Full Title Name:  Code of Federal Regulations - Title 9. Animals and Animal Products - Chapter III. Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture - Subchapter A. Agency Organization and Terminology; Mandatory Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Voluntary Inspection and Certification - Part 309. Ante–Mortem Inspection

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Country of Origin:  United States Citation:  9 C.F.R. 309 Agency Origin:  Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA Last Checked:  April, 2015 Date Adopted:  1970 Last Date Amended:  2004
Summary: Progulmated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FIMA), Part 309 of the FIMA regulations covering livestock inspection state that alll livestock offered for slaughter in an official establishment shall be examined and inspected on the day of, and before, slaughter. Such ante-mortem inspection shall be made in pens on the premises of the establishment at which the livestock are offered for slaughter. If an establishment fails to present animals for ante-mortem inspection in accordance with 9 CFR 309.1, inspection program personnel will be unable to determine that carcasses are not adulterated during postmortem inspection, and therefore cannot permit the carcasses to be marked as inspected and passed. Livestock may also be determined to be non-ambulatory disabled, US suspect, or US Condemened. Read a petition that requests the Food Safety and Inspection Service amend 9 C.F.R. § 309.3 by adding a provision: ―(f) Non-ambulatory disabled pigs that are offered for slaughter must be condemned and humanely euthanized in accordance with § 309.13.
Documents:  PDF icon CFR-2006-title9-vol2-part309.pdf (178.33 KB)
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