9 CFR § 309.6 - Epithelioma of the eye.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s309.6"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 309.6 - Epithelioma of the eye."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "309.6"
section_name: "Epithelioma of the eye."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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"
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# 309.6 Epithelioma of the eye.
Any animal found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye and the orbital region in which the eye has been destroyed or obscured by neoplastic tissue and which shows extensive infection, suppuration, and necrosis, usually accompanied with foul odor, or any animal affected with epithelioma of the eye or of the orbital region which, regardless of extent, is accompanied with cachexia shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with § 309.13.