9 CFR 309.10 - Onset of parturition.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products last revised: Apr 21, 2025

View all text of Part 309 [§ 309.1 - § 309.19]

§ 309.10 - Onset of parturition.

Any livestock showing signs of the onset of parturition shall be withheld from slaughter until after parturition and passage of the placenta. Slaughter or other disposition may then be permitted if the animal is otherwise acceptable.

authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53

source: 35 FR 15563, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 9 CFR 309.10