[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

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[CITE: 9CFR311.31]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 311_DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES

AND PARTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 311.31  Livers affected with carotenosis; livers designated as ``telangiectatic,'' ``sawdust,'' or ``spotted.''



    (a) Livers affected with carotenosis shall be condemned.

    (b) Cattle livers and calf livers showing the conditions sometimes 

designated as ``telangiectatic,'' ``sawdust,'' or ``spotted'' shall be 

disposed of as follows:

    (1) When any or all of the conditions are slight in the organ, the 

whole organ shall be passed for human food without restriction.

    (2) When any or all of the conditions are more severe than slight 

and involve less than one-half of the organ, while in the remainder of 

the organ the conditions are slight or nonexistent, the remainder shall 

be passed for human food without restriction and the other portion shall 

be condemned.

    (3) When any or all of the conditions are more severe than slight 

and involve one-half or more of the organ, the whole organ shall be 

condemned.

    (4) The divisions of an organ into two parts as contemplated in this 

paragraph for disposition, shall be accomplished by one cut through the 

organ. This, of course, does not prohibit incisions which are necessary 

for inspection.

    (c) ``Telangiectatic,'' ``sawdust,'' or ``spotted'' livers and parts 

of livers which are condemned for human food may be shipped from an 

official establishment for purposes other than human food in accordance 

with Sec. 314.10 of this subchapter.