Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 18, 2024

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products last revised: Jul 03, 2024
§ 311.26 - Emaciation.

Carcasses of livestock too emaciated to produce wholesome meat, and carcasses which show a serous infiltration of muscle tissues, or a serous or mucoid degeneration of the fatty tissue, shall be condemned. A gelatinous change of the fat of the heart and kidneys of well-nourished carcasses and mere leanness shall not be classed as emaciation.

[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970; 36 FR 11903, June 23, 1971]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55
source: 35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 9 CFR 311.26