§ 1.169. Carcasses of young animals.

 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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