Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 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 …

§ 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 t…

§ 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 brough…

§ 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 su…

INSPECTION PROCEDURES § 1.21. Official numbers. (a) An official number shall be assigned to each establishment granted inspection. The number shall be used to identify all inspected and passed products prepared in the establishment. More than one number shall not be assigned to a…

§ 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 s…

§ 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 veteri…

§ 1.217. Rendering products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat and tallow. (a) Carcasses and parts passed for cooking may be rendered into lard or rendered pork fat in accordance with § 1.482 or § 1.483(b) (relating to lard and leaf lard; and rendered animal fat or mixture thereo…

§ 1.22. Separation of official establishments. (a) Each official establishment shall be separate and distinct from any unofficial establishment, except a poultry products processing establishment operated under the act or under State inspection. (b) The slaughter or other prepara…

MARKING PRODUCTS AND CONTAINERS § 1.221. Authorization required. (a) No device containing any official mark shall be made or caused to be made for use on any product until it has been approved by the Department as provided in this subchapter. (b) No brand manufacturer, printer or…

§ 1.222. Supervision by program employe in use of official marks. (a) No person shall affix or place, or cause to be affixed or placed, the official inspection legend or any other official mark, or any abbreviation or simulation of any official mark, to or on any product, or cont…

§ 1.223. Supply and storage of marking devices. (a) The Department shall furnish the initial supply of ink brands and any other device for marking products with official marks as the Department may determine is necessary for marking products at such establishment. The official in…

§ 1.224. Branding ink. (a) The operator of each official establishment shall furnish all ink for marking products with the official marks at the establishment. The ink shall be made with harmless ingredients that are approved for the purpose by the Department. Samples of inks sha…

§ 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…