9 CFR § 309.12 - Emergency slaughter; inspection prior to.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s309.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 309.12 - Emergency slaughter; inspection prior to."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "309.12"
section_name: "Emergency slaughter; inspection prior to."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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"
---


# 309.12 Emergency slaughter; inspection prior to.

In all cases of emergency slaughter, except as provided in § 311.27 of this subchapter, the animals shall be inspected immediately before slaughter, whether theretofore inspected or not. When the necessity for emergency slaughter exists, the establishment shall notify the inspector in charge so that such inspection may be made.