---
kind: "unit"
title: "9"
title_heading: "Animals and Animal Products"
key: "chIII/subchF/part540"
level: "part"
label: "Part 540"
heading: "Handling and Disposal of Condemned and Other Inedible Materials"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/chIII-subchF-part540"
sections_count: 3
---

# Part 540 — Handling and Disposal of Condemned and Other Inedible Materials

Title 9 C.F.R. — Animals and Animal Products › Chapter III — Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture › Subchapter F — Mandatory Inspection of Fish of the Order Siluriformes and Products of Such Fish

## Sections

- [§540.1. Dead fish.](/cfr/9/540.1.md)
- [§540.2. Specimens for educational, research, and other nonfood purposes; permits.](/cfr/9/540.2.md)
- [§540.3. Handling and disposal of condemned or other inedible materials.](/cfr/9/540.3.md)
