[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: 9CFR311.8]

[Page 127]
 
                  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. 311.8  Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema.

    (a) Carcasses of cattle found on post-mortem inspection to be 
affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an 
extensive or well-marked generalized edema shall be condemned.
    (b) Carcasses of cattle, including their detached organs and other 
parts, found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a 
lesser extent than as described in paragraph (a) of this section may be 
passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the affected 
tissues, provided the lesion is localized.