[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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

[CITE: 9CFR311.19]



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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. 311.19  Icterus.



    Carcasses showing any degree of icterus shall be condemned. Yellow 

fat conditions caused by nutritional factors or characteristic of 

certain breeds of livestock and yellow fat sometimes seen in sheep shall 

not be confused with icterus. Such carcasses should be passed for human 

food, if otherwise normal.