[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR311.8]



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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. 311.8  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.