Title 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
Chapter III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR300.1] [Page 81] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 300_AGENCY MISSION AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents Sec. 300.1 Purpose. This part describes the duties and organization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ...


title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (9 CFR chapter III) includes, in addition to administrative rules, rules and regulations that implement provisions of the...


responsibilities: implementation of the FMIA, the PPIA, and the EPIA. (b) Headquarters. FSIS has four principal components or offices, each of which is under...


(1) Persons subject to provisions of the FMIA or the PPIA must afford representatives of the Secretary access to establishments that slaughter or otherwise...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR301.1] [Page 82] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 301_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 301.1 Meaning of terms. As used in this subchapter, unless otherwise required by the context, the singular form shall also import the plural and the masculine form shall also import the feminine, and vice versa. [35 FR 15554, Oct. 3, 1970] ...


be construed, respectively, to mean: The Act. The Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, (34 Stat. 1260, as amended, 81 Stat. 584, 84 Stat. 438, 92 Stat. 1069, 21...


this subchapter is required at: (1) Every establishment, except as provided in Sec. 303.1 (a) and (b), or (c) of this subchapter, in which any livestock are...


endangering public health. Special provisions with respect to establishments and their operations and transactions by any persons in designated States...


all products entering any official establishment and all products prepared, in whole or in part, therein, shall be inspected, handled, stored, prepared, packaged, marked, and labeled...


preparation of products do not apply to: (1) The slaughtering by any individual of livestock of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in commerce...


of 1986, Title IV of the Futures Trading Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-641), in establishments preparing products at which inspection under the Act and regulations is...


operations at an establishment subject to the Act, whether tenant, subsidiary, or landlord, shall make application therefor to the Administrator as provided for...


give notice in writing to each applicant granted inspection and shall specify in the notice the establishment, including the limits of the establishment's premises, to which...


establishment shall have developed written sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, as required by part 416 of this chapter. (b) Before being granted...


(a) An official number shall be assigned to each establishment granted inspection. Such number shall be used to identify all inspected and passed products prepared...


(a) Each official establishment shall be separate and distinct from any unofficial establishment except a poultry products processing establishment operated...


Inspection shall not be inaugurated if an establishment is not in a sanitary condition nor unless the establishment agrees to maintain a sanitary condition and...


When inspection is granted, the circuit supervisor shall, at or prior to the inauguration of inspection, inform the operator of the establishment of the requirements of...


Program employees shall report, in a manner prescribed by the Administrator, all violations of the Act or regulations in this subchapter of which they...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR306.1] [Page 100] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 306_ASSIGNMENT AND AUTHORITIES OF PROGRAM EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents Sec. 306.1 Designation of circuit supervisor and assistants. The Administrator shall designate a circuit supervisor of the inspection in each circuit, and assign to said inspector such assistants as may be necessary. ...


examination or inspection necessary to prevent the use in commerce of any adulterated product, Program employees shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether...


a numbered official badge, which he shall not allow to leave his possession, and which he shall wear in such manner and at such times as the Administrator may prescribe....


procuring product from official establishments. (a) Except as specifically authorized by the Administrator, no Program employee shall be detailed for duty at...


his/her immediate supervisor having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the appeal, except as otherwise provided in the applicable rules of practice. [48 FR...


janitor service, shall be provided by official establishments, rent free, for the exclusive use for official purposes of the inspector and other Program employees...


circuit supervisor, the following facilities and conditions, and such others as may be found to be essential to efficient conduct of inspection and maintenance of sanitary...


their own work clothing and implements, such as flashlights and triers, for conducting inspection and shall maintain their implements in sanitary condition as prescribed by...


the supervision of a Program employee. All slaughtering of animals and preparation of products shall be done with reasonable speed, considering the official...


or an exporter shall reimburse the Program, at the rate specified in Sec. 391.3, for the cost of the inspection service furnished on any holiday as specified in paragraph...


service, or both, shall be billed as provided for in Sec. 307.5(a) and at the rates specified in Sec. 391.3, in increments of quarter hours. For billing purposes, 8 or...


equipment is equipment that provides electric shock treatment to [[Page 105]] carcasses for the purpose of accelerating rigor mortis of facilitating...


an official establishment shall be examined and inspected on the day of and before slaughter unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements acceptable to...


post-mortem inspection or otherwise. (a) Any livestock which, on ante-mortem inspection, do not clearly show, but are suspected of being affected with any...


condition on the premises of an official establishment shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with Sec. 309.13. (b) Livestock plainly showing...


or infectious or parasitic diseases. (a) All livestock showing, on ante-mortem inspection, symptoms of anaplasmosis, ketosis, leptospirosis,...


cholera shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with Sec. 309.13. Immediate notification shall be given by the inspector to the official in...


the eye and the orbital region in which the eye has been destroyed or obscured by neoplastic tissue and which shows extensive infection, suppuration, and necrosis,...


(a) Any livestock found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anthrax shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with Sec. 309.13. (b)...


be affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive and generalized edema shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR309.9] [Page 110] 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. 309.9 Swine erysipelas. All hogs plainly showing on ante-mortem inspection that they are affected with acute swine erysipelas shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with Sec. 309.13. ...


slaughter until after parturition and passage of the placenta. Slaughter or other disposition may then be permitted if the animal is...


which have not been exposed to any other infectious or contagious disease, are not required to be slaughtered and may be released for removal from...


Sec. 311.27 of this subchapter, the animals shall be inspected immediately before slaughter, whether theretofore inspected or not. When the necessity for emergency...


U.S. Condemned shall be killed by the official establishment, if not already dead. Such animals shall not be taken into the official establishment to be slaughtered...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR309.14] [Page 110] 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. 309.14 Brucellosis-reactor goats. Goats which have reacted to a test for brucellosis shall not be slaughtered in an official establishment. ...


and Federal livestock sanitary officials having jurisdiction when any livestock is found to be affected with a vesicular disease. [[Page 111]] (b)...


this section, livestock suspected of having been treated with or exposed to any substance that may impart a biological residue which would make the edible tissues unfit for...


experimental biological product, drug, or chemical shall be eligible for slaughter at an official establishment unless: (1) The operator of such establishment, the sponsor...


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...


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...
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(a) The head, tail, tongue, thymus gland, and all viscera of each slaughtered animal, and all blood and other parts of such animal to be used in the preparation of meat food...


other parts, in which any lesion or other condition is found that might render the meat or any part unfit for food purposes, or otherwise adulterated, and which for...


the Administrator may be used for the temporary identification of retained carcasses, organs, and other parts. In all cases, the identification shall be further established...


found on final inspection to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise adulterated shall be conspicuously marked, on the surface tissues thereof, by a Program...


conspicuously on the surface tissues thereof by a Program employee at the time of inspection, ``U.S. Passed for Cooking.'' All such carcasses and parts shall be cooked...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR310.7] [Page 122] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents Sec. 310.7 Removal of spermatic cords, pizzles and preputial diverticuli. Spermatic cords and pizzles shall be removed from all carcasses. Preputial diverticuli shall be removed from hog carcasses. ...


otherwise not adulterated shall be passed and marked as provided in part 316 of this subchapter. In all cases where carcasses showing localized lesions are passed for...


and contents, and fat; handling of blood and scalding vat water; general cleanup and disinfection. (a) Carcasses found before evisceration to be...


and other pathological skin conditions. When a carcass is to be dressed with the skin or hide left on, the skin or hide shall be thoroughly washed and...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR310.11] [Page 124] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents Sec. 310.11 Cleaning of hog carcasses before incising. All hair, scurf, dirt, hoofs and claws shall be removed from hog carcasses, and the carcasses shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned before any incision is made for inspection or evisceration. ...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR310.12] [Page 124] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents Sec. 310.12 Sternum to be split; abdominal and thoracic viscera to be removed. The sternum of each carcass shall be split and the abdominal and thoracic viscera shall be removed at the time of slaughter in order to allow proper inspection. ...


not inflate carcasses or parts of carcasses with air, except as set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. (2)(i) Any establishment slaughtering livestock that...


slight [[Page 125]] bruises, either the bruised portion shall be removed immediately and disposed of in accordance with part 314 of this subchapter, or the...


tissue shall not be used for human food. (b) Livestock thyroid glands and laryngeal muscle tissue may be distributed to pharmaceutical manufacturers...


found to be affected with disease or pathology and lungs found to be adulterated with chemical or biological residue shall be condemned and identified as ``U.S. Inspected...


swine, and goats shall be removed without opening the milk ducts or sinuses. If pus or other objectionable material is permitted to come in contact with the carcass,...


handled in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination with fecal material, urine, bile, hair, dirt, or foreign matter; however, if contamination occurs, it shall be...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR310.19] [Page 126] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents Sec. 310.19 Inspection of kidneys. An employee of the establishment shall open the kidney capsule and expose the kidneys of all livestock at the time of slaughter for the purpose of examination by a Program employee. ...


establishments provided it is derived from livestock, the carcasses of which are inspected and passed, and the blood is collected, defibrinated, and handled in a manner so...


carcasses and parts. (a) Calf carcasses from animals suspected of containing biological residues under Sec. 309.16(d) of this subchapter shall, on...


swine identified in accordance with part 71 of this title shall be made available to the inspector upon the inspector's request throughout post- mortem inspection. (b)...


(a) Criteria for verifying process control; E. coli testing. (1) Each official establishment that slaughters livestock must test for Escherichia coli...


(a) The carcasses or parts of carcasses of all animals slaughtered at an official establishment and found at the time of slaughter or at any...


to the disposition of carcasses of livestock based on the difference in the [[Page 132]] pathogenesis of tuberculosis in swine, cattle, sheep, goats,...


hog cholera shall be condemned. (b) Inconclusive but suspicious symptoms of hog cholera observed during the ante-mortem inspection of a U.S. suspect shall be...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.5] [Page 133] 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. 311.5 Swine erysipelas. Carcasses affected with swine erysipelas which is acute or generalized, or which show systemic change, shall be condemned. ...


diamond-skin disease when localized and not associated with systemic change may be passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the affected parts, provided...


is localized and not associated with systemic change may be passed for human food after removal and condemnation of all affected parts. Affected joints with corresponding...


(a) Carcasses of cattle found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive or well-marked generalized...


of generalization as outlined for tuberculosis in Sec. 311.2(a) shall apply for actinomycosis and actinobacillosis, and carcasses of livestock with generalized lesions of...


in cattle, blackleg, blue[chyph]tongue, hem[chyph]or[chyph]rhag[chyph]ic sep[chyph]ti[chyph]cemia,...


a carcass affected with a neoplasm shall be condemned. If there is evidence of metastasis or that the general condition of the animal has been adversely affected by the...


with epithelioma of the eye, or the orbital region shall be condemned in their entirety if one of the following three conditions exists: (1) The affection...


(a) Except as provided in Sec. 311.19, carcasses of livestock showing generalized pigmentary deposits shall be condemned. (b) The affected parts of carcasses...


abrasions on the tongue and inner surface of the lips and mouth, when without lymph node involvement, shall be carefully excised, leaving only sound, normal...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.15] [Page 135] 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. 311.15 Brucellosis. Carcasses affected with localized lesions of brucellosis may be passed for human food after the affected parts are removed and condemned. ...


poisoning. (a) All carcasses of animals so infected that consumption of the products thereof may give rise to food poisoning shall be condemned. This includes...


standpoint of meat inspection, necrobacillosis may be regarded as a local infection at the beginning, and carcasses in which the lesions are localized may be passed for human...


lesions in the viscera and the skeletal lymph nodes, or a thin carcass showing extensive lesions in any part shall be condemned. (b) A thin carcass...


be condemned. Yellow fat conditions caused by nutritional factors or characteristic of certain breeds of livestock and yellow fat sometimes seen in sheep shall not be...


off a pronounced sexual odor shall be condemned. (b) The meat of swine carcasses which give off a sexual odor less than pronounced may be passed for use in...


mange or scab in advanced stages, showing cachexia or extensive inflammation of the flesh, shall be condemned. When the disease is slight, the carcass may be passed after...


erythema. Carcasses of hogs affected with urticaria (nettle rash), tinea tonsurans, demodex folliculorum, or erythema may be passed for...


(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, carcasses of cattle affected with lesions of cysticercus bovis shall be disposed of as follows: (1) Carcasses of...


affected with tapeworm cysts (Cysticercus cellulosae) may be passed for cooking, unless the infestation is excessive, in which case the carcass shall...


cysts; flukes; gid bladder-worms. (a) In the disposal of carcasses, edible organs, and other parts of carcasses showing evidence of infestation with parasites...


produce wholesome meat, and carcasses which show a serous infiltration of muscle tissues, or a serous or mucoid degeneration of the fatty tissue, shall be condemned....


it is necessary for humane reasons to slaughter an injured animal at night or on Sunday or a holiday when the inspector cannot be obtained, the carcass and all parts shall be kept...


Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals are unwholesome and shall be condemned if (a) the meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby,...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.29] [Page 138] 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. 311.29 Unborn and stillborn animals. All unborn and stillborn animals shall be condemned and no hide or skin thereof shall be removed from the carcass within a room in which edible products are handled. ...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.30] [Page 138] 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. 311.30 Livestock suffocated and hogs scalded alive. All livestock which have been suffocated in any way and hogs which have entered the scalding vat alive shall be condemned. ...


as ``telangiectatic,'' ``sawdust,'' or ``spotted.'' (a) Livers affected with carotenosis shall be condemned. (b) Cattle livers and calf livers showing...


vesicular disease shall be condemned if the condition is acute and if the extent of the condition is such that it affects the entire carcass or there is evidence of absorption...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.33] [Page 139] 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. 311.33 Listeriosis. Carcasses of livestock identified as U.S. Suspects because of a history of listeriosis shall be passed for human food after condemnation of the head if the carcass is otherwise normal. ...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.34] [Page 139] 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. 311.34 Anemia. Carcasses of livestock too anemic to produce wholesome meat shall be condemned. ...


(a) If muscular lesions are found to be distributed in such a manner or to be of such character that removal is impractical, the carcass shall be condemned. (b) If...


with generalized coccidioidal granuloma or which show systemic changes because of such disease shall be condemned. (b) Carcasses affected with localized lesions of...


off a pronounced odor of medicinal, chemical, or other foreign substance shall be condemned. (b) Carcasses which give off a pronounced urine odor shall be condemned. ...


radiation. Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been administered radioactive material shall be condemned unless the use of the radiation was...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR311.39] [Page 139] 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. 311.39 Biological residues. Carcasses, organs, or other parts of carcasses of livestock shall be condemned if it is determined that they are adulterated because of the presence of any biological residues. ...


shall be official marks, devices, and certificates for purposes of the Act, and shall be used in accordance with the provisions of this part and the regulations...


or goats. (a) The official inspection legend required by part 316 of this subchapter to be applied to inspected and passed carcasses and parts of carcasses...


(a) The official inspection legend required by Sec. 316.12 or Sec. 317.2 of this subchapter to identify inspected and passed horse carcasses and parts of carcasses, or horse...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR312.4] [Page 142] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 312_OFFICIAL MARKS, DEVICES AND CERTIFICATES--Table of Contents Sec. 312.4 Official ante-mortem inspection marks and devices. The official marks and devices used in connection with ante-mortem inspection are those prescribed in Sec. 309.18 of this subchapter. ...


cars or other means of conveyance as prescribed in part 325 of this subchapter shall be the inscription and a serial number as hereinafter shown \2\ and any...


adulterated products and insanitary equipment and facilities. (a) The official marks required by parts 310 and 416 of this chapter for use in post-mortem inspection...


meat inspection mark required by part 322 of this subchapter shall be in the following form as hereinafter...


under part 329 of this subchapter shall be the designation ``U.S. Detained'' and the official device for applying such mark shall be the official ``U.S. Detained''...


mark for use in sealing containers of samples submitted under any requirements in this subchapter and section 202 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act shall bear the...


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...


and from the holding pens to the stunning area shall be done with a minimum of excitement and discomfort to the animals. Livestock shall not be forced to move faster than...


dioxide gas and the handling in connection therewith, in compliance with the provisions contained in this section, are hereby designated and approved as humane methods...


mules, and other equines by using captive bolt stunners and the handling in connection therewith, in compliance with the provisions contained in this section, are...


other equines by shooting with firearms and the handling in connection therewith, in compliance with the provisions contained in this section, are hereby designated...


calves, cattle, and goats with the use of electric current and the handling in connection therewith, in compliance with the provisions contained in this section, are...


connection with slaughter. When an inspector observes an incident of inhumane slaughter or handling in connection with slaughter, he/she shall inform the...


official establishments having tanking facilities; sealing of tanks. (a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses, and other products condemned at official establishments...


to be separate from edible product facilities. All tanks and equipment used for rendering, otherwise preparing, or storing inedible products must be in rooms...


having no tanking facilities. (a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses, and other products condemned at an official establishment which has no facilities...


Tanks, fertilizer driers, and other equipment used in the preparation of inedible product must be operated in a manner that will suppress odors incident to...


Except as provided in Sec. 325.11(b) of this subchapter, rendered animal fat derived from condemned or other inedible materials at official...


Except as provided in Sec. 325.11(b) of this subchapter, inedible fats from outside the premises of any official establishment shall not be received into...


not to pass through edible product areas. Carcasses of livestock which have been condemned on ante-mortem inspection shall not be taken through rooms...


the exception of dead livestock which have died en route and are received with livestock for slaughter at an official establishment, no dead animal or part of the carcass of...


nonfood purposes; permits for, required. (a) Specimens of condemned or other inedible materials, including embryos and specimens of animal parasites, may be...


and for other causes; conditions for disposal for purposes other than human food. (a) Livers condemned on account of hydatid cysts shall be disposed of...


purposes other than human food. Condemned carcasses of animals affected with one or more of the following conditions may be shipped from an official establishment...


tallow. Carcasses and parts passed for cooking may be rendered into lard in accordance with Sec. 319.702 of this subchapter or rendered into tallow, provided...


after cooking. Carcasses and parts passed for cooking may be used for the preparation of meat food products, provided all such carcasses or parts are...


this part. Products passed for cooking if not handled and processed in accordance with the provisions of this part, shall be disposed of in accordance with...


or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make or cause to be made any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof without prior...


[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 2] [Revised as of January 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR316.2] [Page 154] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 316_MARKING PRODUCTS AND THEIR CONTAINERS--Table of Contents Sec. 316.2 Approval required for official marks. No device containing any official mark shall be made or caused to be made for use on any product until it has been approved by the Administrator as provided for in part 317 of this subchapter. ...


marks, when required. (a) No person shall affix or place, or cause to be affixed or placed, the official inspection legend or any other official mark, or...


operator of each official establishment or official import inspection establishment shall furnish such ink brands, burning brands, and any other device for marking products...


(a) The operator of each official establishment shall furnish all ink for marking products with the official marks at such establishment. Such ink must be made with...


regulations. No person shall remove or cause to be removed from an official establishment any products which the regulations in this subchapter require to be marked in...


No brand or other marking device shall be false or misleading. The letters and figures thereon shall be of such style and type as will make a clear and...


(a) Unmarked products which have been inspected and passed but do not bear the official inspection legend may be transported in compliance with part 325 of this...


passed in an official establishment shall be marked at the time of inspection with the official inspection legend containing the number of the official establishment. ...


(a) Inspected and passed sausages and other products in casings or in link form, of the ordinary ``ring'' variety or larger shall be marked with the official...


casing or link form (whether or not thereafter subdivided), other than sausage, which possess the characteristics of or resemble sausage, shall bear on each link or piece...


and parts thereof prepared at any establishment shall be conspicuously marked at the time of inspection with the official inspection legend as prescribed in Sec. 312.3...


this subchapter, when any inspected and passed product for domestic commerce is moved from an official establishment, the outside container shall bear an official inspection...


Each tank car and each tank truck carrying inspected and passed product from an official establishment shall bear a label containing the name of the product in accordance with Sec....


inedible tallow, or other inedible animal fat, or mixture of any such articles, resulting from operations at any official establishment shall be marked...


are prepared on a custom basis under Sec. 303.1(a)(2) of this subchapter shall be marked at the time of preparation with the term ``Not for Sale'' in letters at...


employee. (a) When, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate...


employee. (a) When, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate...
...


inspection; preparation of marking devices bearing inspection legend without advance approval prohibited; exception. (a) The Administrator may approve and...


(a) No final labeling shall be used on any product unless the sketch labeling of such final labeling has been submitted for approval to the Food Labeling Division, Regulatory...


(a)(1) An official establishment or an establishment certified under a foreign inspection system, in accordance with part 327 of this subchapter, is authorized to...


to which they are applicable. Labels shall be used only on products for which they are approved, and only if they have been approved for such products in...


in foreign language permissible; other deviations. Labels to be affixed to packages of products for foreign commerce may be printed in a foreign language and...


generally; specific prohibitions and requirements for labels and containers. (a) No product or any of its wrappers, packaging, or other containers shall bear...


The immediate containers of any equine products shall be labeled to show the kinds of animals from which derived when the products are sold, transported, offered for sale...


of containers bearing official marks, labels, etc. (a) No official inspection legend or other official mark which has been previously used shall be used again for...


of labeled products to be only in compliance with regulations. (a) No person shall in any official establishment apply or affix, or cause to be applied...


When it is claimed by an official establishment that any of its products which bore labels bearing official marks has been transported to a location other than an...


containers bearing official marks. Labels, wrappers, and containers bearing any official marks, with or without the establishment number, may be transported from...


products. Products that are custom prepared under Sec. 303.1(a)(2) of this subchapter must be packaged immediately after preparation and must be labeled (in lieu...


labeling policy for cured products; special labeling requirements concerning nitrate and nitrite. (a) With respect to sections 1(n) (7), (9), and (12) of the Act and...


Sections 317.18 through 317.22 of this part prescribe the procedures to be followed for determining net weight compliance and prescribe the reasonable variations from...


net weight compliance. (a) For the purpose of Sec. Sec. 317.18 through 317.22 of this part, the reasonable variations allowed, definitions, and procedures to...


repairs, adjustments, and replacement after inspection. (a) All scales used to weigh meat products sold or otherwise distributed in commerce in federally...


(a) The operator of each official establishment that weighs meat food products shall cause such scales to be tested for accuracy, in accordance with the technical requirements of...


Any lot of product which is found to be out of compliance with net weight requirements upon testing in accordance with Sec. 317.19 shall be handled as follows: (a) A...


(a) Edible products may not be packaged in a container which is composed in whole or in part of any poisonous or deleterious substances which may render the contents adulterated...


meat food products. Source: 58 FR 664, Jan. 6, 1993, unless otherwise noted. (a) Nutrition labeling shall be provided for all meat or meat food...


(a) Nutrition information on a label of a packaged meat or meat food product shall appear on the label's principal display panel or on the information panel,...


products with number of servings. The label of any package of a meat or meat food product that bears a representation as to the number of servings contained in such...


products with number of servings. The label of any package of a meat or meat food product that bears a representation as to the number of servings contained in such...
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per eating occasion. (a) The general principles followed in arriving at the reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion (Reference...


principles. (a) This section applies to meat or meat food products that are intended for human consumption and that are offered for sale. (b) A claim...


voluntary nutrition labeling. (a) In evaluating significant participation for voluntary nutrition labeling, FSIS will consider only the major cuts of...


meat products. The major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat products are: Beef chuck blade roast, beef loin top loin steak, beef rib roast large end, beef round...


labeling of single-ingredient, raw products. (a) Nutrition information on the cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat products, including those that have...


``good source,'' ``high,'' and ``more.'' (a) General requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, a claim about the level of a nutrient in...


``light'' or ``lite.'' (a) General requirements. A claim using the terms ``light'' or ``lite'' to describe a product may only be made on the label or in labeling of...


calorie content. (a) General requirements. A claim about the calorie or sugar content of a product may only be made on the label or in labeling of the product if: ...


the sodium content. (a) General requirements. A claim about the level of sodium in a product may only be made on the label or in labeling of the product if: (1)...


fat, fatty acids, and cholesterol content. (a) General requirements. A claim about the level of fat, fatty acid, and cholesterol in a product may only be made on...


``healthy.'' (a) The term ``healthy,'' or any other derivative of the term ``health,'' may be used on the labeling of any meat or meat food product, provided that...


nutrient content claims. (a) This section pertains to labeling applications for claims, express or implied, that characterize the level of any nutrient required to be...


usefulness in reducing or maintaining body weight. (a) General requirements. Any product that purports to be or is represented for special dietary use because...


(a) The following meat or meat food products are exempt from nutrition labeling: (1) Food products produced by small businesses provided that the...


Products and other articles entering official establishments. Source: 35 FR 15586, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted. (a) Except as otherwise provided...


Reinspection, retention, and disposal of meat and poultry products at official establishments. (a) All products and all slaughtered poultry and poultry...


Designation of places of receipt of products and other articles for reinspection. Every official establishment shall designate, with the approval of the...