9 CFR § 381.85 - Special diseases.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s381.85"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 381.85 - Special diseases."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "381.85"
section_name: "Special diseases."
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: "381"
part_name: "POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 138f, 1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "381"
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# 381.85 Special diseases.

Carcasses of poultry showing evidence of any disease which is characterized by the presence, in the meat or other edible parts of the carcass, or organisms or toxins dangerous to the consumer, shall be condemned.