---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 311.8"
title: "9"
number: "311.8"
heading: "Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/311.8"
---

# §311.8. Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema.

- (a) Carcasses of cattle found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive or well-marked generalized edema shall be condemned.
- (b) Carcasses of cattle, including their detached organs and other parts, found on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a lesser extent than as described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may be passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the affected tissues, provided the lesion is localized.

## 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.