[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR311.18]

[Page 130]
 
                  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. 311.18  Caseous lymphadenitis.

    (a) A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera and 
the skeletal lymph nodes, or a thin carcass showing extensive lesions in 
any part shall be condemned.
    (b) A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera with 
only slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions in the 
skeletal lymph nodes with only slight lesions elsewhere may be passed 
for cooking.
    (c) A thin carcass showing only slight lesions in the skeletal lymph 
nodes and in the viscera may be passed for human food without 
restriction.
    (d) A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the 
viscera and with only slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked 
lesions confined to the skeletal lymph nodes with only slight lesions 
elsewhere may be passed for human food without restriction.
    (e) A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the 
viscera and the skeletal lymph nodes may be passed for cooking; but 
where the lesions in a well-nourished carcass are both numerous and 
extensive, it shall be condemned.
    (f) All affected organs and nodes of carcasses passed for human food 
without restriction or passed for cooking shall be removed and 
condemned.
    (g) As used in this section, the term ``thin'' does not apply to a 
carcass which is anemic or emaciated; and the term ``lesions'' refers to 
lesions of caseous lymphadenitis.