Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE
Subchapter D - DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES
Section 1.169 - Carcasses of young animals
Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 1.169
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Carcasses 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.
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