DECREE No.

9,013 ENACTED 29 MARCH, 2017

This Decree regulates Law no. 1,283, enacted 18 December 1950, and Law
no. 7,889, enacted 23 November 1989, which address the industrial and sanitary
inspection of animal products.

TITLE V

INDUSTRIAL AND SANITARY INSPECTION

Article 82. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply shall set forth, in supplementary norms, procedures
for the inspection and oversight of animal products, and design official control programs in order to assess the safety,
identity, quality and wholesomeness of products and production processes.

Sole paragraph. The programs addressed in the head provision encompass sampling for physical, microbiological,
physical-chemical, molecular-biological, histological and other testing that may be needed in order to assess the compliance
of animal raw material and products.

Article 83. When overseeing the establishment the SIF may perform the analyses laid down in this Decree, in the
Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality (TRIQ), in supplementary norms or in specific legislation, in self-control
programs and others that may be necessary, or order them to be carried out by the company.

CHAPTER I

INDUSTRIAL AND SANITARY INSPECTION OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS

Article 84. Federally-inspected establishments may slaughter bovines, buffaloes, equidae, suidae, ovines, caprines,
domestic birds, lagomorphs and exotic animals, wild animals, amphibians and reptiles, provided they meet the requirements
of this Decree and supplementary norms. “Article. 84. Federally-inspected establishments may slaughter bovines, buffaloes,
equidae, suidae, ovines, caprines, domestic birds, lagomorphs, exotic animals, wild animals, amphibians and reptiles, under
the terms of this Decree and in complementary rules. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 Different species may be slaughtered in one establishment provided specific facilities and equipment are
used for these purposes.

Paragraph 2 The slaughter addressed in Paragraph 1 may be carried out provided that complete segregation of the
different species and their respective by-products can be proven at all stages of the operation, respecting the specific nature
of each species, which includes the cleaning of facilities and equipment.

Article 84-A. The slaughterhouses are responsible for ensuring the identity, quality, and traceability of products, from
the acquiring in primary production to receiving them at the establishment, including transport. (In the wording of Decree n°
10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 Slaughterhouses that receive animals from primary production must have a record updated from
producers. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 2 Slaughterhouses that receive animals from primary production are responsible for implementing
programs to improve the quality of the raw material and continuing education of producers. (In the wording of Decree n°
10.468/2020)

Section I

Ante-mortem inspection

Article 85. Receiving animals for slaughter in any area of the establishment must be done with prior knowledge of the
SIF. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 86. When the animals are received and unloaded, the establishment must verify the transport documentation
defined in specific norms in order to ensure the origin of the animals.

Sole paragraph. Animals may not be transported without their movement documentation.

Article 87. The animals, in accordance with the specificities of each species, must be unloaded and housed in suitable
exclusive facilities to await evaluation by the SIF.
 Sole paragraph. Animals arriving in sealed vehicles by sanitary determination, as defined by the competent animal
health agency, may only be unloaded in the presence of a representative of the SIF. (In the wording of Decree n°
10.468/2020)

Article 88. The establishment must adopt measures to avoid mistreatment of the animals and take steps to ensure their
protection and animal welfare from their unloading to the moment of slaughter.

Article 89. Prior to the slaughter, the establishment must present the slaughter plan and documentation of the
identification, handling and origin of the lots as well as other information required in specific legislation in order for the SIF to
verify the physical and sanitary conditions of the animals.

Paragraph 1 Where it is suspected that banned substances have been used, or that there is a lack of information about
compliance with the withdrawal periods for veterinary products, SIF may seize such lots of animals or products, take samples
and adopt such other procedures as to underpin any decision about the disposition.

Paragraph 2 Whenever the SIF deems necessary, documents containing information of interest concerning the lot
must be produced at least twenty-four hours beforehand.

Article 90. A competent official of the SIF must perform an ante mortem examination of animals intended for
slaughter.

Paragraph 1 The examination addressed in the head provision includes a document check, a verification of the
animal's behavior and overall appearance, and of symptoms of diseases affecting animal and public health, in accordance
with this Decree and supplementary norms.

Paragraph 2 Any suspect case will lead to the identification and isolation of the animals involved. When necessary the
entire lot will be isolated.

Paragraph 3 Suspect cases will be evaluated by a Federal Agricultural Inspector who graduated in Veterinary Medicine
or a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team, and may include a clinical examination, necropsy, and other
procedures in order to diagnose and determine disposition, applying animal health measures when the case so demands. (In
the wording of Decree n° 10.419/2020)

Paragraph 4 The ante mortem examination must be performed as soon as possible after the animals have arrived at
the slaughter establishment.

Paragraph 5 The examination must be repeated if more than twenty-four hours elapse between the first assessment
and the moment of slaughter. (In the wording of Decree 9,069/2017)

Paragraph 6 Among seafood species for slaughter, only amphibians and reptiles must undergo ante mortem
inspection. (Included by Decree 9,069/2017)

Article 91. In the ante mortem inspection, whenever animals with suspected zoonoses or infectious-contagious
diseases, or animals producing an inconclusive or positive result to diagnostic tests for such diseases are identified, they
must be slaughtered separately from the remaining animals after the appropriate prophylactic steps have been taken.

Sole paragraph. If diseases not provided for in this Decree or in supplementary norms are suspected, slaughter must
also take place separately, the better to study the lesions and perform supplementary verifications.

Article 92. Whenever notifiable infectious or contagious diseases are identified by the official animal health service, the
SIF, in addition to measures already laid down, must:

I - notify the official animal health service, first of all in the immediate competent jurisdiction of the establishment;

II - segregate the suspected animals and keep the lot under observation until the epidemiological measures to be
taken have been determined; and

III - order the immediate disinfection of places, equipment and utensils that may have touched animal residues or
any other possibly contaminated material and comply with the recommendations laid down by the official animal health
service.

Article 93. If, in the ante mortem inspection, isolated cases of non-contagious diseases are found that either allow
conditional use or entail total condemnation of the animal, this animal must be slaughtered last, or in facilities specific for this
purpose.

Article 94. Suidae presenting acute erysipelas, with diffuse cutaneous erythema, must be slaughtered separately.
(Revoked by Decree n° 10.419/2020)

Article 95. Females in advanced pregnancy or those showing signs of recent farrowing, and that are not carrying an
infectious-contagious disease, may be removed from the establishment to be better used, in accordance with the procedures
laid down by the animal health service.

Sole paragraph. Females showing signs of recent farrowing or miscarriage may only be slaughtered after at least ten
days, providing they are not carrying an infectious or contagious disease; if they are, they must be assessed in accordance
with this Decree and supplementary norms.

Article 96. Animals arriving for slaughter and presenting hypothermia or hyperthermia may be condemned, taking into
consideration the weather conditions, transportation conditions and other clinical signs, pursuant to supplementary norms.

Sole paragraph. This head provision does not apply to poikilothermic animals.

Article 97. If there are dead animals or animals unable to walk, on transport vehicles that have pulled up at the
receiving facility or at any outbuilding of the establishment, the SIF must be notified so that necropsy or emergency slaughter
can be performed and the necessary measures taken, in line with the particular nature of each species.

Paragraph 1 If a natural death has been found to occur in any lot of animals, the lot may only be slaughtered after the
necropsy result is known.

Paragraph 2 A necropsy will be carried out by a Federal Agricultural Inspector who graduated in Veterinary Medicine or
a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team, whenever there is a clinically suspected disease and its
performance will be mandatory when established in supplementary norms. (In the wording of Decree 10.419/2020)

Article 98. Carcasses of animals that die accidentally within the facilities of the establishment, provided they are bled
immediately, may go to conditional use after a post mortem examination, at the discretion of the Federal Agricultural
Inspector who graduated in Veterinary Medicine or a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team. (In the
wording of Decree 10.419/2020)

Article 99. When the SIF authorizes the transportation of dead or dying animals to the site of the necropsy, a suitable
vehicle or container must be used, and it must be waterproof and enable disinfection straight after use.

Paragraph 1 In the case of animals that have died from a suspected infectious-contagious disease, their natural orifices
must be plugged before transportation in order to avoid the spread of secretions and excreta.

Paragraph 2 If the suspected disease is confirmed, the dead animal and its remains must be: (In the wording of
Decree n° 10.468/2020)

I – incinerated; (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

II - autoclaved in dedicated equipment; or (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

III - submitted to equivalent treatment that allows the destruction of the infectious agent. (In the wording of Decree n°
10.468/2020)

Paragraph 3 After the completion of the necropsy, the vehicle or container used to move the animals, the floor of the
room and all equipment and utensils that have touched the animal must be washed and disinfected.

Article 100. Whatever the motivation for them, necropsies must be performed in a specific location and the animals
and their remains will be destined in accordance with the provisions of this Decree and in the supplementary rules. (In the
wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 101. The SIF shall inform the official animal health service of the result of the necropsies that demonstrated
infectious or contagious diseases, and when necessary shall send material for diagnosis, in accordance with animal health
legislation.

Section II

Slaughter of animals

Article 102. No animal may be slaughtered without the authorization of the SIF.

Article 103. Animals may not be slaughtered if they have not rested, fasted, or been watered, in accordance with the
particular nature of each species, and emergency situations that compromise animal welfare.

Sole paragraph. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply shall lay down parameters for the resting,
fasting and watering of animals in supplementary norms.

Article 104. Uncastrated suidae or those showing signs of recent castration may not be slaughtered. (Revoked by
Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Sole paragraph. Suidae that have been castrated by non-surgical means, provided the process has been approved by
the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, may be slaughtered. (Revoked by Decree n° 10.468/2020)
 Sub-Section I

Emergency Slaughter

Article 105. Animals arriving at the establishment in poor health, that cannot walk unaided to the slaughter facility, and
those ruled out of normal slaughter after the ante mortem examination, must undergo emergency slaughter.

Sole paragraph. The situations addressed in the head provision include sick animals showing signs of immediately
notifiable infectious or contagious diseases, those that are dying, are injured, bearing fractures, hemorrhaging, suffering from
hyper- or hypothermia, or that are downers, animals showing neurological clinical signs, and other conditions laid down in
supplementary norms.

Article 106. Emergency slaughter may not be performed in the absence of a Federal Agricultural Inspector who
graduated in Veterinary Medicine or a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team. (In the wording of Decree
10.419/2020)

Sole paragraph. If it is impossible to monitor the emergency slaughter by a professional referred to in the head
provision, the establishment will perform the animal sacrifice by humanitarian method and segregate it for later necropsy.
(Included by Decree 10.419/2020)

Article 107. The SIF must collect material from animals going to emergency slaughter that show neurological clinical
signs and send them to official laboratories for diagnosis and adopt other actions determined in the animal health legislation.
(In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 108. Animals showing clinical signs of paralysis from metabolic or pathological changes must be sent to
emergency slaughter.

Sole paragraph. For paralysis caused by metabolic changes, the animals may be removed from the establishment for
treatment, in compliance with procedures defined by the animal health legislation.

Article 109. If a diagnosis of septicemia is in doubt, the SIF must sample material for laboratory analysis, above all
whenever there is inflammation of the intestines, udder, uterus, joints, lungs, pleura, peritoneum or if there are suppurating or
gangrenous lesions.

Article 110. If animals that have undergone emergency slaughter meet the criteria for condemnation laid down in this
Decree or in supplementary norms, they are deemed unfit for human consumption.

Article 111. The carcasses of animals that have undergone emergency slaughter but whose carcasses have not been
condemned may go to conditional use, or provided there is no sanitary impediment, may be passed for consumption, in
accordance with this Decree or supplementary norms.

Subsection II

Normal slaughter

Article 112. Animals may only be slaughtered using humane methods, with prior stunning, based on scientific
principles, and followed by immediate bleeding.

Paragraph 1 The methods to be applied in each species will be laid down in supplementary norms.

Paragraph 2 Animals may be slaughtered in accordance with religious principles, provided that the by-products from
them go wholly or partially for consumption by the religious community that requests them or to international trade with
countries that impose this demand.

Article 113. Before reaching the slaughter facility, the animals must pass through a sprinkling bath using enough water
or equivalent process to thoroughly cleanse them and remove dirt, in accordance with the specific nature of each species. (In
the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 114. Bleeding should be as complete as possible; the animal should be hung by its hind legs or some other
method approved by the Department of Inspection of Animal Products.

Sole paragraph. No operations on the carcass may begin until the bleeding has been as thorough as possible,
complying with the minimum bleeding period laid down in supplementary norms.

Article 115. Birds may be plucked:

I - dry;

II - after scalding in preheated water and with a continuous removal process; or

Article 116. Whenever swine carcasses are delivered for consumption skin-on, complete depilation by prior scalding
with hot water is mandatory, or another similar process approved by the Department of Inspection of Animal Products.

Paragraph 1 Depilation may be completed manually or by suitable equipment, and the carcasses must be washed
before the operation is carried out.

Paragraph 2 Singeing is banned except after prior scalding and depilation.

Paragraph 3 The water in swine scalding systems must be continually renewed.

Paragraph 4 The use of technological adjuvants in the scald water may be authorized if compliant with criteria laid
down by the Department of Inspection of Animal Products.

Article 117. Whenever deficiencies have been identified in slaughter, the SIF may order interruption of slaughter or a
reduction in slaughter speed. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 118. Evisceration must be performed in a space that allows speedy examination of the viscera, in order to avoid
contamination.

Paragraph 1 If evisceration is delayed, the carcass and viscera will be judged according to supplementary norms.

Paragraph 2 When there is contamination of carcasses and organs at the moment of evisceration, SIF will apply the
measures set forth in Section III, Chapter I of Title V.

Article 119. The synchronization of carcasses, carcass parts and viscera must be maintained until SIF has completed
the post mortem examination, complying with supplementary norms.

Paragraph 1 Asepsis operations are banned before the completion of the post mortem examination.

Paragraph 2 It is for the establishment to maintain parallelism between the carcass and viscera, and their
synchronized passage through the inspection lines.

Article 120. Inflation is allowed as an auxiliary method in the technological process of dehiding and deboning of
slaughter species. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 The air used in inflation must be purified so as to ensure its final physical, chemical and microbiological
quality.

Paragraph 2 In order to meet the demands of religious slaughter the lungs may be inflated.

Article 121. All carcasses, carcass parts, organs and viscera must first be chilled or frozen, depending on the product
specifications, before storing in freezers where other raw materials are already being stored.

Sole paragraph. It is mandatory to chill or freeze the products referred to in the head provision before their
transportation. (Included by Decree 10.468/2020)

Article 122. Carcasses and carcass parts, when chilled in air, must be hung in chillers, in accordance with the specific
nature of each species, and arranged in such a way as to ensure sufficient space between all the pieces, and between
pieces and walls, pillars and floors.

Sole paragraph. Carcasses and by-products may not be placed directly on the floor.

Article 123. In the event of infectious or contagious diseases, in order to prevent cross-contamination, the SIF must
verify the compliance of disinfection procedures for the facilities and equipment.

Article 124. Specified Risk Materials (SRMs) must be removed, segregated and rendered unusable for communicable
spongiform encephalopathies of all ruminants for slaughter.

Paragraph 1 The procedures addressed in the head provision must be performed by establishments, pursuant to
supplementary norms.

Paragraph 2 The animal health legislation will specify the organs, carcass parts, and animal tissues as SRMs.

Paragraph 3 All use of SRMs in human or animal food is forbidden.

Section III

General aspects of post mortem inspection

Article 125. In performing post mortem inspection procedures, the Federal Agricultural Inspector who graduated in
Veterinary Medicine or a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team may be assisted by properly trained
Sanitary and Industrial Inspection Agents for Animal Products or inspection auxiliaries. (In the wording of Decree
10.419/2020)

Sole paragraph. The inspection team must possess enough staff to perform its activities, as laid down in
supplementary norms.

Article 126. Post mortem inspection consists of an examination of carcasses, carcass parts, cavities, organs, tissues
and lymph nodes, by means of observation, palpation, sense of smell and incisions when necessary, as well as other
procedures defined in supplementary norms for each animal species.
Article 127. All organs and carcass parts must be examined in the slaughter facility immediately after they have been
removed from the carcasses, and correspondence must always be maintained between them.

Article 128. Carcasses, carcass parts and organs showing lesions or abnormalities that do not affect the carcass or
other organs, may be condemned or alternatively authorized to continue on the inspection lines, pursuant to supplementary
norms.

Article 129. All carcasses, carcass parts and organs examined on the inspection lines presenting lesions or
abnormalities that can affect the carcass and other organs, must be railed out to the veterinary Department of Final
Inspection to be examined, judged and receive the appropriate disposition.

Paragraph 1 Judgments concerning the disposition of carcasses, carcass parts and organs are the duty of a Federal
Agricultural Inspector who graduated in Veterinary Medicine or a veterinarian member of the federal inspection service team.
(In the wording of Decree 10.419/2020)

Paragraph 2 In the case of infectious and contagious diseases, the disposition of organs will be similar to that given to
the carcass itself.

Paragraph 3 Condemned carcasses, carcass parts and organs must be kept by the SIF and will be removed from the
Final Inspection Department using specific conduits, carts or other appropriate containers that have been identified for this
purpose.

Paragraph 4 Condemned material must be mischaracterized when: (In the wording of Decree 10.419/2020)

I - it cannot be processed on slaughter day itself or; (Included by Decree 10.419/2020)

II - it will be transported for processing in another establishment. (Included by Decree 10.419/2020)

Paragraph 5 In the impossibility of the mischaracterization referred to in the paragraph 4, the condemned material will
be denatured. (Included by Decree 10.419/2020)

Article 130. Removal, scraping or any other practices to mask lesions on carcasses or organs before examination by
the SIF are forbidden.

Article 131. Carcasses deemed fit for consumption must be given the official marks laid down in this Decree, under SIF
supervision.

Sole paragraph. Ink-stamping on the carcasses of bovidae and suidae will be dispensed with in establishments that
slaughter and debone in the same industrial unit, provided that provisions laid down in supplementary norms are followed.

Article 132. Whenever the animals' owner requires it, the SIF in slaughter establishments will provide a report
containing possible diseases or pathologies diagnosed on carcasses during sanitary inspection, even on a presumptive
basis, and the disposition of the same. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 133. During ante mortem and post mortem inspection procedures, judgment in cases not provided for in this
Decree is at the discretion of the SIF, which must seek above all to guarantee product safety, public health and animal
health.

Sole paragraph. SIF shall take samples, whenever necessary, for laboratory analysis to confirm diagnoses.

Article 134. Carcasses, carcass parts and organs presenting with multiple or widespread abscesses that affect the
overall status of the carcass must be condemned furthermore:

I - carcasses, carcass parts or organs accidentally contaminated by purulent matter, must be condemned;

II - carcasses presenting general changes such as cachexia, anemia or jaundice resulting from the purulent process,
must be condemned;

III - carcasses presenting multiple abscesses in organs or carcass parts, not affecting the overall state, are to be
sent for conditional heat treatment after the affected areas have been removed and condemned;

IV - carcasses presenting with multiple abscesses in a single organ or carcass part—except for the case of the
lungs—that do not affect the lymph nodes or its overall state, may be approved for further processing after the affected
areas have been removed and condemned; and

V - carcasses presenting with localized abscesses may be approved for further processing after the organs and
areas affected have been removed and condemned.

Article 135. Carcasses must be condemned when they show widespread or localized actinomycosis or actinobacillosis
lesions at typical points, and affect the overall state of the carcass, and furthermore:

I - when the lesions are localized and affect the lungs, but do not affect the overall status of the carcass, the carcass
may go to conditional use after sterilization by heat treatment, after the affected organs have been removed and
condemned;
II - when the lesion is small and limited to the tongue, possibly affecting the corresponding lymph nodes or
otherwise, head meat may go to conditional use after sterilization by heat treatment, and after the tongue and lymph nodes
have been removed and condemned;

III - when the lesions are localized, without affecting the lymph nodes and other organs, and the carcass is in good
overall condition, then the carcass may be authorized for consumption after the affected areas have been removed and
condemned; and

IV - heads with actinomycosis lesions must be condemned except when the bony lesion is small and strictly
localized, without suppuration or the paths of fistulae.

Article 136. The carcasses of animals affected by extensive lung tissue diseases, in either acute or chronic, purulent,
necrotic, gangrenous, fibrinous condition, or associated (or otherwise) with other complications, and affecting the overall
condition of the carcass, must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 The carcasses of animals affected by lung diseases, either in an acute process or in a resolution phase,
having involved lung tissue and pleura, with exudate and affecting the regional lymphatic chain, but without affecting the
overall condition of the carcass, must be sent to conditional use after heat treatment.

Paragraph 2 In those cases where there is pleural adherence without any kind of exudate, that are the result of
resolved pathological processes and without any repercussions for the regional lymphatic chain, the carcass may be
authorized for consumption after the affected areas have been removed.

Paragraph 3 Lungs presenting inflammatory, infectious, parasitic, or traumatic lesions or lesions from the dying
process, must be condemned, but without prejudice to the examination of the general characteristics of the carcass.

Article 137 The carcasses of animals with septicemia, pyemia, toxemia or signs of viremia, and whose consumption
might cause infection or food poisoning, must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. This includes, without being restricted to the diseases addressed in the head provision, the cases

of: (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

I - acute inflammation of the pleura, the peritoneum, pericardium and meninges;

II - gangrene, gastritis and hemorrhagic or chronic enteritis;

III - metritis;

IV - polyarthritis;

V - omphalophlebitis;

VI - hypertrophy of spleen; (Revoked by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

VII - generalized hypertrophy of the lymph nodes; and

VIII - diffuse reddening of the hide.

Article 138. Carcasses and organs of animals testing positive for brucellosis must be condemned when they were in a
febrile state at ante mortem examination. (In the wording of Decree 9,069/2017)

Paragraph 1 Animals reacting positively to diagnostic tests for brucellosis must be slaughtered separately. (In the
wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 2 The carcasses of swines, goats, sheep and buffaloes that either react positively or do not react to
brucellosis diagnostic tests, showing a localized lesion, must be sent for conditional use after heat treatment, after the
affected areas have been removed and condemned. (In the wording of Decree 9,069/2017)

Paragraph 3 The carcasses of bovines and equines that either react positively or do not react to brucellosis diagnostic
tests, showing a localized lesion, may be authorized to be consumed fresh, after the affected areas have been removed and
condemned. (In the wording of Decree 9,069/2017)
Paragraph 4 The carcasses of animals testing positive for brucellosis diagnostic tests, without indicative lesions, may
be authorized for consumption fresh. (Included by Decree 9,069/2017)
Paragraph 5 The organs, udder, genital tract and blood must be condemned in the events of paragraphs 2, 3, and
4. (Included by Decree 9,069/2017)

Article 139. Carcasses and organs of cachectic animals must be condemned.

Article 140. Carcasses of animals infected with anthrax must be condemned: this includes hides, horns, hooves, hairs,
organs, intestinal contents, blood and fat, and the following measures must be executed immediately:

I - the carcasses of animals suspected of carrying anthrax may not be eviscerated;

II - when the condition is recognized after evisceration, all those places that the residues of the animal may have
touched, such as bleeding areas, floors, walls, platforms, knives, saws, hooks, equipment in general, employees' uniforms,
and any other material that may have been contaminated must all be disinfected;

III - as soon as anthrax is detected, slaughter must be stopped, and disinfection must commence immediately;

IV - for this disinfection the use of a solution of 5% (five per cent) sodium hydroxide, 1% (one per cent) sodium
hypochloride, or any other substance proven effective, is recommended;

V - employees who may have touched the anthrax-carrying material must take all necessary precautions, by
applying rules of hygiene and personal antisepsis using products known to be effective, and such employees must be sent
to the medical service as a precautionary measure;

VI - all carcasses, and carcass parts, including hides, hooves, horns, organs and the contents thereof that may have
touched infectious animals or materials must be condemned; and

VII - the water of the scalding tank through which an anthrax-infected animal may have passed must be disinfected
and immediately drained to the industrial effluents system.

Article 141. Carcasses and organs of animals infected with anthrax must be condemned.

Article 142. Animals' carcasses must be condemned when they show marked and widespread muscle changes and
when there is degeneration of the myocardium, liver, and kidneys, or reaction of the lymph system accompanied by muscle
changes.

Paragraph 1 Carcasses must be condemned if their meat is flaccid, bruised, pale, bloody or exudative.

Paragraph 2 Carcasses with changes owing to stress or fatigue in the animals may, at the discretion of the SIF, be
sent for heat treatment, salting, or condemnation.

Article 143. Carcasses, carcass parts and organs with a repugnant appearance, showing congestion, abnormally
colored or with degeneration must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. Putrefying carcasses, those reeking of medication, urine, sex hormones, excrement or other
abnormalities are also condemned.

Article 144. Bloody or hemorrhagic carcasses and organs resulting from systemic diseases or conditions must be
condemned.

Sole paragraph. Carcasses and organs of improperly bled animals must, at the discretion of the SIF, be sent for heat
treatment.

Article 145. Livers with atrophic or hypertrophic cirrhosis must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. Carcasses similar to the description in the head provision, provided they are not affected, may be
released.

Article 146. Organs showing such changes as congestion, infarcts, fatty degeneration, angiectasia, hemorrhages or
abnormal color, whether related or otherwise to systemic pathological processes, must be condemned.

Article 147. Carcasses, carcass parts and organs showing an extensive area of contamination by gastrointestinal
contents, urine, milk, bile, pus, or any other type of contamination, must be condemned when it is impossible to completely
remove the contaminated area.
 Paragraph 1 When it may be impossible to perfectly delimit the contaminated areas, even after removal, then the
carcasses, carcass parts, organs or viscera must be sterilized by heat.

Paragraph 2 When it is possible completely to remove the contamination, the carcasses, carcass parts, organs or
viscera may be authorized.

Paragraph 3 As provided for in supplementary norms, it may be allowed to remove the contamination without
completely removing the contaminated area.

Article 148. Carcasses of animals with widespread contusions or multiple fractures must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 Carcasses with widespread lesions that have not been totally compromised may go to heat treatment
after the affected areas have been removed and condemned.

Paragraph 2 Carcasses presenting localized contusions, fractures or dislocations may be authorized once the affected
areas have been removed and condemned.

Article 149. Carcasses showing widespread edema on post mortem examination must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. In the case of localized, minor edemas, carcass parts and organs showing edematous infiltrations
must be removed and condemned.

Article 150. Carcasses and organs of animals infected with Oesophagostomum sp (esophagostomiasis) must be
condemned when there is cachexia.

Sole paragraph. Intestines or parts thereof presenting a small number of nodules may be authorized.

Article 151. If the pancreas is infected by parasites of the genus Eurytrema, causing eurytrematosis, it must be
condemned.

Article 152. Carcasses and organs of animals infected with Fasciola hepatica must be condemned when there is
cachexia or jaundice.

Sole paragraph. When the lesion is circumscribed or limited to the liver and has no repercussions on the general
status of the carcass, the organ must be condemned while the carcass may be authorized.

Article 153. Fetuses resulting from the slaughter of pregnant females must be condemned.

Article 154. Tongues showing glossitis must be condemned.

Article 155. Carcasses and organs of animals presenting hydatic cysts must be condemned when there is cachexia.

Sole paragraph. Organs presenting with peripheral lesions that are calcified and circumscribed may be authorized after
the affected areas have been removed and condemned.

Article 156. Carcasses and organs of animals presenting jaundice must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. Carcasses of animals showing yellow fat owing to nutritional factors or to the breed, may be passed
for consumption.

Article 157. Carcasses of animals showing poisoning by medication treatment or accidental ingestion of toxic products
must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. When the lesion is restricted to the organs or suggests poisoning by toxic plants, the carcass may go
to conditional use or pass for consumption at the discretion of the SIF.

Article 158. Hearts with lesions of myocarditis, endocarditis and pericarditis may be condemned.

Paragraph 1 The carcasses of animals with cardiac lesions may be condemned or sent to heat treatment whenever
this affects the overall condition, at the discretion of the SIF.

Paragraph 2 The carcasses of animals with cardiac lesions may be passed for consumption, provided the carcasses
have not been affected, at the discretion of the SIF.

Article 159. Kidneys showing signs of nephritis, nephrosis, pyelonephritis, uronephrosis, urinary cysts or other
infections must be condemned, and the lesions must be investigated for a possible link to infectious or contagious or
parasitic diseases and whether they lead to changes in the carcass.

Sole paragraph. The carcass and kidneys may be passed for consumption when the lesions are not owing to infectious
or contagious diseases, depending on the extent of the lesions, after the affected areas of the organ are removed and
condemned.
 Article 160. Carcasses showing non-specific widespread lesions in the lymph nodes of several regions, affecting the
overall state of the carcass, must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 In the case of non-specific progressive lesions in lymph nodes, not affecting the overall state of the
carcass, the drainage area of the lymph nodes is condemned, while the carcass is authorized for conditional use after heat
sterilization.

Paragraph 2 In the case of limited, circumscribed non-specific lesions in lymph nodes, without an effect on the overall
state of the carcass, the drainage area of this lymph node may be condemned, while the rest of the carcass is authorized
after the affected areas have been removed and condemned.

Article 161. The carcasses and organs of lean animals that are free of any pathological process may go to conditional
use, at the discretion of the SIF.

Article 162. The carcasses and organs of animals presenting with mastitis must go to heat sterilization whenever there
is systemic compromising. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 Carcasses and organs of animals presenting with acute mastitis, without systemic compromising, will be
destined to sterilization by heat after the mammary gland has been removed and condemned. (In the wording of Decree n°
10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 Carcasses and organs of animals presenting with chronic mastitis, without systemic compromising, may
be released after the mammary gland has been removed and condemned. (Inclued by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 2 The mammary glands must be removed intact in order to prevent contamination of the carcass by milk,
pus or any other contaminant, taking into account the specific nature of each species and the correlation of the glands with
the carcass.

Paragraph 3 Mammary glands with mastitis or signs of lactation, and those of brucellosis-positive animals must be
condemned.

Paragraph 4 It may be permitted for the mammary gland to be used as a foodstuff, after the carcass has been passed.

Article 163. Carcass parts, organs and viscera infested by larvae (myiasis) must be condemned.

Article 164. Livers showing nodular necrobacillosis must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. When the lesion coexists with other changes leading to carcass compromise, the carcass and organs
must be condemned.

Article 165. Carcasses of animals with extensive neoplasms, with or without metastasis and with or without
repercussions for the overall state, must be condemned. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 1 Carcasses and organs of animals with malignant lymphoma must be condemned. (Revoked

by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 2 Every organ or carcass part affected by a neoplasm must be condemned. (Revoked by

Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 3 In the event of a quantity of neoplasms that are localized and do not affect the overall state, then the
carcass and organs may be sent to heat sterilization and the involved parts and organs must be condemned. (Revoked by
Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 4 In the case of discrete localized neoplastic lesions that do not affect the overall state, the carcass may be
authorized for consumption after the affected parts and organs have been removed and condemned.

Article 166. Organs and parts showing signs of parasitosis that are not transmitted to humans must be condemned,
while the carcass may be passed for consumption, provided it has not been affected.

Article 167. The carcasses of animals showing signs of recent delivery or miscarriage, provided there are no signs of
infection, may be sent to conditional use after heat treatment, while the genital tract, udder and blood of these animals are to
be condemned.

Article 168. Carcasses with intense infection by Sarcocystis spp (sarcocystosis) must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 Intense infection means the presence of cysts in incisions made into several parts of the musculature.

Paragraph 2 Minor infection means the presence of cysts limited to a single point in the carcass or organ, and the
carcass must go to cooking after the affected area has been removed.

Article 169. The carcasses of animals with widespread mange infection, compromising their overall state, must be
condemned.

Sole paragraph. Carcasses may be authorized when the infestation is minor and still limited after the affected areas
have been removed and condemned.

Article 170. Livers showing widespread macular telangiectasia lesions must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. Livers presenting with discrete lesions may be passed for consumption after the affected areas
have been removed and condemned.

Article 171. The carcasses of animals with tuberculosis must be condemned when: (In the wording of Decree
9,069/2017)

I - the animal is febrile at ante mortem examination;

II - there is cachexia;

III - there are tubercular lesions in the muscles, bone, joints or lymph nodes draining the affected parts;

IV - there are concomitant caseous lesions in organs or serosa of the thorax and abdomen;

V - there are miliary or perlaceous lesions in parenchyma or serosa;

VI - there are multiple acute and actively progressing lesions identified by acute inflammation near the lesions,
liquefaction necrosis or the presence of young tubercles;

VII - there are hypertrophied, edematous lymph nodes with striped or starry caseification in more than one chosen
site; or

VIII - there are widespread caseous or calcified lesions, and whenever there is evidence of the spread of the bacillus
to the systemic circulation.

Paragraph 1 The tuberculous lesions are deemed generalized when numerous tubercles are found in addition to those
in the respiratory and digestive systems and their corresponding lymph nodes, distributed in both lungs or in the spleen,
kidneys, uterus, ovaries, testicles, suprarenal capsules, brain, or the spinal cord or its membranes.

Paragraph 2 After the affected areas have been removed and condemned, the carcasses may go to heat sterilization
when:

I - the organs present discrete, localized or encapsulated caseous lesions that are limited to the lymph nodes of
one organ;

II - lymph nodes of the carcass or head present discrete, localized or encapsulated caseous lesions; and

III - there are concomitant lesions in lymph nodes and organs of the same cavity.

Paragraph 3 The carcasses of animals reacting positive to the tuberculosis diagnostic test must be sent to heat
sterilization, provided they do not meet the conditions laid down in items I to VIII of the head provision.

Paragraph 4 Carcasses presenting only one discrete tuberculosis lesion that is localized and completely calcified in a
single organ or lymph node, may be passed for consumption, after the affected areas have been condemned.

Paragraph 5 Parts of carcasses and organs contaminated by tubercular material, by accidental or other contact, must
be condemned.

Article 172. Products going to conditional use, according to the ante-mortem and post-mortem judgment results, as laid
down in this Decree and in the supplementary norms, must, at the discretion of the SIF, undergo one of the following
treatments: (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

I - cold treatment, at a temperature no higher than -10ºC (minus ten degrees Celsius) for ten days;

II - salting, in brine at no lower than 24ºBe (twenty-four degrees Baumé), for pieces no larger than 3.5cm (three point
five centimeters) thick, for at least twenty-one days; or

III - heat treatment by:

a) cooking at a temperature of 76.6ºC (seventy-six point six degrees Celsius) for at least thirty minutes;

b) heat fusion at a minimum temperature of 121ºC (one hundred and twenty-one degrees Celsius); or

c) humid heat sterilization with an F0 value equal to or greater than three minutes or a reduction of twelve log cycles
(12 log10) of Clostridium botulinum, followed by immediate chilling.
 Paragraph 1 The application of any of the conditional treatments given in the head provision must ensure inactivation
or destruction of the agent involved.

Paragraph 2 Treatments other than those given in the head provision may be used, provided that the same
guarantees are ensured in the end, and that the technical and scientific basis is approved by the Department of Inspection of
Animal Products.

Paragraph 3 If there are no specific equipment or facilities for carrying out the conditional treatment ordered by the SIF,
a stricter criterion must always be applied in the establishment itself or at another establishment that has the technological
means for this purpose, provided there is real control of traceability and proof of the application of the conditional treatment
that was ordered.

Sub-Section I

Post mortem inspection in birds and lagomorphs

Article 173. For the inspection of birds and lagomorphs, as far as is suitable, what is given in Section III of this Chapter
will apply, in addition to this particular Sub-Section and in supplementary norms.

Article 174. In cases where at post mortem inspection of birds and lagomorphs immediately notifiable infectious and
contagious diseases—as determined by the animal health legislation—are found, then in addition to the measures laid down
in article 93, the SIF must stop the slaughter, isolate the lot of suspect product and keep it segregated until a definition is
made of the epidemiological animal health measures to be adopted.

Sole paragraph. For infectious and contagious zoonoses, the appropriate prophylactic measures must be taken and
applied to the lots involved.

Article 175. Bird carcasses or organs showing signs of an inflammatory process or the characteristic lesions of arthritis,
airsacculitis, coligranuloma, dermatosis, dermatitis, cellulitis, pericarditis, enteritis, oophoritis, hepatitis, salpingitis and, ascitic
syndrome must be assessed in accordance with the following criteria: (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

I - when the lesions are restricted to one part of the carcass or to one organ only, only the affected areas must be
condemned; or

II - when the lesions are extensive, multiple, or there is evidence of a systemic nature, the carcasses and organs
must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 For abnormal or pathological conditions not provided for in the head provision the final disposition shall
be at the discretion of the SIF. (Included by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 2 The destination criteria referred to in paragraph 1 does not apply to cases of myopathies and tibial
dyschondroplasia, in these cases poultry carcasses must be segregated by the establishment for industrial disposal.
(Included by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 175-A. In cases of fractures, contusions and signs of poor bleeding that occurred during slaughter, due to
operational or technological failure, poultry carcasses must be segregated by the establishment for industrial use. (Included
by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Sole paragraph. The information in the head provision does not apply to extensive or generalized contusions and to
cases of diffuse bloody or hemorrhagic areas, hypotheses in which the destination will be carried out by the SIF in the
inspection lines. (Included by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Article 176. In cases of endoparasitosis or ectoparasitosis in poultry, when there is no repercussion to the carcass,
then the affected organs or areas must be condemned.

Article 177. In the case of lesions arising from cannibalism, that are extensive and affect the overall state of the
carcass, then carcasses and organs must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. If there is no systemic involvement, the carcass may be authorized after the affected area has been
removed.

Article 178. In the case of birds showing extensive mechanical lesions, including those resulting from excessive
scalding, carcasses and organs must be condemned.

Sole paragraph. Superficial lesions will result in partial condemnation with the rest of the carcass and organs being
released.

Article 179. Poultry presenting putrefactive changes, giving off sulfurous or ammoniacal odors, and showing gas
crepitation on palpation or changes in color of the musculature shall be condemned.

Article 180. In the case of hemorrhagic disease of rabbits, in addition to myxomatosis, tuberculosis, pseudo-
 tuberculosis, pyosepticemia, toxoplasmosis, spirochetosis, clostridiosis and pasteurelosis, lagomorph carcasses and organs
shall be condemned.

Article 181. If there are lesions of necrobacillosis, aspergillosis or dermatophytosis, carcasses of lagomorphs may go
for partial use after the removal of affected areas, provided there is no systemic involvement of the carcass.

Article 182. For endoparasitosis and ectoparasitosis in lagomorphs that can be transmitted to man or other animals, or
that compromise the carcass, then carcasses and organs must be condemned.
Sole paragraph. Only the affected organs or areas must be condemned when the carcass is not compromised.

Sub-Section II

Post mortem inspection of bovines and buffaloes

Article 183. For the inspection of bovines and buffaloes, as far as is suitable, what is given in Section III of this Chapter
will apply, in addition to this particular Sub-Section and in supplementary norms. (In the wording of Decree 9,069/2017)

Article 184. Carcasses and organs of animals with bovine bacillary hemoglobinuria, cowpox, hemorrhagic septicemia
and malignant catarrhal fever must be condemned.

Article 185. Carcasses with intense infection by Cysticercus bovis (bovine cysticercosis) must be condemned.

Paragraph 1 Intense infection is when at least eight cysts, either viable or calcified, are found, and distributed as
follows:

I Four or more cysts located at chosen points examined on the inspection line (masticatory muscles, tongue, heart,
diaphragm and pillars thereof, esophagus and liver); and (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

II- four or more cysts located in the forequarter (neck, chest and shoulder muscles) or in the hindquarter (shank, rump
and loin muscles), found in the Final Inspection Department, by means of deep multiple incisions.

Paragraph 2 In mild or moderate infections, characterized by the detection of viable or calcified cysts in quantities that
do not configure the intense infection, and taking into consideration examination in choses sites on the inspection line and in
the corresponding carcass, the carcass will be sent for conditional use by heat treatment, after the affected areas have been
removed and condemned. (In the wording of Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 3 When one viable cyst is found, taking into consideration the chosen sites examined on the inspection line,
the carcass must be sent for conditional cold or salting treatment, after removal and condemnation of the affected area.
(Revoked by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 4 When one calcified cyst is found, taking into consideration all the specific sites examined routinely on the
inspection line and in the corresponding carcass, the carcass may be sent without restrictions for human consumption after
removal and condemnation of the affected area. (Revoked by Decree n° 10.468/2020)

Paragraph 5 The diaphragm and its pillars, esophagus and the liver, as well as other parts that may be infected, must
receive the same disposition as the carcass.

Paragraph 6 Procedures to test for cysticercus in routinely examined sites of choice must comply with supplementary
norms.