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Title 9	Animals and Animal Products	Part / Section
Chapter III Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture 300 – 599 Subchapter A Agency Organization and Terminology; Mandatory Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Voluntary Inspection and Certification 300 – 381 Part 300 Agency Mission and Organization 300.1 – 300.6 § 300.1 Purpose. § 300.2 FSIS responsibilities. § 300.3 FSIS organization. § 300.4 Organizational terminology; personnel. § 300.6 Access to establishments and other places of business.
Part 301	Terminology; Adulteration and Misbranding Standards	301.1 – 301.2
§ 301.1 General. § 301.2 Definitions.
Part 302	Application of Inspection and Other Requirements	302.1 – 302.3
§ 302.1 Establishments requiring inspection. § 302.2 Application of requirements in designated States or Territories; and to designated plants endangering public health. § 302.3 Livestock and products entering official establishments.
Part 303	Exemptions	303.1 – 303.2
§ 303.1 Exemptions. § 303.2 Experimentation: Intensity of inspection coverage.
Part 304	Application for Inspection; Grant of Inspection	304.1 – 304.3
§ 304.1 Application for inspection. § 304.2 Information to be furnished; grant or refusal of inspection. § 304.3 Conditions for receiving inspection.
Part 305	Official Numbers; Inauguration of Inspection; Withdrawal of Inspection; Reports of Violation	305.1 – 305.6
§ 305.1 Official numbers; subsidiaries and tenants. § 305.2 Separation of official establishments. § 305.3 Sanitation and adequate facilities. § 305.4 Inauguration of inspection. § 305.6 Reports of violations.
Part 306	Assignment and Authorities of Program Employees	306.1 – 306.5
§ 306.1 Designation of circuit supervisor and assistants. § 306.2 Program employees to have access to establishments. § 306.3 Badge as identification of inspectors. § 306.4 Assignment of Program employees where members of family employed; soliciting employment; procuring product from official establishments. § 306.5 Appeals.
Part 307	Facilities for Inspection	307.1 – 307.7
§ 307.1 Facilities for Program employees. § 307.2 Other facilities and conditions to be provided by the establishment. § 307.3 Inspectors to furnish and maintain implements in a sanitary condition. § 307.4 Schedule of operations. § 307.5 Overtime and holiday inspection service. § 307.6 Basis of billing for overtime and holiday services. § 307.7 Safety requirements for electrical stimulating (EST) equipment.
Part 308 [Reserved]
Part 309	Ante-Mortem Inspection	309.1 – 309.19
§ 309.1 Ante-mortem inspection on premises of official establishments. § 309.2 Livestock suspected of being diseased or affected with certain conditions; identifying suspects; disposition on post-mortem inspection or otherwise. § 309.3 Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased and similar livestock. § 309.4 Livestock showing symptoms of certain metabolic, toxic, nervous, or circulatory disturbances, nutritional imbalances, or infectious or parasitic diseases. § 309.5 Swine; disposal because of hog cholera. § 309.6 Epithelioma of the eye. § 309.7 Livestock affected with anthrax; cleaning and disinfection of infected livestock pens and driveways. § 309.8 Cattle affected with anasarca and generalized edema. § 309.9 Swine erysipelas. § 309.10 Onset of parturition. § 309.11 Vaccine livestock. § 309.12 Emergency slaughter; inspection prior to. § 309.13 Disposition of condemned livestock. § 309.14 Brucellosis-reactor goats. § 309.15 Vesicular diseases. § 309.16 Livestock suspected of having biological residues. § 309.17 Livestock used for research. § 309.18 Official marks and devices for purposes of ante-mortem inspection. § 309.19 Market hog segregation under the new swine slaughter inspection system.
Part 310	Post-Mortem Inspection	310.1 – 310.28
§ 310.1 Extent and time of post-mortem inspection; post-mortem inspection staffing standards. § 310.2 Identification of carcass with certain severed parts thereof and with animal from which derived. § 310.3 Carcasses and parts in certain instances to be retained. § 310.4 Identification of carcasses and parts; tagging. § 310.5 Condemned carcasses and parts to be so marked; tanking; separation. § 310.6 Carcasses and parts passed for cooking; marking. § 310.7 Removal of spermatic cords, pizzles and preputial diverticuli. § 310.8 Passing and marking of carcasses and parts. § 310.9 Anthrax; carcasses not to be eviscerated; disposition of affected carcasses; hides, hoofs, horns, hair, viscera and contents, and fat; handling of blood and scalding vat water; general cleanup and disinfection. § 310.10 Carcasses with skin or hide on; cleaning before evisceration; removal of larvae of Hypodermae, external parasites and other pathological skin conditions. § 310.11 [Reserved] § 310.12 Sternum to be split; abdominal and thoracic viscera to be removed. § 310.13 Inflating carcasses or parts thereof; transferring caul or other fat. § 310.14 Handling of bruised parts. § 310.15 Disposition of thyroid glands and laryngeal muscle tissue. § 310.16 Disposition of lungs. § 310.17 Inspection of mammary glands. § 310.18 Contamination of carcasses, organs, or other parts. § 310.19 Inspection of kidneys. § 310.20 Saving of blood from livestock as an edible product. § 310.21 Carcasses suspected of containing sulfa and antibiotic residues; sampling frequency; disposition of affected carcasses and parts. § 310.22 Specified risk materials from cattle and their handling and disposition. § 310.23 Identification of carcasses and parts of swine. § 310.24 [Reserved] § 310.25 Contamination with microorganisms; process control verification criteria and testing; pathogen reduction standards. § 310.26 Establishment responsibilities under the new swine slaughter inspection system. § 310.27 Attestation requirements. § 310.28 Severability.
Part 311	Disposal of Diseased or Otherwise Adulterated Carcasses and Parts	311.1 – 311.39
§ 311.1 Disposal of diseased or otherwise adulterated carcasses and parts; general. § 311.2 Tuberculosis. § 311.3 Hog cholera. § 311.5 Swine erysipelas. § 311.6 Diamond-skin disease. § 311.7 Arthritis. § 311.8 Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema. § 311.9 Actinomycosis and actinobacillosis. § 311.10 Anaplasmosis, anthrax, babesiosis, bacillary hemoglobinuria in cattle, blackleg, bluetongue, hemorrhagic septicemia, icterohematuria in sheep, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, leptospirosis, malignant epizootic catarrh, strangles, purpura hemorrhagica, azoturia, infectious equine encephalomyelitis, toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning), infectious anemia (swamp fever), dourine, acute influenza, generalized osteoporosis, glanders (farcy), acute inflammatory lameness, extensive fistula, and unhealed vaccine lesions. § 311.11 Neoplasms. § 311.12 Epithelioma of the eye. § 311.13 Pigmentary conditions; melanosis, xanthosis, ochronosis, etc. § 311.14 Abrasions, bruises, abscesses, pus, etc. § 311.15 Brucellosis. § 311.16 Carcasses so infected that consumption of the meat may cause food poisoning. § 311.17 Necrobacillosis, pyemia, and septicemia. § 311.18 Caseous lymphadenitis. § 311.19 Icterus. § 311.20 Sexual odor of swine. § 311.21 Mange or scab. § 311.22 Hogs affected with urticaria, tinea tonsurans, demodex follicurlorum, or erythema. § 311.23 Tapeworm cysts (cysticercus bovis) in cattle. § 311.24 Hogs affected with tapeworm cysts. § 311.25 Parasites not transmissible to man; tapeworm cysts in sheep; hydatid cysts; flukes; gid bladder-worms. § 311.26 Emaciation. § 311.27 Injured animals slaughtered at unusual hours. § 311.28 Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals. § 311.29 Unborn and stillborn animals. § 311.30 Livestock suffocated and hogs scalded alive. § 311.31 Livers affected with carotenosis; livers designated as "telangiectatic," "sawdust," or "spotted." § 311.32 Vesicular diseases. § 311.33 Listeriosis. § 311.34 Anemia. § 311.35 Muscular inflammation, degeneration, or infiltration. § 311.36 Coccidioidal granuloma. § 311.37 Odors, foreign and urine. § 311.38 Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation. § 311.39 Biological residues.
Part 312	Official Marks, Devices and Certificates	312.1 – 312.10
§ 312.1 General. § 312.2 Official marks and devices to identify inspected and passed products of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats. § 312.3 Official marks and devices to identify inspected and passed equine products. § 312.4 Official ante-mortem inspection marks and devices. § 312.5 Official seals for transportation of products. § 312.6 Official marks and devices in connection with post-mortem inspection and identification of adulterated products and insanitary equipment and facilities. § 312.7 [Reserved] § 312.8 Export inspection marks. § 312.9 Official detention marks and devices. § 312.10 Official mark for maintaining the identity and integrity of samples.
Part 313	Humane Slaughter of Livestock	313.1 – 313.90
§ 313.1 Livestock pens, driveways and ramps. § 313.2 Handling of livestock. § 313.5 Chemical; carbon dioxide. § 313.15 Mechanical; captive bolt. § 313.16 Mechanical; gunshot. § 313.30 Electrical; stunning or slaughtering with electric current. § 313.50 Tagging of equipment, alleyways, pens, or compartments to prevent inhumane slaughter or handling in connection with slaughter. § 313.90 [Reserved]
Part 314	Handling and Disposal of Condemned or Other Inedible Products at Official Establishments	314.1 – 314.11
§ 314.1 Disposition of condemned products at official establishments having tanking facilities; sealing of tanks. § 314.2 Tanking and other facilities for inedible products to be separate from edible product facilities. § 314.3 Disposition of condemned products at official establishments having no tanking facilities. § 314.4 Suppression of odors in preparing inedible products. § 314.5 Inedible rendered fats prepared at official establishments. § 314.6 Inedible fats from outside official establishments. § 314.7 Carcasses of livestock condemned on ante-mortem inspection not to pass through edible product areas. § 314.8 Dead animal carcasses. § 314.9 Specimens for educational, research, and other nonfood purposes; permits for, required. § 314.10 Livers condemned because of parasitic infestation and for other causes; conditions for disposal for purposes other than human food. § 314.11 Handling of certain condemned products for purposes other than human food.
Part 315	Rendering or Other Disposal of Carcasses and Parts Passed for Cooking	315.1 – 315.3
§ 315.1 Carcasses and parts passed for cooking; rendering into lard or tallow. § 315.2 Carcasses and parts passed for cooking; utilization for food purposes after cooking. § 315.3 Disposal of products passed for cooking if not handled according to this part.
Part 316	Marking Products and Their Containers	316.1 – 316.16
§ 316.1 Authorization required to make devices bearing official marks. § 316.2 Approval required for official marks. § 316.3 Use of official marks prohibited except under supervision of Program employee; removal of official marks, when required. § 316.4 Marking devices; to be furnished by official establishments; control of. § 316.5 Branding ink; to be furnished by official establishments; approval by Program; color. § 316.6 Products not to be removed from official establishments unless marked in accordance with the regulations. § 316.7 Marking devices not to be false or misleading; style and size of lettering; approval required. § 316.8 Unmarked inspected products; moved between official establishments; moved in commerce. § 316.9 Products to be marked with official marks. § 316.10 Marking of meat food products with official inspection legend and ingredient statement. § 316.11 Special markings for certain meat food products. § 316.12 Marking of equine carcasses and parts thereof. § 316.13 Marking of outside containers. § 316.14 Marking tank cars and tank trucks used in transportation of edible products. § 316.15 Marking outside containers of inedible grease, etc. § 316.16 Custom prepared products to be marked "Not for Sale."
Part 317	Labeling, Marking Devices, and Containers	317.1 – 317.400
Subpart A General 317.1 – 317.24 Subpart B Nutrition Labeling 317.300 – 317.400
Part 318	Entry into Official Establishments; Reinspection and Preparation of Products	318.1 – 318.24
Subpart A General 318.1 – 318.24 Subparts B-G [Reserved]
Part 319	Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition	319.1 – 319.881
Subpart A General 319.1 – 319.10 Subpart B Raw Meat Products 319.15 – 319.29 Subpart C Cooked Meats 319.80 – 319.81 Subpart D Cured Meats, Unsmoked and Smoked 319.100 – 319.107 Subpart E Sausage Generally: Fresh Sausage 319.140 – 319.145 Subpart F Uncooked, Smoked Sausage 319.160 Subpart G Cooked Sausage 319.180 – 319.182 Subpart H [Reserved] Subpart I—Semi-Dry Fermented Sausage [Reserved] Subpart J—Dry Fermented Sausage [Reserved] Subpart K Luncheon Meat, Loaves and Jellied Products 319.260 – 319.261 Subpart L Meat Specialties, Puddings and Nonspecific Loaves 319.280 – 319.281 Subpart M Canned, Frozen, or Dehydrated Meat Food Products 319.300 – 319.313 Subpart N Meat Food Entree Products, Pies, and Turnovers 319.500 Subpart O Meat Snacks, Hors d'Oeuvres, Pizza, and Specialty Items 319.600 Subpart P Fats, Oils, Shortenings 319.700 – 319.703 Subpart Q Meat Soups, Soup Mixes, Broths, Stocks, Extracts 319.720 – 319.721 Subpart R Meat Salads and Meat Spreads 319.760 – 319.762 Subpart S—Meat Baby Foods [Reserved] Subpart T—Dietetic Meat Foods [Reserved] Subpart U Miscellaneous 319.880 – 319.881
Part 320	Records, Registration, and Reports	320.1 – 320.7
§ 320.1 Records required to be kept. § 320.2 Place of maintenance of records. § 320.3 Record retention period. § 320.4 Access to and inspection of records, facilities and inventory; copying and sampling. § 320.5 Registration. § 320.6 Information and reports required from official establishment operators. § 320.7 Reports by consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products; sale or transportation as violations.
Part 321	Cooperation with States and Territories	321.1 – 321.3
§ 321.1 Assistance to State and Territorial programs. § 321.2 Cooperation of States in Federal programs. § 321.3 Cooperation of States for the interstate shipment of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products.
Part 322	Exports	322.1 – 322.5
§ 322.1 Marking products for export. § 322.2 Export certification. § 322.3 Transferring products for export. § 322.4 Clearance of vessels and transportation without certificate prohibited; exceptions. § 322.5 Uninspected tallow, stearin, oleo oil, etc., not to be exported unless certified as prescribed.
Part 325	Transportation	325.1 – 325.21
§ 325.1 Transactions in commerce prohibited without official inspection legend or certificate when required; exceptions; and vehicle sanitation requirements. § 325.2 Parcel post and ferries deemed carriers. § 325.3 Product transported within the United States as part of export movement. § 325.4 [Reserved] § 325.5 Unmarked inspected product transported under official seal between official establishments for further processing; certificate. § 325.6 Shipment of paunches between official establishments under official seal; certificate. § 325.7 Shipment of products requiring special supervision between official establishments under official seal; certificate. § 325.8 Transportation and other transactions concerning certain undenatured lungs or lung lobes from official establishments or in commerce; provisions and restrictions. § 325.9 [Reserved] § 325.10 Handling of products which may have become adulterated or misbranded; authorization and other requirements. § 325.11 Inedible articles: denaturing and other means of identification; exceptions. § 325.12 [Reserved] § 325.13 Denaturing procedures. § 325.14 Certificates, retention by carrier. § 325.15 Evidence of proper certification required on waybills; transfer bills, etc., for shipment by connecting carrier; forms of statement. § 325.16 Official seals; forms, use, and breaking. § 325.17 Loading or unloading products in sealed railroad cars, trucks, etc., en route prohibited; exception. § 325.18 Diverting of shipments, breaking of seals, and reloading by carrier in emergency; reporting to Regional Director. § 325.19 Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles. § 325.20 Transportation and other transactions concerning dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock, and parts of carcasses of livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter. § 325.21 Means of conveyance in which dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock and parts of carcasses thereof shall be transported.
Part 327	Imported Products	327.1 – 327.26
§ 327.1 Definitions; application of provisions. § 327.2 Eligibility of foreign countries for importation of products into the United States. § 327.3 No product to be imported without compliance with applicable regulations. § 327.4 Foreign inspection certificate requirements. § 327.5 Import inspection application. § 327.6 Products for importation; program inspection, time and place; application for approval of facilities as official import inspection establishment; refusal or withdrawal of approval; official numbers. § 327.7 Products for importation; movement prior to inspection; handling; bond; assistance. § 327.8 Import products; equipment and means of conveyance used in handling to be maintained in sanitary condition. § 327.9 Burlap wrapping for foreign meat. § 327.10 Samples; inspection of consignments; refusal of entry; marking. § 327.11 Receipts to importers for import product samples. § 327.12 Foreign canned or packaged products bearing trade labels; sampling and inspection. § 327.13 Foreign products offered for importation; reporting of findings to customs; handling of articles refused entry. § 327.14 Marking of products and labeling of immediate containers thereof for importation. § 327.15 Outside containers of foreign products; marking and labeling; application of official inspection legend. § 327.16 Small importations for importer's own consumption; requirements. § 327.17 Returned U.S. inspected and marked products. § 327.18 Products offered for entry and entered to be handled and transported as domestic; exception. § 327.19 Specimens for laboratory examination and similar purposes. § 327.20 Importation of foreign inedible fats. § 327.21 Inspection procedures for chilled fresh and frozen boneless manufacturing meat. § 327.22 [Reserved] § 327.23 Compliance procedure for cured pork products offered for entry. § 327.24 Appeals; how made. § 327.25 Disposition procedures for product condemned or ordered destroyed under import inspection. § 327.26 Official import inspection marks and devices.
Part 329	Detention; Seizure and Condemnation; Criminal Offenses	329.1 – 329.9
§ 329.1 Article or livestock subject to administrative detention. § 329.2 Method of detention; form of detention tag. § 329.3 Notification of detention to the owner of the article or livestock detained, or the owner's agent, and person having custody. § 329.4 Notification of governmental authorities having jurisdiction over article or livestock detained; form of written notification. § 329.5 Movement of article or livestock detained; removal of official marks. § 329.6 Articles or livestock subject to judicial seizure and condemnation. § 329.7 Procedure for seizure, condemnation, and disposition. § 329.8 Authority for condemnation or seizure under other provisions of law. § 329.9 Criminal offenses.
Part 331	Special Provisions for Designated States and Territories; and for Designation of Establishments Which Endanger Public Health and for Such Designated Establishments	331.1 – 331.6
§ 331.1 Definition of "State". § 331.2 [Reserved] § 331.3 States designated under paragraph 301(c) of the Act; application of regulations. § 331.4 Control and disposal of non-federally-inspected products in States designated under paragraph 301(c) of the Act. § 331.5 Criteria and procedure for designating establishments with operations which would clearly endanger the public health; disposition of products; application of regulations. § 331.6 [Reserved]
Part 332	Selected Establishments; Cooperative Program for Interstate Shipment of Carcasses, Parts of Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products	332.1 – 332.14
§ 332.1 Definitions. § 332.2 Purpose. § 332.3 Requirements for establishments; ineligible establishments. § 332.4 State request for cooperative agreement. § 332.5 Establishment selection; official number for selected establishments. § 332.6 Commencement of a cooperative interstate shipment program; inspection by designated personnel and official mark. § 332.7 Federal oversight of a cooperative interstate shipment program. § 332.8 Quarterly reports. § 332.9 Enforcement authority. § 332.10 Deselection of ineligible establishments. § 332.11 Transition to official establishment. § 332.12 Transition grants. § 332.13 Separation of operations. § 332.14 Voluntary withdrawal.
Part 335	Rules of Practice Governing Proceedings Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act	335.40
Subpart A Criminal Violations 335.40
Part 350	Special Services Relating to Meat and Other Products	350.1 – 350.8
§ 350.1 Meaning of words. § 350.2 Definitions. § 350.3 Types and availability of service. § 350.4 [Reserved] § 350.5 Application for service. § 350.6 Denial or withdrawal of service. § 350.7 Fees and charges. § 350.8 Scope and applicability of rules of practice.
Part 351	Certification of Technical Animal Fats for Export	351.1 – 351.22
Definitions 351.1 – 351.2 § 351.1 Meaning of words. § 351.2 Terms defined.
Scope of Certification Service		351.3
§ 351.3 Kind of service.
Procedure for Obtaining Service: Administration of Program		351.4 – 351.7
§ 351.4 Application for certification service. § 351.5 Conditions of eligibility for certification service; review of applications. § 351.6 Official number. § 351.7 Administration of certification service program.
Fees		351.8 – 351.9
§ 351.8 Charges for surveys of plants. § 351.9 Charges for examinations.
Facilities and Operations		351.10 – 351.15
§ 351.10 Facilities. § 351.11 Identification and separation of technical animal fats for certification and materials for use therein; removal of wrappers, etc.; cleaning of equipment. § 351.12 Circuit supervisor to be informed when plant operates. § 351.13 Inspectors to have access to certified plants at all times. § 351.14 Processes to be supervised; extent of examinations. § 351.15 Reports of violations.
Transportation and Exportation of Certified Technical Animal Fat		351.16 – 351.17
§ 351.16 Certificate required for shipments of technical animal fat. § 351.17 Identification required.
Prohibitions		351.18
§ 351.18 Official identifications; unauthorized use.
Remedies; Penalties		351.19 – 351.20
§ 351.19 Refusal of certification for specific lots. § 351.20 Withdrawal of service from certified plants.
Appeals		351.21
§ 351.21 Certification of certain animal fat for export.
Records and Reports		351.22
§ 351.22 Certified plants to maintain records and make reports; access to records.