---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 311.18"
title: "9"
number: "311.18"
heading: "Caseous lymphadenitis."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/311.18"
---

# §311.18. Caseous lymphadenitis.

- (a) A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera and the skeletal lymph nodes, or a thin carcass showing extensive lesions in any part shall be condemned.
- (b) A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera with only slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions in the skeletal lymph nodes with only slight lesions elsewhere may be passed for cooking.
- (c) A thin carcass showing only slight lesions in the skeletal lymph nodes and in the viscera may be passed for human food without restriction.
- (d) A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera and with only slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions confined to the skeletal lymph nodes with only slight lesions elsewhere may be passed for human food without restriction.
- (e) A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera and the skeletal lymph nodes may be passed for cooking; but where the lesions in a well-nourished carcass are both numerous and extensive, it shall be condemned.
- (f) All affected organs and nodes of carcasses passed for human food without restriction or passed for cooking shall be removed and condemned.
- (g) As used in this section, the term “thin” does not apply to a carcass which is anemic or emaciated; and the term “lesions” refers to lesions of caseous lymphadenitis.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.55.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted.