[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: 9CFR329.1]

[Page 359]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 329_DETENTION; SEIZURE AND CONDEMNATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSES
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Sec. 329.1  Article or livestock subject to administrative detention.

    Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of 
livestock, or article exempted from the definition of meat food product, 
or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock is subject to 
detention for a period not to exceed 20 days when found by any 
authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is 
held for the purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce 
or it is otherwise subject to Title I or II of the Act, and there is 
reason to believe that:
    (a) Any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of 
use as human food; or
    (b) Any such article has not been inspected, in violation of the 
provisions of Title I of the Act, any other Federal law, or the laws of 
any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia; or
    (c) Any such article or livestock has been or is intended to be, 
distributed in violation of the provisions of Title I of the Act, any 
other Federal law, or the laws of any State or Territory, or the 
District of Columbia.