[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: 9CFR325.21]



[Page 339-340]

 

                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 325_TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 325.21  Means of conveyance in which dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock and parts of carcasses thereof shall be transported.



    All vehicles and other means of conveyance used by persons subject 

to Sec. 325.20 for transporting in commerce or importing, any dead, 

dying, disabled, and diseased livestock or parts of carcasses of 

livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter shall be leak-proof and 

so constructed and equipped as to permit thorough cleaning and 

sanitizing. The means of conveyance so used in conveying such livestock, 

or parts thereof, shall be cleaned and disinfected prior to use in the 

transportation of any product intended for use as human food. The 

cleaning procedure shall include the complete removal from the means of 

conveyance of any fluid, parts, or product of such dead, dying, 

disabled, or diseased livestock and the thorough application of a 

disinfectant to the interior surfaces of the cargo space. Substances 

permitted for such use are:

    (a) ``Liquified phenol'' (U.S.P. strength 87 percent phenol) in the 

proportion of at least 6 fluid ounces to 1 gallon of water.



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    (b) ``Cresylic disinfectant'' in the proportion of not less than 4 

fluid ounces to 1 gallon of water; and such other disinfectants as are 

approved by the Administrator in specific cases. The use of ``cresylic 

disinfectant'' is permitted subject to the conditions prescribed in 

Sec. 71.10(b) of this title.