9 CFR § 329.7 - Procedure for seizure, condemnation, and disposition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s329.7"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 329.7 - Procedure for seizure, condemnation, and disposition."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "329.7"
section_name: "Procedure for seizure, condemnation, and disposition."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15617, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "329"
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# 329.7 Procedure for seizure, condemnation, and disposition.

Any article or livestock subject to seizure and condemnation under this part shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, and disposed of, at any time, on an appropriate pleading in any United States district court, or other proper court specified in section 404 of the Act, within the jurisdiction of which the article or livestock is found.