[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: 9CFR310.18]



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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. 310.18  Contamination of carcasses, organs, or other parts.



    (a) Carcasses, organs, and other parts shall be 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 promptly removed in a manner satisfactory to the inspector.

    (b) Brains, cheek meat, and head trimmings from animals stunned by



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lead, sponge iron, or frangible bullets shall not be saved for use as 

human food but shall be handled as described in Sec. 314.1 or Sec. 

314.3 of this subchapter.