§ 1.104. Official marks and devices.
(a) All livestock required by this subchapter to be identified as ‘‘Pa. Suspects’’ shall be tagged by or under the supervision of a program employe with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing the term ‘‘Pa. Suspect,’’ except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter and except that cattle affected with epithelioma of the eye, antinomycosis, or actinobacillosis to such an extent that the lesions would be readily detected on postmortem inspection, need not be individually tagged on antemortem inspection with the Pa. Suspect tag, if such cattle are segregated and otherwise handled as ‘‘Pa. Suspects.’’
(b) In addition, identification of ‘‘Pa. Suspect’’ swine shall include the use of tattoos specified by the inspector to maintain the identity of the animals through the dehairing equipment when such equipment is used.
(c) All livestock required by this Part to be identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ shall be tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing the term ‘‘Pa. Condemned.’’
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no official device shall be removed except by or under the supervision of a program employe.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.193 (relating to marks for antemortem inspections).
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