Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 1.169 - Carcasses of young animalsCarcasses of young calves, pigs, kids and lambs are unwholesome and shall be condemned if:
(1) The meat has the appearance of being watersoaked, is loose, flabby, tears easily, and can be perforated with the fingers;(2) its color is grayish-red;(3) 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(4) 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.