[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: 9CFR381.74]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

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

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 381_POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart J_Ante Mortem Inspection

 

Sec. 381.74  Poultry suspected of having biological residues.



    When any poultry at an official establishment is suspected of having 

been treated with or exposed to any substance that may impart a 

biological residue that would make their edible tissues adulterated, 

they shall, at the option of the operator of the establishment, be 

processed at the establishment and the carcasses and all parts thereof 

retained under U.S. Retained tags, pending final disposition in 

accordance with Sec. 381.80, of this part, and other provisions in 

subpart K; or they shall be slaughtered at the establishment and buried 

or incinerated in a manner satisfactory to the inspector. Alternatively, 

such poultry may be returned to the grower, if further holding is likely 

to result in their not being adulterated by reason of any residue. The 

Inspection Service will notify the other Federal and State agencies 

concerned of such action. To aid in determining the amount of residue 

present in the poultry, officials of the Inspection Service may permit 

the slaughter of any such poultry for the purpose of collecting tissues 

for analysis of the residue. Such analysis may include the use of 

inplant screening procedures designed to detect the presence of 

antimicrobial residues in any species of poultry.



[47 FR 41336, Sept. 20, 1982]