---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 325.19"
title: "9"
number: "325.19"
heading: "Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/325.19"
---

# §325.19. Provisions inapplicable to specimens for laboratory examination, etc., or to naturally inedible articles.


The provisions of this part do not apply:

- (a) To specimens of product sent to or by the Department of Agriculture or divisions thereof in Washington, DC, or elsewhere, for laboratory examination, exhibition purposes, or other official use;
- (b) To material released for educational, research and other nonfood purposes, as prescribed in [§ 314.9](/cfr/9/314.9.md) of this subchapter;
- (c) To glands and organs for use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and not used for human food, as described in [§ 318.1(g)](/cfr/9/318.1.md?p=g) of this subchapter;
- (d) To material or specimens of product for laboratory examination, research, or other nonhuman food purposes, when authorized by the Administrator, and under conditions prescribed by him in specific cases; and
- (e) To articles that are naturally inedible by humans, such as hoofs, horns, and hides in their natural state.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 1901-1906; 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 15605, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.