---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 312.6"
title: "9"
number: "312.6"
heading: "Official marks and devices in connection with post-mortem inspection and identification of adulterated products and insanitary equipment and facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/312.6"
---

# §312.6. Official marks and devices in connection with post-mortem inspection and identification of adulterated products and insanitary equipment and facilities.

- (a) The official marks required by parts [310](/cfr/9/part310.md) and [416](/cfr/9/part416.md) of this chapter for use in post-mortem inspection and identification of adulterated products and insanitary equipment and facilities are:
  - (1) The tag (Form MP-427) which is used to retain carcasses and parts of carcasses in the slaughter department; it is black and white, and bears the legend “U.S. Retained.”
  - (2) The “U.S. Retained” mark which is applied to products and articles as prescribed in [part 310](/cfr/9/part310.md) of this subchapter by means of a paper tag (Form MP-35) bearing the legend “U.S. Retained.”
  - (3) The “U.S. Rejected” mark which is used to identify insanitary buildings, rooms, or equipment as prescribed in [part 416](/cfr/9/part416.md), [section 6](/cfr/9/6.md), of this chapter and is applied by means of a paper tag (Form MP-35) bearing the legend “U.S. Rejected.”
  - (4) The “U.S. Passed for Cooking” mark is applied on products passed for cooking as prescribed in [part 310](/cfr/9/part310.md) of this subchapter by means of a brand and is in the following form:
  - (5) The “U.S. Inspected and Condemned” mark shall be applied to products condemned as prescribed in [part 310](/cfr/9/part310.md) by means of a brand and is in the following form:
- (b) The “U.S. Retained” and “U.S. Rejected” tags, and all other brands, stamps, labels, and other devices approved by the Administrator and bearing any official mark prescribed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, shall be official devices for purposes of the Act.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 15573, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 38 FR 29214, Oct. 23, 1973; 39 FR 36000; Oct. 7, 1974; 43 FR 29268, July 7, 1978; 64 FR 36415, Oct. 20, 1999; 65 FR 2284, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 15573, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 15573, Oct. 3, 1970, as amended at 38 FR 29214, Oct. 23, 1973; 39 FR 36000; Oct. 7, 1974; 43 FR 29268, July 7, 1978; 64 FR 36415, Oct. 20, 1999; 65 FR 2284, Jan. 14, 2000]