9 CFR § 311.8 - Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema.

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title: "9 CFR § 311.8 - Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "311.8"
section_name: "Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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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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regulatory_source: "35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 311.8 Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema.

(a) Carcasses of cattle found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive or well-marked generalized edema shall be condemned.

(b) Carcasses of cattle, including their detached organs and other parts, found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a lesser extent than as described in paragraph (a) of this section may be passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the affected tissues, provided the lesion is localized.