7 Pa. Code Ch. 1 — Meat Hygiene

§ 1.66. Storage rooms; outer premises. (a) All operating and storage rooms and departments of official establishments used for inedible materials shall be maintained in acceptably clean condition. (b) The outer premises of every official establishment, including docks and areas w…

§ 1.67. Tagging unsanitary facilities. When in the opinion of a program employe, any equipment, utensil, room or compartment at an official establishment is unclean or its use would be in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, he will attach a ‘‘Pa. Rejected’’ tag th…

§ 1.81. General requirement. All livestock offered for slaughter in an official establishment shall be examined and inspected on the day of and before slaughter unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements acceptable to the Department have been made in specific ca…

§ 1.82. Inspection pens. (a) Antemortem inspection shall be made in pens on the premises of the establishment at which the livestock are offered for slaughter before the livestock shall be allowed to enter into any department of the establishment where they are to be slaughtered …

§ 1.83. Identification of ‘‘Pa. Suspects’’—general. (a) Any livestock which, on antemortem inspection, does not clearly show but is suspected of being afflicted with any disease or condition that may cause condemnation of the carcass, or which shows any disease or condition that …

§ 1.84. Reactors to tuberculin tests. Livestock which are known to have reacted to a tuberculin test shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Suspects’’ and disposed of as provided in § 1.142 (relating to tuberculosis), except that livestock bearing an official ‘‘USDA Reactor’’ or similar St…

§ 1.85. Immature livestock. Livestock which are offered for antemortem inspection and which are regarded by the inspector as immature shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Suspects’’ and, if slaughtered, the disposition of their carcasses shall be determined by the postmortem findings in …

§ 1.86. Identification of ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’—general. The following livestock shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ and disposed of in accordance with § 1.96 (relating to disposition of condemned livestock): (1) Livestock found to be dead or in a dying condition on the premises…

§ 1.87. Livestock affected with certain metabolic, toxic, nervous or circulatory disturbances; infectious or parasitic diseases; and others. (a) Livestock showing, on antemortem inspection, symptoms of anaplasmosis, ketosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, parturient paresis, pseudor…

§ 1.88. Hog cholera. (a) All hogs plainly showing on antemortem inspection that they are affected with hog cholera shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ and disposed of in accordance with § 1.96 (relating to disposition of condemned livestock). (b) All hogs, even though not th…

§ 1.89. Epithelioma of the eye. (a) Any animal found on antemortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye and the orbital region in which the eye has been destroyed or obscured by neoplastic tissue and which shows extensive infection, suppuration and necrosis, usua…

§ 1.90. Anthrax. (a) Any livestock found on antemortem inspection to be affected with anthrax shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ and disposed of accordingly. (b) No other livestock of a lot in which anthrax is found on antemortem inspection shall be slaughtered and presente…

§ 1.91. Anasarca. (a) Any livestock suspected of being affected with anasarca may be set apart and held for treatment under program or other responsible official supervision approved by the veterinary supervisor. If at the expiration of the treatment period the livestock upon exa…

§ 1.92. Swine erysipelas. (a) All hogs plainly showing on antemortem inspection that they are affected with acute swine erysipelas shall be identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ and disposed of accordingly. (b) All hogs suspected on antemortem inspection of being affected with swine er…

§ 1.93. Parturition. Any livestock showing signs of the onset of parturition shall be withheld from slaughter until after parturition and passage of the placenta. Slaughter or other disposition may then be permitted if the animal is otherwise acceptable.

§ 1.94. Vaccine livestock. Vaccine livestock with unhealed lesions of vaccinia, accompanied with fever, which have not been exposed to any other infectious or contagious disease, are not required to be slaughtered and may be released for removal from the premises.

§ 1.95. Inspection prior to emergency slaughter. In all cases of emergency slaughter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the animals shall be inspected immediately before slaughter, whether theretofore inspected or not. When the necessity for emergency slaughter exists…

§ 1.96. Disposition of condemned livestock. (a) — (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, livestock identified as ‘‘Pa. Condemned’’ shall be killed by the official establishment, if not already dead. Such animals shall not be taken into the official establishment to …

§ 1.97. Brucellosis-reactor goats. Goats which have reacted to a test for brucellosis may not be slaughtered in an official establishment.

§ 1.98. Vesicular diseases. (a) Immediate notification shall be given by the inspector to the local, State and Federal livestock sanitary officials having jurisdiction when any livestock is found to be affected with a vesicular disease. (b) — (1) Any livestock which is affected w…

§ 1.99. Feeding certification. (a) Cattle or sheep may, subject to other requirements under this chapter, be slaughtered at any official establishment provided they are accompanied by a certificate as prescribed in this subsection, signed by the owner, feedlot manager, feeder, se…