9 CFR § 534.2 - Water quality for food fish.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s534.2"
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title: "9 CFR § 534.2 - Water quality for food fish."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "534.2"
section_name: "Water quality for food fish."
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"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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"
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# 534.2 Water quality for food fish.

Farmers of fish should monitor the water in which the fish are raised for the presence of suspended solids, organic matter, nutrients, heavy metals, pesticides, fertilizers, and industrial chemicals that may contaminate fish. FSIS will collect samples of feed, fish, and water from producers, at intervals to be determined by the Administrator, for the purpose of verifying that fish are being raised under conditions that will yield safe, wholesome products.