Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,907,454,643 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

ante-mortem

    0.02 sec.
ante-mortem
adj & adv
(esp in legal or medical contexts) before death
[Latin]


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said in a statement that the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has evidence that the meat packing company ''did not consistently contact the FSIS public health veterinarian in situations in which cattle became non-ambulatory after passing ante-mortem inspection.
Where animals are not fit to be transported without unnecessary suffering and are to be consigned for the human food chain as genuine emergencies, producers are further advised to establish their abattoir is prepared to accept them ahead of time and ensure animals slaughtered on-farm are accompanied by a veterinary surgeon's ante-mortem inspection declaration, citing the reason for the emergency slaughter.
For example, they may not have a separate space for ante-mortem inspection.
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.