9 CFR Part 311

Disposal of diseased or otherwise adulterated carcasses and parts; general

Tuberculosis

Hog cholera

Swine erysipelas

Diamond-skin disease

Arthritis

Cattle carcasses affected with anasarca or generalized edema

Actinomycosis and actinobacillosis

Anaplasmosis, anthrax, babesiosis, bacillary hemoglobinuria in cattle, blackleg, bluetongue, hemorrhagic septicemia, icterohematuria in sheep, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, leptospirosis, malignant epizootic catarrh, strangles, purpura hemorrhagica, azoturia, infectious equine encephalomyelitis, toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning), infectious anemia (swamp fever), dourine, acute influenza, generalized osteoporosis, glanders (farcy), acute inflammatory lameness, extensive fistula, and unhealed vaccine lesions

Neoplasms

Epithelioma of the eye

Pigmentary conditions; melanosis, xanthosis, ochronosis, etc

Abrasions, bruises, abscesses, pus, etc

Brucellosis

Carcasses so infected that consumption of the meat may cause food poisoning

Necrobacillosis, pyemia, and septicemia

Caseous lymphadenitis

Icterus

Sexual odor of swine

Mange or scab

Hogs affected with urticaria, tinea tonsurans, demodex follicurlorum, or erythema

Tapeworm cysts (cysticercus bovis) in cattle

Hogs affected with tapeworm cysts

Parasites not transmissible to man; tapeworm cysts in sheep; hydatid cysts; flukes; gid bladder-worms

Emaciation

Injured animals slaughtered at unusual hours

Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids, lambs, and foals

Unborn and stillborn animals

Livestock suffocated and hogs scalded alive

Livers affected with carotenosis; livers designated as “telangiectatic,” “sawdust,” or “spotted.”

Vesicular diseases

Listeriosis

Anemia

Muscular inflammation, degeneration, or infiltration

Coccidioidal granuloma

Odors, foreign and urine

Meat and meat byproducts from livestock which have been exposed to radiation

Biological residues