[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: 9CFR311.26]

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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. 311.26  Emaciation.

    Carcasses of livestock too emaciated to produce wholesome meat, and 
carcasses which show a serous infiltration of muscle tissues, or a 
serous or mucoid degeneration of the fatty tissue, shall be condemned. A 
gelatinous

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change of the fat of the heart and kidneys of well-nourished carcasses 
and mere leanness shall not be classed as emaciation.

[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970; 36 FR 11903, June 23, 1971]