Subchapter F. DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED AND OTHER
INEDIBLE PRODUCTS
Sec.
1.201. Establishments having tanking facilities.
1.202. Separation of facilities for inedible and edible products.
1.203. Establishments not having tanking facilities.
1.204. Suppression of odors in preparing inedible products.
1.205. Inedible rendered fats prepared at official establishments.
1.206. Inedible fats from outside official establishments.
1.207. Carcasses condemned on antemortem.
1.208. Dead animal carcasses.
1.209. Specimens for education, research or other purposes.
1.210. Shipping of condemned livers; conditions for disposal.
1.211. Handling of other condemned products.
Cross References This subchapter cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.42 (relating to other facilities to be provided by the establishment); 7 Pa. Code § 1.96 (relating to disposition of condemned livestock); 7 Pa. Code § 1.102 (relating to disposal of adulterated meat); 7 Pa. Code § 1.116 (relating to disposition of condemned carcasses); 7 Pa. Code § 1.120 (relating to carcasses affected with anthrax); 7 Pa. Code § 1.127 (relating to handling bruised parts); 7 Pa. Code § 1.233 (relating to marking outside containers of inedible grease and the like); 7 Pa. Code § 1.313 (relating to disposition after reinspection); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.549 (relating to denaturing procedures).
§ 1.201. Establishments having tanking facilities.
(a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses and other products condemned at official establishments having facilities for tanking shall, except as provided in subsection (c) or elsewhere in this subchapter, be disposed of by tanking as follows:
(1) The lower opening of the tank shall first be sealed securely by a program employe, except when permanently connected with a blow line. Then the condemned products shall be placed in the tank in his presence, after which the upper opening shall also be sealed securely by such employe, who shall then see that the contents of the tank are subjected to sufficient heating for sufficient time to effectively destroy the contents for human food purposes.
(2) The use of equipment such as crushers or hashers for pretanking preparation of condemned products in the inedible products department has been found to give inedible character and appearance to the material. Accordingly, if condemned products are so crushed or hashed, conveying systems, rendering tanks and other equipment used in the further handling of crushed or hashed material need not be locked or sealed during the tanking operations. If the rendering tanks or other equipment contain condemned material not so crushed or hashed the equipment shall be sealed as prescribed in paragraph (1). If the crushed or hashed material is not rendered in the establishment where produced, it shall be denatured before leaving such establishment as provided in § 1.203 (relating to establishments not having tanking facilities).
(b) The seals of tanks shall be broken only by a program employe and only after the contents of the tanks have been treated as provided in subsection (a). The rendered fat derived from condemned material shall be held until a program employe has had an opportunity to determine whether it conforms with the requirements of this section. Samples shall be taken by program employes as often as is necessary to determine whether the rendered fat is effectually denatured.
(c) Carcasses of animals condemned under § 1.86 (relating to identification of ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’—general) may be disposed of as provided in § 1.203 in lieu of tanking and with the approval of the inspector.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.131 (relating to contamination of carcass or parts); 7 Pa. Code § 1.217 (relating to rendering products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat and tallow); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.556 (relating to transportation of certain undenatured lungs or lung lobes from official establishments or in commerce).
§ 1.202. Separation of facilities for inedible and edible products.
(a) All tanks and equipment used for rendering, otherwise preparing, or storing inedible products shall be in rooms or compartments separate from those used for preparing or storing edible products.
(b) There shall be no connection between rooms or compartments containing inedible products and those containing edible products, except that there may be one connecting doorway between the slaughtering or viscera separating department and the tank charging room of the inedible products rendering department.
(c) Pipes and chutes installed in accordance with Subchapter A (relating to general provisions) or as may be approved by the Department in specific cases, may be used to convey inedible and condemned material from edible product departments to inedible product departments.
§ 1.203. Establishments not having tanking facilities.
(a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses, and other products condemned at an official establishment which has no facilities for tanking shall, except as provided in subsection (b) or elsewhere in this subchapter, be destroyed in the presence of an inspector by incineration, or denatured with crude carbolic acid, or cresylic disinfectant, or a formula consisting of one part FD&C No. 3 green coloring, 40 parts water, 40 parts liquid detergent, and 40 parts oil of citronella or any other proprietary material approved by the Department in specific cases. When such product is to be denatured, it shall be freely slashed before the denaturing agent is applied, except that in the case of dead animals that have not been dressed the denaturant may be applied by injection. The denaturant shall be deposited in all portions of the carcass or product to the extent necessary to preclude its use for food purposes.
(b) All carcasses and parts condemned on account of anthrax at official establishments which are not equipped with tanking facilities shall be disposed of by complete incineration or by thorough denaturing with crude carbolic acid or cresylic disinfectant, and then disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the particular Commonwealth or municipal authorities, who shall be notified immediately by the veterinary supervisor.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.131 (relating to contamination of carcass or parts); 7 Pa. Code § 1.201 (relating to establishments having tanking facilities); 7 Pa. Code § 1.217 (relating to rendering products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat and tallow); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.556 (relating to transportation of certain undenatured lungs or lung lobes from official establishments or in commerce).
§ 1.204. Suppression of odors in preparing inedible products.
Tanks, fertilizer driers and other equipment used in the preparation of inedible product shall be properly equipped with condensers and other appliances which will acceptably suppress odors incident to such preparation.
§ 1.205. Inedible rendered fats prepared at official establishments.
(a) Except as provided in § 1.547 (relating to inedible rendered animal fats), rendered animal fat derived from condemned or other inedible materials at official establishments shall be denatured to effectually distinguish it from an edible product, either with low grade offal during the rendering or by adding to and mixing thoroughly with such fat, denaturing oil, No. 2 fuel oil, or brucine dissolved in a mixture of alcohol and pine oil or oil of rosemary.
(b) The denatured fats may be shipped in commerce in accordance with § 1.547(b).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.206 (relating to inedible fats from outside official establishments).
§ 1.206. Inedible fats from outside official establishments.
(a) Except as provided in § 1.547 (relating to inedible rendered animal fats), inedible fats from outside the premises of any official establishment shall not be received into an official establishment except into the tank room provided for inedible products, and then only when they have been denatured in accordance with § 1.205 (relating to inedible fats prepared at official establishments) and are marked in accordance with § 1.233 (relating to marking outside containers of inedible grease and the like), and when their receipt into the tank room produces no insanitary condition on the premises.
(b) Such fats shall not be received in such volume as to interfere with prompt disposal of condemned or other inedible material produced at the establishment.
(c) When received, such fats shall not enter any room or compartment used for edible products.
§ 1.207. Carcasses condemned on antemortem.
Carcasses of livestock which have been condemned on antemortem inspection shall not be taken through rooms or compartments in which an edible product is prepared, handled or stored.
§ 1.208. Dead animal carcasses.
(a) With the exception of dead livestock which have died en route and are received with livestock for slaughter at an official establishment, no dead animal or part of the carcass of any livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter may be brought on the premises of an official establishment unless advance permission therefor is obtained from the veterinary supervisor.
(b) The carcass of any animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter, or any part thereof shall not be brought into any room or compartment in which any edible product is prepared, handled or stored.
§ 1.209. Specimens for education, research or other purposes.
(a) Specimens of condemned or other inedible materials, including embryos and specimens of animal parasites, may be released for educational, research, or other nonfood purposes under permit issued by the veterinary supervisor if the person desiring such specimens makes a written application to the veterinary supervisor for such permit by means of a letter and arranges with and receives permission from the official establishment to obtain the specimens.
(b) Permits shall be issued for a period not longer than one year and may be revoked by the veterinary supervisor if the specimens are not used as stated in the application, or if the collection or handling of the specimens interferes with inspection or the maintenance of sanitary conditions in the establishment.
(c) The specimens shall be collected and handled only at such time and place and in such manner as not to interfere with the inspection or to cause any objectionable condition and shall be identified as inedible when they leave the establishment.
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.553 (relating to materials exempted from this subchapter).
§ 1.210. Shipping of condemned livers; conditions for disposal.
(a) Livers condemned on account of fluke investation, hydatids, fringed tapeworms or other parasites may be shipped from an official establishment only for purposes other than human food and only if they are freely slashed, identified and handled in the following manner:
(1) Livers with fluke investation shall be frozen or thoroughly cooked.
(2) Livers with hydatids or fringed tapeworms shall be thoroughly cooked.
(3) Livers with other parasites need not be cooked or refrigerated.
(b) It is essential that the livers be sufficiently identified through discoloration by the dye or charcoal to preclude their use as human food. This shall be accomplished by one of the following methods:
(1) Dipping the slashed livers in a hot solution composed of one part FD&C No. 3 or methyl violet to 5,000 parts of water, followed by washing in fresh water until the washings are no longer colored.
(2) The application of charcoal in accordance with § 1.549 (relating to denaturing procedures).
(c) Where it is required by this section that condemned livers be frozen, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) Freezing shall be proceded by chilling the livers to a temperature not above 40°F.
(2) Livers packed in containers not more than 7 inches thick shall then be held for a period of not less than 10 days at a temperature not higher than 15°F or for a period of not less than 5 days at a temperature not higher than 10°F.
(3) Livers packed in containers over seven inches but less than 27 inches thick shall be held not less than 20 days at a temperature not higher than 15°F, or for not less than 10 days at a temperature not higher than 10°F.
(4) Freezing may be accomplished in the regular freezer in a properly separated compartment or receptacle held under program lock.
(d) Livers condemned for telangiectasis, angioma, ‘‘sawdust’’ condition, cirrhosis, or other nonmalignant change, benign abscesses or contamination, when these conditions are not associated with infectious diseases in the carcasses, may be shipped from an official establishment without refrigeration or cooking but only for purposes other than human food, and only if all tissue affected with abscesses is removed and destroyed within the establishment, and all the livers are slashed and identified as provided in subsection (b) or with any proprietary substance approved by the Department in specific cases.
(e) Livers identified as specified in this section shall be placed in containers plainly marked ‘‘inedible,’’ and when shipped in commerce shall be certified as required in § 1.546 (relating to inedible articles—general).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.172 (relating to affected livers); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.231 (relating to marking of outside containers—general).
§ 1.211. Handling of other condemned products.
(a) Condemned carcasses of animals affected with one or more of the following conditions may be shipped from an official establishment only for purposes other than human food and only if permission therfor is obtained from the veterinary supervisor:
(1) Anasarca.
(2) Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma (after removal of neoplastic tissue).
(3) Emaciation.
(4) Eosinophilic myositis.
(5) Immaturity.
(6) Nonseptic bruises and injuries.
(7) Sarcosporidiosis.
(b) This provision also applies to unborn calves and to products such as paunches and udders when they have not been handled as required under this Chapter for products for human food purposes, if such articles have not been condemned for other pathological reasons.
(c) Such permission shall be granted only if all parts to be so used will be promptly handled, freely slashed and adequately identified as required in § 1.549(c) (relating to denaturing procedures). The slashing, identification and packing of the product shall be accomplished in an inedible product area under the supervision of an inspector. Facilities shall be adequate so that the carcasses or parts saved are not contaminated with pus, manure, septic or toxic materials, or similar substances. The operation shall not result in insanitary conditions within the establishment.
Source The provisions of this § 1.211 amended September 17, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1825. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1270).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.340 (relating to animal food and similar articles).
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