9 CFR § 555.10 - Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s555.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 555.10 - Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "555.10"
section_name: "Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles."
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: "555"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF FISH PRODUCTS IN COMMERCE"
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. 450; 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: "555"
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# 555.10 Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.
The provisions of this part do not apply:
(a) To specimens of product sent to or by the Department of Agriculture or divisions thereof in Washington, DC, or elsewhere, for laboratory examination, exhibition purposes, or other official use;
(b) To material released for educational, research, and other nonfood purposes, as prescribed in § 540.2 of this subchapter;
(c) To tissues for use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and not used for human food, as described in § 540.2 of this subchapter;
(d) To material or specimens of product for laboratory examination, research, or other nonhuman food purposes, when authorized by the Administrator, and under conditions prescribed by him in specific cases; and
(e) To articles that are naturally inedible by humans.