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so marked have been inspected and passed under these regulations, and that at the time they were inspected, passed, and so marked they were found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food.

Paragraph 11. “Passed for sterilization”: That the carcases, parts of carcases, meat, meat products, or meat food products so marked have been inspected and passed on condition that they be rendered into lard or tallow as prescribed by Regulation 15, or otherwise sterilized by methods approved by the Chief of Bureau.

Paragraph 12. “U.S. inspected and condemned,” or any authorized abbreviation thereof: That the carcases, parts of carcases, meat, meat products, or meat food products so marked are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food.

Paragraph 13. “U.S. retained”: That the article so marked is held for further examination by an Inspector to determine its disposal.

Paragraph 14. “U.S. suspect,” or any authorized abbreviation thereof: That the animal so marked is suspected of being affected with a disease or condition which may require its condemnation, in whole or in part, when slaughtered, and is subject to further examination by an Inspector to determine its disposal.

Paragraph 15. “U.S. condemned”: That the animal so marked has been inspected and found to be immature, or in a dying condition, or to have died otherwise than by slaughter, or to be affected with any other condition or with any disease that will require condemnation of its carcase.

Paragraph 16. “U.S. refused entry”: That the article so marked, offered for importation, contains a preservative not permitted by these regulations, but contains no substance in conflict with the laws of the foreign country from which exported, and has not been found to be otherwise unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or unfit for human food.

Paragraph 17. Inspection legend: A mark or a statement, authorized by these regulations, on an article, or on the container of an article, indicating that the article has been inspected and passed for food by an Inspector.

Paragraph 18. Carcase: All parts, including viscera, of a slaughtered animal that are capable of being used for human food.

Paragraph 19. Primal parts: The usual sections, cuts, or parts of the dressed carcase commonly known in the trade, such as sides, quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, beef tongues, and beef livers, before they have been cut, shredded, or otherwise subdivided preliminary to use in the manufacture of meat food products.

Paragraph 20. Meat product: Any edible part of the carcase of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat which is not manufactured, cured, smoked, processed, or otherwise treated.

Paragraph 21. Meat food product: Any article of food, or any article which enters into the composition of food for human consumption, which is derived or prepared, in whole or in part, from any portion of the carcase of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat, if such portion is all or a considerable and definite portion of the article, except such articles as organo-therapeutic substances, meat-juice, meat-extract, and the like, which are only for medicinal purposes and are advertised only to the medical profession.

Paragraph 22. Meat and products: Carcases, parts of carcases, meat, products, food products, meat products, and meat food products of or derived from cattle, sheep, swine, and goats, which are capable of being used as food by man.

Paragraph 23. Meat or product: Any part or all of meat and products.

Paragraph 24. Immediate container, or true container: The unit can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in which any meat or product is customarily delivered to consumers.

Paragraph 25. Shipping container, or outside container: The box, bag, barrel, crate, or other receptacle or covering enclosing any meat or product packed in two or more immediate or true containers.

Paragraph 26. Person: Natural persons, individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, and associations, and every agent, officer, or employee of any thereof. This term shall import both the plural and the singular, as the case may be.

Paragraph 27. Subsidiary: Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or association in whose name any business is done, controlled, or owned, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by another.

SECTION 2. Wherever in these regulations the phrase “inspected and passed under the provisions of (or according to) the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906” is authorized or required to be used, the phrase “U.S. inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture” may be substituted therefor.