9 CFR § 311.38 - Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s311.38"
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title: "9 CFR § 311.38 - Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "311.38"
section_name: "Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation."
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: "311"
part_name: "DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES AND PARTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 311.38 Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation.

Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been administered radioactive material shall be condemned unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.