552 APPENDIX II 
Section 7. Paragraph 1. The slaughter of an animal which has been marked as 
a suspect on account of pregnancy or on account of having recently given birth to 
young, and which has not been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, is not 
required. Such animal, together with its young, may be released for breeding or 
dairy purposes, and when released shall be promptly removed from the stockyards 
or premises of the establishment where inspected. At the time the animal is released, 
and immediately before removal, the suspect mark if detachable shall be detached 
by a bureau employee, who shall report his action to the inspector in charge. 
Paragraph 2. Vaccine animals with unhealed lesions of vaccinia, accompanied 
by fever, which have not been exposed to any other infectious or contagious disease, 
are not required to be slaughtered and may be disposed of in accordance with para- 
graph 1 of this section. 
Section 8. Animals marked “U.S. condemned”’ shall be killed by the establish- 
ment, if not already dead, and shall not be taken into an establishment to be slaugh- 
tered or dressed, nor shall they be conveyed into any department of the establishment 
used for edible products, but they shall be disposed of and tanked in the manner 
provided for condemned carcasses in regulation 14. The “U. S. condemned’’ tag 
shall not be removed from, but shal] remain on, the animal when it goes into the tank. 
The number of such tag shall be reported to the inspector in charge by the bureau 
employee who affixed it and also by the bureau employee who supervises the tanking 
of the animal. : 
Regulation 10. Post-Mortem Inspection. 
Section 1. A careful post-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of 
the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, and goats slaughtered at 
official establishments. Such inspection and examination shall be made at the time 
of slaughter, except in cases of emergencies provided for in section 23 of regulation 11. 
Section 2. The head, tongue, tail, thymus gland, and all viscera, and all parts 
and blood to be used in the preparation of meat food products or medical products, 
shall be held in such manner as to ‘preserve their identity until after post-mortem 
examination has been completed, in order that they may be identified in case of condem- 
nation of the carcass. 
Section 3. Paragraph 1. Each carcass, including all parts and detached organs 
thereof, in which any lesion of disease or other condition is found that might render 
the meat or any organ unfit for food purposes, and which for that reason would require 
a subsequent inspection, shall be retained by the bureau employee at the time of inspec- 
tion and taken to the place designated for final inspection. The identity of every 
such retained carcass, part, and detached organ thereof shall be maintained until 
the final inspection has been completed. Retained carcasses shall not be either 
washed or trimmed unless authorized by the inspector. 
Paragraph 2. Such devices and methods as may be approved by the chief of bureau 
may be used for the temporary identification of retained carcasses, parts, or organs. 
In all cases the identification shall be further established by affixing “U. S. retained” 
tags as soon as practicable and before final inspection. These tags shall not be re- 
moved except by a bureau employee. 
Section 4.. Each carcass or part which is found on final inspection to be unsound, 
unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food shall be conspicuously 
marked on the surface tissues thereof by a bureau employee at the time of inspection 
“U.S. inspected and condemned.’’ Condemned detached organs and parts of such 
character that they can not be so marked shall be immediately placed in trucks or 
receptacles which shall be kept plainly marked ‘“U. S. inspected and condemned” 
in letters not less than 2 inches high. All condemned carcasses, parts, and organs 
shall remain in the custody of a bureau employee and shall be tanked as required in 
these regulations at or before the close of the day on which they are condemned, or 
be locked in the “U. S. condemned” room or compartment. Condemned articles 
shall not be allowed to accumulate unnecessarily in the condemned room or compart- 
ment. 
Section 5. Paragraph 1. Carcasses and parts passed for sterilization shall be 
conspicuously marked on the surface tissues thereof by a bureau employee at the time 
of inspection “‘Passed for sterilization.’’ All such carcasses and parts shall be steril- 
