---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 88.5"
title: "9"
number: "88.5"
heading: "Requirements at a slaughtering facility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/88.5"
---

# §88.5. Requirements at a slaughtering facility.

- (a) **Upon arrival at a slaughtering facility, the owner/shipper must—**
  - (1) Ensure that each equine has access to appropriate food and potable water after being offloaded;
  - (2) Present the owner-shipper certificates to a USDA representative;
  - (3) Allow a USDA representative access to the equines for the purpose of examination; and
  - (4) Allow a USDA representative access to the animal cargo area of the conveyance for the purpose of inspection.
- (b) If the owner/shipper arrives during normal business hours, the owner/shipper must not leave the premises of a slaughtering facility until the equines have been examined by a USDA representative. However, if the owner/shipper arrives outside of normal business hours, the owner/shipper may leave the premises but must return to the premises of the slaughtering facility to meet the USDA representative upon his or her arrival.
- (c) Any owner/shipper transporting equines to slaughtering facilities outside of the United States must present the owner-shipper certificates to USDA representatives at the border.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1901, 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, 371.4.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 63615, Dec. 7, 2001, unless otherwise noted.