OAR 603-029-0300: Ante-Mortem Inspection

Examination of animals before slaughtering; diseased animals slaughtered separately and carcasses examined for the purpose of preventing the use in commerce of meat and meat products which are adulterated, the Director shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all meat animals before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment, in which they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat products thereof are to be used in commerce; and all meat animals found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other meat animals, and when so slaughtered the carcasses of said meat animals shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules prescribed by the Director.