9 CFR § 311.11 - Neoplasms.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s311.11"
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title: "9 CFR § 311.11 - Neoplasms."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "311.11"
section_name: "Neoplasms."
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: "311"
part_name: "DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES AND PARTS"
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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 2.17, 2.55."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "311"
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# 311.11 Neoplasms.

(a) An individual organ or other part of a carcass affected with a neoplasm shall be condemned. If there is evidence of metastasis or that the general condition of the animal has been adversely affected by the size, position, or nature of the neoplasm, the entire carcass shall be condemned.

(b) Carcasses affected with malignant lymphoma shall be condemned.