[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: 9CFR309.18]



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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. 309.18  Official marks and devices for purposes of ante-mortem inspection.



    (a) All livestock required by this part to be identified as U.S. 

Suspects shall be tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing 

the term ``U.S. Suspect,'' except as provided in Sec. 309.2(d) and 

except that cattle affected with epithelioma of the eye,



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antinomycosis, or actinobacillosis to such an extent that the lesions 

would be readily detected on post-mortem inspection, need not be 

individually tagged on ante-mortem inspection with the U.S. Suspect tag, 

provided that such cattle are segregated and otherwise handled as U.S. 

Suspects.

    (b) In addition, identification of U.S. Suspect swine must include 

the use of tattoos specified by the inspector to maintain the identity 

of the animals through the dehairing equipment when such equipment is 

used.

    (c) All livestock required by this part to be identified as U.S. 

Condemned shall be tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing 

the term ``U.S. Condemned.''

    (d) The devices described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this 

section shall be the official devices for identification of livestock 

required to be identified as U.S. Suspect or U.S. Condemned as provided 

in this part.