[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: 9CFR310.12]



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                  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.