[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: 9CFR311.2]



[Page 132-134]

 

                  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. 311.2  Tuberculosis.



    The following principles shall apply to the disposition of carcasses 

of livestock based on the difference in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis 

in swine, cattle, sheep, goats, and equines.

    (a) Carcasses condemned. The entire carcass of swine, cattle, sheep, 

goats, and equines shall be condemned if any of the following conditions 

occur:



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    (1) When the lesions of tuberculosis are generalized (tuberculosis 

is considered to be generalized when the lesions are distributed in a 

manner made possible only by entry of the bacilli into the systemic 

circulation);

    (2) When on ante mortem inspection the animal is observed to have a 

fever found to be associated with an active tuberculosis lesion on post 

mortem inspection;

    (3) When there is an associated cachexia;

    (4) When a tuberculosis lesion is found in any muscle or 

intermuscular tissue, or bone, or joint, or abdominal organ (excluding 

the gastrointestinal tract) or in any lymph node as a result of draining 

a muscle, bone, joint, or abdominal organ (excluding the 

gastrointestinal tract);

    (5) When the lesions are extensive in tissues of either the thoracic 

or the abdominal cavity;

    (6) When the lesions are multiple, acute, and actively progressive; 

or

    (7) When the character or extent of the lesions otherwise is not 

indicative of a localized condition.

    (b) Organs or other parts condemned. An organ or other part of a 

swine, cattle, sheep, goat, or equine carcass affected by localized 

tuberculosis shall be condemned when it contains lesions of tuberculosis 

or when the corresponding lymph node contains lesions of tuberculosis.

    (c) Carcasses of cattle passed without restriction for human food. 

Carcasses of cattle may be passed without restriction for human food 

only when the carcass of an animal not identified as a reactor to a 

tuberculin test administered by an Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, State, or accredited veterinarian \1\ is found free of 

tuberculosis lesions during postmortem inspection.

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    \1\ Such testing is conducted in the tuberculosis eradication 

program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture.

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    (d) Portions of carcasses and carcasses of cattle passed for 

cooking. (1) When a cattle carcass reveals a tuberculosis lesion or 

lesions not so severe or so numerous as the lesions described in 

paragraph (a) of this section, the unaffected portion of the carcass may 

be passed for cooking in accordance with part 315 of this chapter; if 

the character and extent of the lesions indicate a localized condition, 

and if the lesions are calcified or encapsulated, and provided the 

affected organ or other part is condemned.

    (2) When the carcass of a cattle identified as a reactor to a 

tuberculin test administered by an Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, State or accredited veterinarian is found free of lesions of 

tuberculosis, the carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with 

part 315 of this chapter.

    (e) Portions of carcasses and carcasses of swine passed without 

restriction for human food. Swine carcasses found free of tuberculosis 

lesions during post mortem inspection may be passed for human food 

without restriction. When tuberculosis lesions in any swine carcass are 

localized and confined to one primary seat of infection, such as the 

cervical lymph nodes, the mesenteric lymph nodes, or the mediastinal 

lymph nodes, the unaffected portion of the carcass may be passed for 

human food without restriction after the affected organ or other part is 

condemned.

    (f) Portions of carcasses of swine passed for cooking. When the 

carcass of any swine reveals lesions more severe or more numerous than 

those described in paragraph (e) of this section, but not so severe or 

so numerous as the lesions described in paragraph (a) of this section, 

the unaffected portions of such carcass may be passed for cooking in 

accordance with part 315 of this chapter; if the character and extent of 

the lesions indicate a localized condition, and if the lesions are 

calcified or encapsulated, and provided the affected organ or other part 

is condemned.

    (g) Carcasses of sheep, goats, and equines passed without 

restriction for human food. Carcasses of sheep, goats, and equines may 

be passed without restriction for human food only if found free of 

tuberculosis lesions during post mortem inspection.

    (h) Portions of carcasses of sheep, goats, and equines passed for 

cooking. If a carcass of any sheep, goat, or equine reveals a 

tuberculosis lesion or lesions that are not so severe or so numerous as 

the lesions described in paragraph (a) of this section, the unaffected 

portion of the carcass may be passed for



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cooking in accordance with part 315 of this chapter; if the character 

and extent of the lesions indicate a localized condition, and if the 

lesions are calcified or encapsulated, and provided the affected organ 

or other part is condemned.



[37 FR 2661, Feb. 4, 1972; 38 FR 29214, Oct. 23, 1973]