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Title 9Animals and Animal ProductsPart / Section
Chapter IIIFood Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture300 – 599
Subchapter AAgency Organization and Terminology; Mandatory Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Voluntary Inspection and Certification300 – 381
Part 310Post-Mortem Inspection310.1 – 310.28
§ 310.1Extent and time of post-mortem inspection; post-mortem inspection staffing standards.
§ 310.2Identification of carcass with certain severed parts thereof and with animal from which derived.
§ 310.3Carcasses and parts in certain instances to be retained.
§ 310.4Identification of carcasses and parts; tagging.
§ 310.5Condemned carcasses and parts to be so marked; tanking; separation.
§ 310.6Carcasses and parts passed for cooking; marking.
§ 310.7Removal of spermatic cords, pizzles and preputial diverticuli.
§ 310.8Passing and marking of carcasses and parts.
§ 310.9Anthrax; carcasses not to be eviscerated; disposition of affected carcasses; hides, hoofs, horns, hair, viscera and contents, and fat; handling of blood and scalding vat water; general cleanup and disinfection.
§ 310.10Carcasses with skin or hide on; cleaning before evisceration; removal of larvae of Hypodermae, external parasites and other pathological skin conditions.
§ 310.11 [Reserved]
§ 310.12Sternum to be split; abdominal and thoracic viscera to be removed.
§ 310.13Inflating carcasses or parts thereof; transferring caul or other fat.
§ 310.14Handling of bruised parts.
§ 310.15Disposition of thyroid glands and laryngeal muscle tissue.
§ 310.16Disposition of lungs.
§ 310.17Inspection of mammary glands.
§ 310.18Contamination of carcasses, organs, or other parts.
§ 310.19Inspection of kidneys.
§ 310.20Saving of blood from livestock as an edible product.
§ 310.21Carcasses suspected of containing sulfa and antibiotic residues; sampling frequency; disposition of affected carcasses and parts.
§ 310.22Specified risk materials from cattle and their handling and disposition.
§ 310.23Identification of carcasses and parts of swine.
§ 310.24 [Reserved]
§ 310.25Contamination with microorganisms; process control verification criteria and testing; pathogen reduction standards.
§ 310.26Establishment responsibilities under the new swine slaughter inspection system.
§ 310.27Attestation requirements.
§ 310.28Severability.