§ 1.2. Application of inspection requirements.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, inspection under this chapter shall be required at every establishment in which any livestock are slaughtered for transportation or sale as articles of commerce, or in which any products of, or derived from carcasses of livestock are, in whole or in part, prepared for transportation as sale as articles of commerce, and which are intended for use as human food.
(b) Before the inspection is granted, the operator of each establishment of the kind required by subsection (a) to have inspection shall make application therefor to the Administrator as provided in this section.
(c) Every application under this section shall be made on a form furnished by the Program, Meat Hygiene Division, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120, and shall include all information called for by that form, including the name, address, and type of legal entity of any tenant, and the name and principal office address of any subsidiary corporation that will prepare product or conduct any other operation at the establishment for which inspection is requested. The applicant for inspection will be held responsible for compliance by all such tenants or subsidiaries with the act and the regulations in this subchapter at such establishment if inspection is granted. The tenants and subsidiaries will also be held responsible for compliance with the act and regulations in this subchapter. Preparation of product and other operations at the establishment for which inspection is granted may be conducted only by the applicant and any of its tenants and subsidiary corporations named in the application.
(d) In cases of change of ownership, location, tenants or subsidiaries, a new application shall be made.
(e) Each applicant for inspection shall submit to the program, four copies of the following:
(1) Complete drawings with specifications of the floor plans of the establishment for which inspection is requested, showing the locations of principal pieces of equipment, floor drains, principal drainage lines, handwashing basins and hose connections for cleanup purposes.
(2) A plot plan showing the limits of the establishment’s premises, locations in outline of buildings on the premises, cardinal points of the compass and roadways and railways serving the establishment.
(3) A room schedule showing the finish of walls, floors and ceilings of all rooms in the establishment. The specifications shall include statements describing the water supply, plumbing, drainage, refrigeration, equipment, lighting and operations of the establishment related to sanitation and proper performance of inspection. Applicants for inspection may request information from the Administrator concerning the requirements before submitting drawings and other documents required by this paragraph.
(f) The Administrator is authorized to grant inspection upon his determination that the applicant and the establishment are eligible therefor and to refuse to grant inspection at any establishment if he determines that it does not meet the requirements of this section or the requirements of § § 1.21—1.27, 1.31—1.35, 1.41—1.46 and 1.51—1.67 or that the applicant has not received approval of labeling and containers to be used at the establishment as required by the Subchapter H (relating to marking and labeling). When inspection is refused for any reason, the applicant will be informed of the action and the reasons therefor and afforded an opportunity to present his views.
Source The provisions of this § 1.2 amended September 17, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1825.
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