[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: 9CFR313.1]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 313_HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 313.1  Livestock pens, driveways and ramps.

    (a) Livestock pens, driveways and ramps shall be maintained in good 
repair. They shall be free from sharp or protruding objects which may, 
in the opinion of the inspector, cause injury or pain to the animals. 
Loose boards, splintered or broken planking, and unnecessary openings 
where the head, feet, or legs of an animal may be injured shall be 
repaired.
    (b) Floors of livestock pens, ramps, and driveways shall be 
constructed and maintained so as to provide good footing for livestock. 
Slip resistant or waffled floor surfaces, cleated ramps and the use of 
sand, as appropriate, during winter months are examples of acceptable 
construction and maintenance.
    (c) U.S. Suspects (as defined in Sec. 301.2(xxx)) and dying, 
diseased, and disabled livestock (as defined in Sec. 301.2(y)) shall be 
provided with a covered pen sufficient, in the opinion of the inspector, 
to protect them from the adverse climatic conditions of the locale while 
awaiting disposition by the inspector.
    (d) Livestock pens and driveways shall be so arranged that sharp 
corners and direction reversal of driven animals are minimized.

[44 FR 68813, Nov. 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 49848, Dec. 12, 1988]