9 CFR 311.28
§ 311.28 Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 311.28, § 311.28 Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/34617
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Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals are unwholesome and shall be condemned if (a) the meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby, tears easily, and can be perforated with the fingers; or (b) its color is grayish-red; or (c) good muscular development as a whole is lacking, especially noticeable on the upper shank of the leg, where small amounts of serous infiltrates or small edematous patches are sometimes present between the muscles; or (d) the tissue which later develops as the fat capsule of the kidneys is edematous, dirty yellow, or grayish-red, tough, and intermixed with islands of fat.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.