[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: 9CFR311.27]



[Page 138-139]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 311_DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES

AND PARTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 311.27  Injured animals slaughtered at unusual hours.



    When it is necessary for humane reasons to slaughter an injured 

animal at night or on Sunday or a holiday when



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the inspector cannot be obtained, the carcass and all parts of all 

livestock except for cattle shall be kept for inspection, with the head 

and all viscera except the stomach, bladder, and intestines held by the 

natural attachments. If all parts are not so kept for inspection, the 

carcass shall be condemned. If, on inspection of a carcass slaughtered 

in the absence of an inspector, any lesion or other evidence is found 

indicating that the animal was sick or diseased, or affected with any 

other condition requiring condemnation of the animal on ante-mortem 

inspection, or if there is lacking evidence of the condition which 

rendered emergency slaughter necessary, the carcass shall be condemned. 

The parts and carcasses of cattle slaughtered in the absence of an 

inspector shall not be used for human food.



[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 69 FR 1874, Jan. 12, 2004]