9 CFR § 309.10 - Onset of parturition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s309.10"
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title: "9 CFR § 309.10 - Onset of parturition."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "309.10"
section_name: "Onset of parturition."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "309"
part_name: "ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15563, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "309"
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# 309.10 Onset of parturition.

Any livestock showing signs of the onset of parturition shall be withheld from slaughter until after parturition and passage of the placenta. Slaughter or other disposition may then be permitted if the animal is otherwise acceptable.