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USDA/FSIS RIN: 0583-AD54 Publication ID: Fall 2016 
Title: Requirements for the Disposition of Non-Ambulatory Disabled Veal Calves 
Abstract:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) amended the ante-mortem inspection regulations to remove a provision that permits establishments to set apart and hold for treatment veal calves that are unable to rise from a recumbent position and walk because they are tired or cold (9 CFR 309.13(b)).  The final rule requires that non-ambulatory disabled (NAD) veal calves that are offered for slaughter be condemned and promptly euthanized.  FSIS believes that prohibiting the slaughter of all NAD veal calves will improve compliance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978 (HMSA), and the humane slaughter implementing regulations. It also will improve the Agency's inspection efficiency by eliminating the time that FSIS inspection program personnel (IPP) spend re-inspecting non-ambulatory disabled veal calves.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 309   
Legal Authority: Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/13/2015  80 FR 27269   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/12/2015 
Final Action  07/18/2016  81 FR 46570   
Final Action Effective  09/16/2016 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Dr. Daniel L Engeljohn
Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development
Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Room 402 Cotton Annex Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 349-E JWB,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 205-0495
Fax:202 720-2025
Email: daniel.engeljohn@fsis.usda.gov