9 CFR § 325.19 - Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s325.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 325.19 - Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "325.19"
section_name: "Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles."
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: "325"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1633, 1901-1906; 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "325"
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# 325.19 Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
The provisions of this part do not apply:
(a) To specimens of product sent to or by the Department of Agriculture or divisions thereof in Washington, DC, or elsewhere, for laboratory examination, exhibition purposes, or other official use;
(b) To material released for educational, research and other nonfood purposes, as prescribed in § 314.9 of this subchapter;
(c) To glands and organs for use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and not used for human food, as described in § 318.1(g) of this subchapter;
(d) To material or specimens of product for laboratory examination, research, or other nonhuman food purposes, when authorized by the Administrator, and under conditions prescribed by him in specific cases; and
(e) To articles that are naturally inedible by humans, such as hoofs, horns, and hides in their natural state.