[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: 9CFR311.9]



[Page 134-135]

 

                  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. 311.9  Actinomycosis and actinobacillosis.



    (a) The definition of generalization as outlined for tuberculosis in 

Sec. 311.2(a) shall apply for actinomycosis and actinobacillosis, and 

carcasses of livestock with generalized lesions of either such disease 

shall be condemned.

    (b) Carcasses of livestock in a well-nourished condition showing 

uncomplicated localized lesions of actinomycosis or actinobacillosis may 

be passed for human food after the infected organs or other infected 

parts have been removed and condemned, except as provided in paragraphs 

(c) and (d) of this section.

    (c) Heads affected with actinomycosis or actinobacillosis, including 

the tongue, shall be condemned, except that when the disease of the jaw 

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slight, strictly localized, and without suppuration, fistulous tracts, 

or lymph node involvement, the tongue, if free from disease, may be 

passed, or, when the disease is slight and confined to the lymph nodes, 

the head including the tongue, may be passed for human food after the 

affected nodes have been removed and condemned.

    (d) When the disease is slight and confined to the tongue, with or 

without involvement of the corresponding lymph nodes, the head may be 

passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the tongue and 

corresponding lymph nodes.