[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: 9CFR311.26]



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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 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]