7 CFR § 53.15 - Accessibility to livestock.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s53.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 53.15 - Accessibility to livestock."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "53.15"
section_name: "Accessibility to livestock."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1946 AND THE EGG PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT"
part_number: "53"
part_name: "LIVESTOCK (GRADING, CERTIFICATION, AND STANDARDS)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621-1627."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 53902, Oct. 4, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "53"
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# 53.15 Accessibility to livestock.
(a) The applicant shall cause livestock, with respect to which service is requested, to be made easily accessible for examination and to be so placed, with adequate illuminating facilities, as to disclose their class, grade, other quality, and compliance. Supervisors and other employees of the Department responsible for maintaining uniformity and accuracy of service under the regulations shall have access to all parts of establishments covered by approved applications for service under the regulations, for the purpose of examining all livestock in the establishments which have been or are to be graded or examined for compliance with specifications.
(b) [Reserved]