Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 1.449. Tripe with milk. “Tripe with Milk” shall be prepared so that the finished canned article, exclusive of the cooked-out juices and milk, contains at least 65% tripe. The product shall be prepared with not less than 10% milk.

§ 1.45. Designation of days and hours of operation. When one inspector is detailed to conduct the work at two or more official establishments where few livestock are slaughtered or where but a small quantity of any product is prepared, the Department may designate the hours of th…

§ 1.450. Beans with frankfurters, sauerkraut and similar products. “Beans with Frankfurters in Sauce,” “Sauerkraut with Wieners and Juice,” and similar products shall contain not less than 20% frankfurters or wieners computed on the weight of the smoked and cooked sausage prior t…

§ 1.451. Beans with ham or bacon and the like. “Lima Beans with Ham in Sauce,” “Beans with Ham in Sauce,” “Beans with Bacon in Sauce,” and similar products shall contain not less than 12% ham or bacon computed on the weight of the smoked ham or bacon prior to its inclusion with t…

§ 1.452. Chow mein or chop suey vegetables with meat. “Chow Mein Vegetables with Meat” and “Chop Suey Vegetables with Meat” shall contain not less than 12% meat computed on the weight of the uncooked fresh meat prior to its inclusion with the other ingredients.

§ 1.453. Pork or beef with barbecue sauce. “Pork with Barbecue Sauce” and “Beef with Barbecue Sauce” shall contain not less than 50% meat of the species specified on the label, computed on the weight of the cooked and trimmed meat. The weight of the cooked meat used in this calcu…

§ 1.454. Beef with gravy. “Beef with Gravy” and “Gravy with Beef” shall not be made with beef which in the aggregate for each lot contains more than 30% trimmable fat, that is fat which can be removed by thorough, practicable trimming and sorting.

§ 1.46. Overtime work of inspectors. The operator of an official establishment desiring to work under conditions which will require the services of a program employe on any Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, or for more than eight hours on any other day, shall, sufficiently in advance…

MEAT FOOD ENTREES, PIES AND TURNOVERS § 1.461. Meat pies. Meat pies such as “Beef Pie,” “Veal Pie,” and “Pork Pie” shall contain meat of the species specified on the label, in an amount not less than 25% of all ingredients including crust and shall be computed on the basis of the…

MEAT SNACKS, PIZZA AND SPECIALTY ITEMS § 1.471. Pizza. (a) “Pizza with Meat” is a bread base meat food product with tomato sauce, cheese and meat topping. It shall contain cooked meat made from not less than 15% raw meat. (b) “Pizza with Sausage” is a bread base meat food product…

FATS, OILS, SHORTENINGS § 1.481. Mixed fat shortening. Shortening prepared with a mixture of meat fats and vegetable oils may be identified either as “Shortening Prepared with Meat Fats and Vegetable Oils” or “Shortening Prepared with Vegetables Oils and Meat Fats” depending on t…

§ 1.482. Lard and leaf lard. (a) “Lard” is the fat rendered from fresh, clean, sound fatty tissue from hogs with or without lard stearin or hydrogenated lard. The fatty tissues shall not include bones, detached skin, head skin, ears, tails, organs, windpipes, large blood vessels,…

§ 1.483. Rendered animal fat or mixture thereof. (a) “Rendered Animal Fat” or any mixture of fats containing edible rendered animal fat shall contain no added water, except that “Puff Pastry Shortening” may contain not more than 10% water. (b) “Rendered Pork Fat” is fat, other th…

SOUPS, BROTHS AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS § 1.491. Meat extract. Meat extract, such as “Beef Extract,” shall not contain more than 25% moisture.

§ 1.492. Fluid extract of meat. Fluid extract of meat, such as “Fluid Extract of Beef,” shall not contain more than 50% moisture.

MEAT SALADS AND SPREADS § 1.501. Deviled ham, tongue and the like. (a) “Deviled Ham” is a semiplastic cured meat food product made from finely comminuted ham and containing condiments. Deviled ham may contain added ham fat but the total fat content shall not exceed 35% the finish…

§ 1.502. Potted or deviled meat food product. “Potted Meat Food Product” and “Deviled Meat Food Product” shall not contain cereal, vegetable flour, nonfat dry milk, or similar substances. The amount of water added to potted meat food product and deviled meat food product shall be…

§ 1.503. Ham spread, tongue spread and the like. “Ham Spread,” “Tongue Spread,” and similar products shall contain not less than 50% of the meat ingredient named, computed on the weight of the fresh meat. Other meat and fat may be used to give the desired spreading consistency pr…

SANITATION § 1.51. General requirements for official establishments. (a) Lighting and ventilation. There shall be abundant light of good quality and well distributed, and sufficient ventilation for all rooms and compartments to insure sanitary conditions. (b) Plumbing. There shal…

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS § 1.511. Breaded products. The amount of batter and breading used as a coating for breaded product shall not exceed 30% of the weight of the finished breaded product.

§ 1.512. Liver meat food products. Meat food products characterized and labeled as liver products, such as liver loaf, liver cheese, liver spread, liver paste, and liver pudding shall not contain less than 30% livers of livestock computed on the fresh weight of the livers.

§ 1.52. Potable water supply. (a) The water supply shall be ample, clean and potable, with adequate facilities for its distribution in the plant and its protection against contamination and pollution. (b) Every establishment shall make known and, whenever required by the veterina…

§ 1.521. Persons required to keep records. The following persons shall keep records which will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in his business subject to the act: (1) Any person who engages for commerce in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swi…

§ 1.522. Required records. Persons specified in § 1.521 (relating to persons required to keep records) shall maintain the following: (1) Records, such as bills of sale, invoices, bills of lading and receiving and shipping papers, giving the following information with respect to e…

§ 1.523. Location of records. Persons required to keep records shall maintain them at the place where his business is conducted except that if such person conducts his business at multiple locations, he may maintain the records at his headquarters office. When not in actual use, …

§ 1.524. Record retention period. Every record required to be maintained under this subchapter shall be retained for a period of 2 years after December 31 of the year in which the transaction to which the record relates has occurred and for such further period as the Department m…

§ 1.525. Access to and inspection of records. Every person required to maintain records shall, upon the presentation of official credentials by any duly authorized representative of the Department during ordinary business hours, permit such representative to enter his place of bu…

§ 1.526. Registration. (a) Except as otherwise provided every person who engages in business in or for commerce as a meat broker, renderer or animal food manufacturer, or engages in business in commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, or a…

§ 1.527. Information required from official establishment operators. (a) The operator of each official establishment shall furnish to program employes accurate information as to all matters needed by them for making their daily reports of the amount of products prepared or handle…

§ 1.528. Reports by consignees of allegedly adulterated or misbranded products. Whenever the consignee of any product which bears an official inspection legend refuses to accept delivery of such product on the grounds that it is adulterated or misbranded, the consignee shall noti…

§ 1.53. Use of nonpotable water. (a) Nonpotable water is permitted only in those parts of official establishments where no edible product is handled or prepared, and then only for limited purposes such as on ammonia condensers not connected with the potable water supply, in vapor…

§ 1.54. Reuse of water. (a) The veterinary supervisor may permit the reuse of water in vapor lines leading from deodorizers used in the preparation of lard and similar edible product and in equipment used for the chilling of canned product after retorting, if the reuse is for the…

§ 1.541. Requirement for official inspection legend. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in commerce any product which is capable of use as human food unless the product and its container, if any, bear the official insp…

§ 1.542. Transportation between official establishments. (a) Any product which has been inspected and passed may be transported from one official establishment to another for further processing without each article being marked with the official inspection legend, if it is so tra…

§ 1.543. Shipment of paunches. Cattle and sheep paunches which have been made clean and from which the mucous membrane has not been removed may be transported from one official establishment to another official establishment for further processing, only under an official seal of …

§ 1.544. Products requiring special supervision. (a) Products passed for cooking, pork that has been refrigerated to destroy trichinae, and beef that is to be refrigerated to destroy cysticerci may be shipped loose from one official establishment to any other official establishme…

§ 1.545. Return of adulterated or misbranded products. (a) When it is claimed that any product which has previously been inspected, passed and marked with the inspection legend has become adulterated or misbranded after it has been transported from an official establishment, in o…

§ 1.546. Inedible articles—general. Except as provided in § 1.545 (relating to return of adulterated or misbranded products) no carcass, part of a carcass, rendered grease, tallow or other fat derived from the carcasses of livestock, or other meat food product which has not been …

§ 1.547. Inedible rendered animal fats. (a) Inedible rendered animal fats from official or other establishments in the United States having the physical characteristics of a meat product fit for human food may be transported in commerce without denaturing under the following cond…

§ 1.548. Animal food. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b)—(d) or elsewhere in this chapter, no animal food prepared in whole or in part from materials derived from the carcasses of livestock in an official establishment or elsewhere shall be transported in commerc…

§ 1.549. Denaturing procedures. (a) Carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products (other than rendered animal fats) that have been treated in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be considered denatured for the purposes of this subchapter, except as otherw…

§ 1.55. Hot water for cleaning. (a) An ample supply of water at not less than 180 F shall be furnished and used for the cleaning of inspection equipment and other equipment, floors and walls which are subject to contamination by the dressing or handling of diseased carcasses, the…

§ 1.550. Official seals. Except as provided in § 1.552 (relating to breaking seals in emergencies) official seals affixed to means of conveyance shall be affixed or broken only by program employes and no other person shall affix, detach, break, change or tamper with any such seal…

§ 1.551. Loading or unloading products en route. Unloading any product from an officially sealed railroad car, truck or other means of conveyance containing any unmarked product or loading any product or any other commodity in the means of conveyance while en route from one offic…

§ 1.552. Breaking seals in emergencies. In case of wreck or similar extraordinary emergency, the Department seals on a railroad car or other means of conveyance containing any inspected and passed product may be broken by the carrier and, if necessary, the articles may be reloade…

§ 1.553. Materials exempted from this subchapter. The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the following: (1) Specimens of product sent to or by the Department or divisions thereof for laboratory examination, exhibition purposes or other official use. (2) Material rel…

§ 1.554. Transactions involving dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock. Persons engaged in the business of buying, selling, transporting in commerce, or importing any dead, dying disabled or diseased animals or parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than b…