7 Pa. Code Ch. 1 — Meat Hygiene

§ 1.225. Removal of products not marked. No person shall remove or cause to be removed from an official establishment any products which this subchapter requires to be marked in any way, unless they are clearly and legibly marked in compliance with this subchapter.

§ 1.226. False or misleading devices prohibited. No brand or other marking device shall be false or misleading. The letters and figures thereon shall be of such style and type as will make a clear and legible impression. All markings to be applied to products in an official estab…

§ 1.227. Transportation of unmarked products. (a) Unmarked products which have been inspected and passed but do not bear the official inspection legend may be transported in compliance with Subchapter L (relating to transportation) from one official establishment to another offic…

§ 1.228. Marking of carcasses and parts thereof. (a) Each carcass which has been inspected and passed in an official establishment shall be marked at the time of inspection with the official inspection legend containing the number of the official establishment. (b) Except as prov…

§ 1.229. Marking of sausages and similar products. (a) Inspected and passed sausages and other products in casings or in link form of the ordinary ‘‘ring’’ variety or larger shall be marked with the official inspection legend and list of ingredients. The official marks shall be b…

§ 1.23. Sanitation and adequate facilities. (a) Inspection may not be inaugurated unless the establishment: (1) Is in a sanitary condition. (2) Agrees to maintain a sanitary condition. (3) Provides adequate facilities for conducting inspections. (b) Prior to the inauguration of i…

§ 1.230. Special markings for certain meat food products. (a) Meat food products prepared in casing or link form (whether or not thereafter subdivided), other than sausage, which possess the characteristics of or resemble sausage, shall bear on each link or piece the word ‘‘imita…

§ 1.231. Marking of outside containers—general. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when any inspected and passed product for domestic commerce is moved from an official establishment, the outside container shall bear an official inspection legend. (b) When any prod…

§ 1.232. Marking tank cars and trucks. (a) Each tank car and each tank truck carrying inspected and passed product from an official establishment shall bear a label containing the name of the product in accordance with § 1.244(1) (relating to information required on principal dis…

§ 1.233. Marking outside containers of inedible grease and the like. (a) Outside containers of inedible grease, inedible tallow or other inedible animal fat, or mixture of any such articles resulting from operations at any official establishment shall be marked conspicuously with…

§ 1.234. Custom prepared products. (a) Carcasses and parts of carcasses which are custom prepared in accordance with § 1.11(2) (relating to general) shall be marked at the time of preparation with the phrase ‘‘Not for Sale’’ in letters at least three-eighths inch in height, excep…

§ 1.235. Marking of certain swine carcasses and parts thereof. The carcasses of boars and cryptorchids, and the primal parts and bone-in cuts susceptible of marking, from such swine that are subject to § 1.160(c) (relating to sexual odor of swine) shall bear the marks prescribed …

§ 1.24. Specifications for equipment and sanitation prior to granting inspection. (a) Three copies of drawings with specifications, plot plan and room schedule for remodeling any official establishment or part thereof, and for new structures to be used in an official establishmen…

LABELING REQUIREMENTS § 1.241. General labeling requirement; exemptions. When, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to such container a label as described…

§ 1.242. Folders and coverings. (a) Folders and similar coverings made of paper or similar materials, whether or not they completely enclose the product and which bear any written, printed or graphic matter shall bear all features required on a label for an immediate container. (…

§ 1.243. Identity of label—general. (a) A label, within the meaning of this subchapter, is a display of any printing, lithographing, embossing, stickers, seals, or other written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any product.…

§ 1.244. Information required on principal display panel. Labels of all products shall show the following information on the principal display panel except as otherwise permitted in this subchapter: (1) The name of the product which, in the case of a product that purports to be o…

§ 1.245. Identity and size of principal display panel. The principal display panel shall be the part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under customary conditions of display for sale. Where packages bear alternate principal display panels…

§ 1.246. Descriptive designation of product. (a) Any descriptive designation used as a product name or a label for a product which has no common or usual name shall clearly and completely identify the product. (b) Product which has been prepared by salting, smoking, drying, cooki…

§ 1.247. List of ingredients. (a) The list of ingredients shall show the common or usual names of the ingredients arranged in the descending order of predominance, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) The term ‘‘flavorings’’ may be used to designate natural spices, e…

§ 1.248. Name of product manufacturer, packer or distributor. (a) The name of the person that prepared the product or the name of the operator of the official establishment where the product is prepared by a subsidiary or tenant of the operator may appear as the name of the manuf…

§ 1.249. Net quantity statements—general. (a) The statement of net quantity of contents shall appear on the principal display panel of all containers to be sold at retail intact and shall appear on all containers in conspicuous and easily legible boldface print or type in distinc…

§ 1.25. Inauguration of inspection. (a) When inspection is granted, the veterinary supervisor shall, at or prior to the inauguration of inspection, inform the operator of the establishment of the requirements of this chapter. (b) If the establishment, at the time inspection is in…

§ 1.250. Dual declarations on quantity statements. On packages containing one pound or one pint and less than four pounds or one gallon, the statement of net quantity shall be expressed as a dual declaration both in ounces and immediately thereafter in parenthesis in pounds, with…

§ 1.251. Size of quantity statements. (a) The statement of net quantity shall be in letters and numerals in type size established in relationship to the area of the principal display panel of the package and shall be uniform for all packages of substantially the same size by comp…

§ 1.252. Labels indicating number of servings. Labels for containers which bear any representation as to the number of servings contained therein shall bear, contiguous to such representation, and in the same size type as is used for such representation, a statement of the net qu…

§ 1.253. Multiunit retail packages. (a) On a multiunit retail package, a statement of the net quantity of contents shall appear on the outside of the package and shall include the number of individual units, the quantity of each individual unit and, in parentheses, the total net …

§ 1.254. Quantity statements on certain bacon cartons. Shingle packed sliced bacon cartons containing product weighing other than eight ounces, one pound, or 2 pounds shall have the statement of the net quantity of contents shown with the same prominence as the most conspicuous f…

§ 1.255. Exemptions from quantity statement requirements. (a) Individually wrapped and labeled packages of less than one-half ounce net weight which are in a shipping container need not bear a statement of net quantity of contents when the statement of net quantity on the shippin…

§ 1.256. Establishment number on labels. (a) The official establishment number shall be either embossed or lithographed on all hermetically sealed metal, plastic or glass containers or products fully processed within such containers in an official establishment, except that such …

§ 1.257. Imitation food. (a) A label for a product which is an imitation of another food shall bear the word ‘‘imitation’’ immediately preceding the name of the food imitated and in the same size and style of lettering as in that name. Immediately thereafter the word ‘‘ingredient…

§ 1.258. Diet food. If a product purports to be or is represented for any special dietary use by man, its label shall bear a statement concerning its vitamin, mineral and other dietary properties upon which the claim for such use is based in whole or in part and shall be in confo…

§ 1.259. Artificial flavoring. (a) When an approved artificial smoke flavoring or an approved smoke flavoring is added as an ingredient in the formula of a meat food product as permitted by this chapter, there shall appear on the label, in prominent letters and contiguous to the …

§ 1.26. Withdrawal of inspection. (a) — (1) The Department may withdraw inspection from an official establishment where the sanitary conditions are such that its products are rendered adulterated, or for failure of the operator to destroy condemned products as required by the act…

§ 1.260. Artificial coloring. (a) When artificial coloring is permitted to be added to edible fats it shall be declared on the label in a prominent manner and contiguous to the name of the product by the words ‘‘Artificially colored,’’ ‘‘Artificial coloring added’’ or ‘‘With adde…

§ 1.261. Antioxidant. When an antioxidant is added to product there shall appear on the label in prominent letters and contiguous to the name of the product, a statement identifying the officially approved specific antioxidant by its common name or abbreviation thereof and the pu…

§ 1.262. Preservatives. Containers of other product packed in, bearing, or containing any chemical preservative shall bear a label stating that fact.

§ 1.263. Packaged products requiring special handling. (a) Packaged products which require special handling to maintain their wholesome condition shall have prominently displayed on the principal display panel of the label the statement ‘‘KEEP REFRIGERATED,’’ ‘‘KEEP FROZEN,’’ ‘‘P…

§ 1.264. Abbreviations of marks of inspection. The Department may approve and authorize the use of abbreviations of marks of inspeciton. Such abbreviations shall have the same force and effect as the respective marks for which they are authorized abbreviations.

§ 1.265. Marking devices bearing inspection legend. Except for the purpose of submitting a sample or samples of the same to the Department for approval, no person shall procure, make or prepare, or cause to be procured, made or prepared, labels, brands or other marking devices be…

§ 1.266. Approval of labels. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) no label shall be used on any product until it has been approved in its final form by the Department. For the convenience of the establishment, sketches or proofs of new labels may be submitted in triplicate th…

§ 1.267. Approval of label modifications by veterinary supervisor. The veterinary supervisor may approve modification of approved labels or markings under the following circumstances if the labeling or marking as modified is so used as not to be false or misleading: (1) When all …

§ 1.268. Use of labels; existing stocks. Labels shall be used only on products for which they are approved in accordance with § 1.265 (relating to marking devices bearing inspection legend) except that existing stocks of labels approved prior to January 1, 1971, and the quantity …

§ 1.269. Labels in foreign languages. Labels to be affixed to packages of product may be printed in a foreign language and may show the statement of the quantity of contents in accordance with the foreign usage. Other deviations from the form of labeling required by this subchapt…

§ 1.27. Reports of violations. Program employes shall report in a manner prescribed by the Department all violations of the provisions of the act or of this chapter of which they have information. Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.2 (relating to application of…

§ 1.270. False or misleading labeling—general. (a) No product or any of its wrappers, packaging or other containers shall bear any false or misleading marking, label or other labeling and no statement, word, picture, design or device which conveys any false impression or gives an…

§ 1.271. Specific requirements and prohibitions for labels. The labels and containers of product shall comply with the following provisions as applicable: (1) Terms having geographical significance with reference to a locality other than that in which the product is prepared may …

§ 1.272. Reuse of official inspection marks. (a) No official inspection legend or other official mark which has been previously used shall be used again for the identification of any product, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) All stencils, marks, labels or other labeling …

§ 1.273. Handling of labeled products. (a) No person shall in any official establishment apply or affix, or cause to be applied or affixed, any label to any product prepared or received in such establishment or to any container thereof, or fill any container at such an establishm…

§ 1.274. Relabeling products. (a) When it is claimed by an official establishment that any of its products which bore labels bearing official marks has been transported to a location other than an official establishment, and it is desired to relabel the product because the labels…