9 CFR § 88.5 - Requirements at a slaughtering facility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s88.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 88.5 - Requirements at a slaughtering facility."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "88.5"
section_name: "Requirements at a slaughtering facility."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS (INCLUDING POULTRY) AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS"
part_number: "88"
part_name: "COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION OF EQUINES FOR SLAUGHTER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1901, 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, 371.4."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 63615, Dec. 7, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "88"
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# 88.5 Requirements at a slaughtering facility.

(a) Upon arrival at a slaughtering facility, the owner/shipper must:

(1) Ensure that each equine has access to appropriate food and potable water after being offloaded;

(2) Present the owner-shipper certificates to a USDA representative;

(3) Allow a USDA representative access to the equines for the purpose of examination; and

(4) Allow a USDA representative access to the animal cargo area of the conveyance for the purpose of inspection.

(b) If the owner/shipper arrives during normal business hours, the owner/shipper must not leave the premises of a slaughtering facility until the equines have been examined by a USDA representative. However, if the owner/shipper arrives outside of normal business hours, the owner/shipper may leave the premises but must return to the premises of the slaughtering facility to meet the USDA representative upon his or her arrival.

(c) Any owner/shipper transporting equines to slaughtering facilities outside of the United States must present the owner-shipper certificates to USDA representatives at the border.