“U. S. SUSPECT” TAG.
Regulation 20.
To the ear or tail of each animal inspected under [Regulation 13] which shows symptoms or is suspected of being affected with any disease or condition which, under these regulations, may cause its condemnation on post-mortem inspection, there shall be affixed by a Department employee at the time of inspection a numbered metal tag bearing the words “U. S. Suspect.” The employee who affixes the tag shall report the number to the inspector in charge. This “U. S. Suspect” tag shall remain upon the animal until the preliminary post-mortem inspection at the time of slaughter. If no lesions of disease are then discovered, the “U. S. Suspect” tag shall be removed and forwarded to the inspector in charge, with a report that the carcass has been inspected and passed, and the carcass shall be labeled or stamped “U. S. Inspected and Passed,” as hereinafter provided.
ANTE-MORTEM CONDEMNED TAG.
Regulation 21.
To the ear of each animal which is found in a dying condition or dead on the premises of an establishment at which inspection is maintained there shall be affixed by a Department employee a numbered metal tag bearing the words “U. S. Condemned.” The ear bearing the tag shall not be removed from the carcass. The number of this tag shall be reported to the inspector in charge by the employee who affixes it. This tag shall remain on the condemned carcass until it reaches the tank, and immediately before tanking it shall be removed by the Department employee who is supervising the tanking and returned with a report to the inspector in charge.
LABELING BEEF FOR EXPORT.
Regulation 22.
Upon each quarter of each dressed beef carcass inspected and passed for export there shall be placed by a Department employee a meat-inspection label or mark, which shall bear the number of the establishment and the words “U. S. Inspected and Passed.”