[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR310.17]

[Page 125]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 310_POST-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 310.17  Inspection of mammary glands.

    (a) Lactating mammary glands and diseased mammary glands of cattle, 
sheep, swine, and goats shall be removed without opening the milk ducts 
or sinuses. If pus or other objectionable material is permitted to come 
in contact with the carcass, the parts of the carcass thus contaminated 
shall be removed and condemned.
    (b) Nonlactating cow udders may be saved for food purposes provided 
suitable facilities for handling and inspecting them are provided. 
Examination of udders by palpation shall be done by a Program employee. 
When necessary, in the judgment of the Program employee for adequate 
inspection, the official establishment employees shall incise udders in 
sections no greater than 2 inches in thickness. All udders showing 
disease lesions shall be condemned by a Program employee. Each udder 
shall be properly identified with its respective carcass and kept 
separate and apart from other udders until its disposal has been 
accomplished in accordance with the provisions of part 311 of this 
subchapter.
    (c) Lactating mammary glands of cattle, sheep, swine, and goats 
shall not be saved for edible purposes.
    (d) The udders from cows officially designated as ``Brucellosis 
reactors'' or as ``Mastitis elimination cows'' shall be condemned.