[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: 9CFR310.16]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 310.16  Disposition of lungs.



    (a) Livestock lungs shall not be saved for use as human food.

    (b) Lungs found to be affected with disease or pathology and lungs 

found to be adulterated with chemical or biological residue shall be 

condemned and identified as ``U.S. Inspected and Condemned.'' Condemned 

lungs may not be saved for pet food or other nonhuman food purposes. 

They shall be maintained under inspectional control and disposed of in 

accordance with Sec. Sec. 314.1 and 314.3 of this subchapter.

    (c) Lungs not condemned under paragraph (b) of this section may be 

used in the preparation of pet food or for other nonhuman food purposes 

at the official establishment, provided they are handled in the manner 

prescribed in Sec. 318.12 of this subchapter, or they may be 

distributed from the establishment in commerce, or otherwise, in 

accordance with the conditions prescribed in Sec. 325.8 of this 

subchapter for nonhuman food purposes or they may be so distributed to 

pharmaceutical manufacturers for pharmaceutical use in accordance with 

Sec. Sec. 314.9 and 325.19(b) of this subchapter, if they are labeled 

as ``Inedible [SPECIES] Lungs--for Pharmaceutical Use Only.'' Otherwise, 

they shall be disposed of at the official establishment, in accordance 

with Sec. Sec. 314.1 and 314.3 of this subchapter.



[36 FR 11639, June 17, 1971]