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Crimes Without ConsequenCes
Sec. 88.5 Requirements at a slaughtering facility.
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Requires that upon arrival all equines be provided access to food and water.
Sec. 88.6 Violations and penalties
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Allows Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties of up to $5,000 per
violation.
CHAPTER III – FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMEMT
OF AGRICULTURE
PART 309 – ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION
Sec. 309.2 Livestock suspected of being diseased or affected with certain conditions;
identifying suspects; disposition on post-mortem inspection or otherwise.
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Requires that all seriously crippled animals and non-ambulatory disabled
livestock be identified as U.S. Suspects and disposed of accordingly.
Defines non-ambulatory disabled livestock as animals “that cannot rise from a
recumbent position or that cannot walk, including, but not limited to, those with
broken appendages, severed tendons or ligaments, nerve paralysis, fractured
vertebral column, or metabolic conditions.” (Interim final rule of January 12,
2004)
Sec. 309.3 Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased and similar livestock.
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Requires that non-ambulatory disabled cattle be condemned and disposed of
in accordance with Sec. 309.13. However, FSIS inspection personnel may
determine on a case-by-case basis the disposition of cattle that become nonambulatory
after they have passed ante-mortem inspection.
PART 310 – POST-MORTEM INSPECTION
Sec. 310.1 Extent and time of post-mortem inspection.
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Allows the inspector in charge to require the slaughter establishment to reduce
the slaughter line speed where inspection procedure cannot be adequately
performed or because the health condition of the particular animals indicates a
need for more extensive inspection.
PART 313 – HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK
Sec. 313.1 Livestock pens, driveways and ramps.
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Requires that livestock pens, driveways and ramps be maintained in good repair
and free of sharp corners and sharp or protruding objects.
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