9 CFR § 309.8 - Cattle affected with anasarca and generalized edema.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s309.8"
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title: "9 CFR § 309.8 - Cattle affected with anasarca and generalized edema."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "309.8"
section_name: "Cattle affected with anasarca and generalized edema."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "309"
part_name: "ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15563, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "309"
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# 309.8 Cattle affected with anasarca and generalized edema.

All cattle found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive and generalized edema shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in accordance with § 309.13.