7 CFR § 65.250 - Slaughter.

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title: "7 CFR § 65.250 - Slaughter."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "65.250"
section_name: "Slaughter."
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: "65"
part_name: "COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING OF LAMB, CHICKEN, AND GOAT MEAT, PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, MACADAMIA NUTS, PECANS, PEANUTS, AND GINSENG"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 1621"
regulatory_source: "74 FR 2704, Jan. 15, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 65.250 Slaughter.

*Slaughter* means the point in which a livestock animal (including chicken) is prepared into meat products (covered commodities) for human consumption. For purposes of labeling under this part, the word harvested may be used in lieu of slaughtered.