[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR309.1]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 309_ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 309.1  Ante-mortem inspection in pens of official establishments.

    (a) All livestock offered for slaughter in an official establishment 
shall be examined and inspected on the day of and before slaughter 
unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements acceptable 
to the Administrator have been made in specific cases by the circuit 
supervisor for such examination and inspection to be made on a different 
day before slaughter.
    (b) Such ante-mortem inspection shall be made in pens on the 
premises of the establishment at which the livestock are offered for 
slaughter before the livestock shall be allowed to enter into any 
department of the establishment where they are to be slaughtered or 
dressed or in which edible products are handled. When the holding pens 
of an official establishment are located in a public stockyard and are 
reserved for the exclusive use of the establishment, such pens shall be 
regarded as part of the premises of that establishment and the operator 
of the establishment shall be responsible for compliance with all 
requirements of the regulations in this subchapter with respect to such 
pens.