9 CFR § 534.1 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s534.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 534.1 - General."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "534.1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "MANDATORY INSPECTION OF FISH OF THE ORDER SILURIFORMES AND PRODUCTS OF SUCH FISH"
part_number: "534"
part_name: "PRE-HARVEST STANDARDS AND TRANSPORTATION TO PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENT"
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. 601-602, 606-622, 624-695; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 75616, Dec. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "534"
---


# 534.1 General.

Fish that are harvested for use as human food must have grown and lived under conditions that will not render the fish or their products unsound, unwholesome, unhealthful, or otherwise unfit for human food.