[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: 9CFR311.27]

[Page 139-140]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 311_DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES
AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 311.27  Injured animals slaughtered at unusual hours.

    When it is necessary for humane reasons to slaughter an injured 
animal at night or on Sunday or a holiday when

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the inspector cannot be obtained, the carcass and all parts of all 
livestock except for cattle shall be kept for inspection, with the head 
and all viscera except the stomach, bladder, and intestines held by the 
natural attachments. If all parts are not so kept for inspection, the 
carcass shall be condemned. If, on inspection of a carcass slaughtered 
in the absence of an inspector, any lesion or other evidence is found 
indicating that the animal was sick or diseased, or affected with any 
other condition requiring condemnation of the animal on ante-mortem 
inspection, or if there is lacking evidence of the condition which 
rendered emergency slaughter necessary, the carcass shall be condemned. 
The parts and carcasses of cattle slaughtered in the absence of an 
inspector shall not be used for human food.

[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 69 FR 1874, Jan. 12, 2004]