[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 1, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
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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.