9 CFR § 146.52 - Participation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s146.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 146.52 - Participation."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "146.52"
section_name: "Participation."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT"
part_number: "146"
part_name: "NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR COMMERCIAL POULTRY"
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. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 56328, Sept. 26, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "146"
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# 146.52 Participation.
(a) Participating meat-type game bird slaughter plants, meat-type waterfowl slaughter plants, and egg-type game bird and egg-type waterfowl premises producing eggs for human consumption shall comply with the applicable general provisions of subpart A of this part and the special provisions of this subpart.
(b) Meat-type game bird slaughter plants and meat-type waterfowl slaughter plants that slaughter fewer than 50,000 birds annually are exempt from the special provisions of this subpart.
(c) Egg-type game bird and egg-type waterfowl premises with fewer than 25,000 birds are exempt from the special provisions of this subpart.
[85 FR 62571, Oct. 5, 2020]