[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: 9CFR313.1]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 313_HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 313.1  Livestock pens, driveways and ramps.



    (a) Livestock pens, driveways and ramps shall be maintained in good 

repair. They shall be free from sharp or protruding objects which may, 

in the opinion of the inspector, cause injury or pain to the animals. 

Loose boards, splintered or broken planking, and unnecessary openings 

where the head, feet, or legs of an animal may be injured shall be 

repaired.

    (b) Floors of livestock pens, ramps, and driveways shall be 

constructed and maintained so as to provide good footing for livestock. 

Slip resistant or waffled floor surfaces, cleated ramps and the use of 

sand, as appropriate, during winter months are examples of acceptable 

construction and maintenance.

    (c) U.S. Suspects (as defined in Sec. 301.2(xxx)) and dying, 

diseased, and disabled livestock (as defined in Sec. 301.2(y)) shall be 

provided with a covered pen sufficient, in the opinion of the inspector, 

to protect them from the adverse climatic conditions of the locale while 

awaiting disposition by the inspector.

    (d) Livestock pens and driveways shall be so arranged that sharp 

corners and direction reversal of driven animals are minimized.



[44 FR 68813, Nov. 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 49848, Dec. 12, 1988]