§ 1.545. Return of adulterated or misbranded products.
(a) When it is claimed that any product which has previously been inspected, passed and marked with the inspection legend has become adulterated or misbranded after it has been transported from an official establishment, in order to ascertain whether it is adulterated or misbranded, it may be transported in commerce to the official establishment from which it came or to any other official establishment designated by the person desiring to so handle the product if a written permit in duplicate for such shipment is first obtained from the veterinary supervisor of the region in which the establishment is located. Both the original and the duplicate of the permit shall be surrendered to the initial carrier. The duplicate copy of the inspector’s permit shall be retained by the carrier and the original shall be forwarded immediately by the carrier to the Chief, Meat Hygiene Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
(b) Upon arrival of the shipment at the official establishment, a careful inspection shall be made of the product by a program inspector, and if it is found that the article is not adulterated it may be received into the establishment. If the article is found to be adulterated it shall at once be stamped “Pa. inspected and condemned” and disposed of. If it is found to be misbranded it shall be handled in accordance with § 1.313 (relating to disposition after reinspection) except that when a product is found to be affected with one of the correctable conditions specified in this Chapter, in respect to which rehandling is permitted, it may be transported from the official establishment for such rehandling as is necessary to assure that the product is not adulterated or misbranded when finally released. The transportation of such a product from an official establishment shall be done in a manner prescribed in each specific case by the Department.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.528 (relating to reports by consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.546 (relating to inedible articles—general).
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