9 CFR § 352.11 - Post-mortem inspection.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s352.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 352.11 - Post-mortem inspection."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "352.11"
section_name: "Post-mortem inspection."
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: "352"
part_name: "EXOTIC ANIMALS; VOLUNTARY INSPECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624; 7 CFR 2.17 (g) and (i), 2.55."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 41847, Oct. 16, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "352"
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# 352.11 Post-mortem inspection.
(a) Post-mortem inspection of reindeer, elk, deer, antelope, bison and water buffalo shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions contained in 9 CFR part 310 or as determined by the Administrator.
(b) The post-mortem examination of field ante-mortem-inspected exotic animals must occur in the shortest length of time practicable and on the day that field ante-mortem inspection is performed to minimize the changes in the carcass which can affect the post-mortem examination, disposition and wholesomeness of the carcass and its parts.
(c) The post-mortem veterinarian shall inspect and make the disposition of all incoming “U.S. Suspect” tagged exotic animals.
[54 FR 1333, Jan. 13, 1989]