[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR311.35]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 311--DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES AND PARTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 311.35  Muscular inflammation, degeneration, or infiltration.

    (a) If muscular lesions are found to be distributed in such a manner 
or to be of such character that removal is impractical, the carcass 
shall be condemned.
    (b) If muscular lesions are found to be distributed in such a manner 
or to be of such character that removal is practical, the following 
rules shall govern the disposal of the carcasses, edible organs, and 
other parts of carcasses showing such muscular lesions. If the lesions 
are localized in such a manner and are of such a character that the 
affected tissues can be removed, the nonaffected parts of the carcass 
may be passed for human food after the removal and condemnation of the 
affected portion. If a part of the carcass shows numerous lesions, or if 
the character of the lesion is such that complete extirpation is 
difficult and uncertainly accomplished, or if the lesion renders the 
part in any way unfit for human food, the part shall be condemned.
    (c) If the lesions are slight or of such character as to be 
insignificant from a standpoint of wholesomeness, the carcass or parts 
may be passed for use in the manufacture of comminuted cooked product, 
after removal and condemnation of the visibly affected portions.