysipelas, 

vesicular diseases, grass tetany, transport tetany, parturient paresis, 

anasarca, anaplasmosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, or inflammatory 

condition including pneumonia, enteritis, and peritonitis may be set 

apart and held for treatment under supervision of a Program employee or 

official designated by the area supervisor. The U.S. Condemned 

identification tag will be removed by a Program employee following 

treatment under such supervision if the animal is found to be free from 

any such disease.

    (c) Livestock previously affected with listeriosis, including those 

released for slaughter after treatment under paragraph (b) of this 

section, shall be identified as U.S. Suspect.

    (d) When livestock under the provisions of this section is to be 

released for a purpose other than slaughter, the operator of the 

official establishment or the owner of the livestock shall first obtain 

permission for the movement of such livestock from the local, State, or 

Federal livestock sanitary official having jurisdiction.