[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: 9CFR309.18]

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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. 309.18  Official marks and devices for purposes of ante-mortem inspection.

    (a) All livestock required by this part to be identified as U.S. 
Suspects shall be tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing 
the term ``U.S. Suspect,'' except as provided in Sec. 309.2(d) and 
except that cattle affected with epithelioma of the eye, antinomycosis, 
or actinobacillosis to such an extent that the lesions would be readily 
detected on post-mortem inspection, need not be individually tagged on 
ante-mortem inspection with the U.S. Suspect tag, provided that such 
cattle are segregated and otherwise handled as U.S. Suspects.
    (b) In addition, identification of U.S. Suspect swine must include 
the use of tattoos specified by the inspector to maintain the identity 
of the animals through the dehairing equipment when such equipment is 
used.
    (c) All livestock required by this part to be identified as U.S. 
Condemned shall be tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing 
the term ``U.S. Condemned.''
    (d) The devices described in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this 
section shall be the official devices for identification of livestock 
required to be identified as U.S. Suspect or U.S. Condemned as provided 
in this part.