---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 381.89"
title: "9"
number: "381.89"
heading: "Bruises."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/381.89"
---

# §381.89. Bruises.


Any part of a carcass which is badly bruised shall be condemned and, if the whole carcass is affected as a result of the bruise, the whole carcass shall be condemned. Parts of a carcass which show only slight reddening from a bruise may be passed for food.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 138f, 1633; 21 U.S.C. 451-472; 7 CFR 2.7, 2.18, 2.53.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, unless otherwise noted.