9 CFR § 311.37 - Odors, foreign and urine.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s311.37"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 311.37 - Odors, foreign and urine."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "311.37"
section_name: "Odors, foreign and urine."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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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# 311.37 Odors, foreign and urine.

(a) Carcasses which give off a pronounced odor of medicinal, chemical, or other foreign substance shall be condemned.

(b) Carcasses which give off a pronounced urine odor shall be condemned.

(c) Carcasses, organs, or parts affected by odor to a lesser degree than as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section and in which the odor can be removed by trimming or chilling may be passed for human food, after removal of affected parts or dissipation of the condition.