[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: 9CFR329.1]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 329_DETENTION; SEIZURE AND CONDEMNATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSES--

Table of Contents

 

Sec. 329.1  Article or livestock subject to administrative detention.



    Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of 

livestock, or article exempted from the definition of meat food product, 

or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock is subject to 

detention for a period not to exceed 20 days when found by any 

authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is 

held for the purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce 

or it is otherwise subject to Title I or II of the Act, and there is 

reason to believe that:

    (a) Any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of 

use as human food; or

    (b) Any such article has not been inspected, in violation of the 

provisions of Title I of the Act, any other Federal law, or the laws of 

any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia; or

    (c) Any such article or livestock has been or is intended to be, 

distributed in violation of the provisions of Title I of the Act, any 

other Federal law, or the laws of any State or Territory, or the 

District of Columbia.