---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 311.26"
title: "9"
number: "311.26"
heading: "Emaciation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/311.26"
---

# §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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970; 36 FR 11903, June 23, 1971]

### 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.

### Amendments

[35 FR 15569, Oct. 3, 1970; 36 FR 11903, June 23, 1971]