[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR354.161]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS THEREOF

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Sec. 354.161  Requirements as to manner of inspection.



    (a) The inspection shall be conducted by an inspector who is a 

qualified veterinarian or under the supervision of a qualified 

veterinarian. All such inspectors shall be employed by the State, 

county, city, or other political subdivision in which the official plant 

is located.

    (b) The inspection shall include post-mortem examination of each 

rabbit carcass during the evisceration operation.

    (c) All carcasses which show evidence of disease or any other 

condition which may render them unwholesome or unfit for food shall be 

condemned and shall be destroyed for food purposes under the supervision 

of an inspector. Each carcass and part thereof which has been inspected 

and passed or containers of carcasses or parts thereof shall bear the 

identifying inspection symbol of the official inspection system and the 

marking devices or labels shall be in the custody of the inspector at 

all times.