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9 CFR § 329.1 - Article or livestock subject to administrative detention. 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s329.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 329.1 - Article or livestock subject to administrative detention."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "329.1"
section_name: "Article or livestock subject to administrative detention."
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: "329"
part_name: "DETENTION; SEIZURE AND CONDEMNATION; CRIMINAL OFFENSES"
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 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15617, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "329"
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# 329.1 Article or livestock subject to administrative detention.

Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of livestock, or article exempted from the definition of meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock is subject to detention for a period not to exceed 20 days when found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is held for the purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce or it is otherwise subject to Title I or II of the Act, and there is reason to believe that:

(a) Any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food; or

(b) Any such article has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of Title I of the Act, any other Federal law, or the laws of any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia; or

(c) Any such article or livestock has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of the provisions of Title I of the Act, any other Federal law, or the laws of any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia.