[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: 9CFR310.20]



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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. 310.20  Saving of blood from livestock as an edible product.



    Blood may be saved for edible purposes at official establishments 

provided it is derived from livestock, the carcasses of which are 

inspected and passed, and the blood is collected, defibrinated, and 

handled in a manner so as not to render it adulterated under the Federal 

Meat Inspection Act and regulations issued pursuant thereto. The 

defibrination of blood intended for human food purposes shall not be 

done with the hands. Anticoagulants may be used in accordance with 21 

CFR Chapter I, Subchapter A and Subchapter B, or by regulation in 9 CFR 

Chapter III, Subchapter A or Subchapter E.



[64 FR 72174, Dec. 23, 1999]