Pennsylvania Administrative Code

§ 1.57. Specific sanitary accommodations. Adequate sanitary facilities and accommodations shall be furnished by every official establishment. Of these, the following are specifically required: (1) — (i) Dressing rooms, toilet rooms, and urinals shall be sufficient in number, ampl…

§ 1.571. Articles subject to administrative retention. Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of livestock, or article exempted from the definition of meat food products, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock shall be subject to retention for a per…

§ 1.572. Method of retention. An authorized representative of the Department shall retain any article or livestock to be retained under this subchapter by affixing an official “Pa. Retained” tag to such article or livestock.

§ 1.573. Notification of retention. When any article or livestock is retained an authorized representative of the Department shall give oral notification to the owner of the article or livestock retained if he can be ascertained and notified and, if not, to his agent or the immed…

§ 1.574. Notice to governmental authorities. Within 48 hours after the detention of any livestock or article pursuant to this subchapter, an authorized representative of the Department shall give oral or written notification of such retention to any Federal authorities not connec…

§ 1.575. Movement of article retained. No article or livestock retained in accordance with this Subchapter shall be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so retained until released by an authorized representative of the Department. However, any such artic…

§ 1.576. Articles subject to seizure and condemnation. (a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock that is being transported in commerce or is otherwise subject to the act, or is held for sale in this Commonwea…

§ 1.58. Construction of equipment; identification. (a) Equipment and utensils used for preparing and otherwise handling any product shall be of such materials and construction as will make them susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleaned and such as will insure strict cle…

§ 1.59. Scabbards for knives. Scabbards and similar devices for the temporary retention of knives, steels, triers and the like by workers and others at official establishments shall be constructed of rust-resisting metal or other impervious material, shall be of a type that may b…

§ 1.60. Rooms, compartments—general. Rooms, compartments, places, equipment and utensils used for preparing, storing, or otherwise handling any product, and all other parts of the establishment, shall be kept clean and in sanitary condition. There shall be no handling or storing …

§ 1.61. Sanitary operations and procedures. (a) Operations and procedures involving the preparation, storing or handling of any product shall be strictly in accord with clean and sanitary methods. (b) Rooms and compartments in which inspections are made and those in which livesto…

§ 1.62. Employe sanitation; clothing. (a) The employes of the establishment who handle any product shall keep their hands clean and, in all cases after visiting the toilet rooms or urinals, shall wash their hands before handling any product or implements used in the preparation o…

§ 1.63. Product containers and means of conveyance. (a) When necessary to avoid contamination of product with wood splinters or similar contaminants, slack barrels and similar containers and the cargo space of trucks, railroad cars or other means of conveyance shall be lined with…

§ 1.64. Burlap wrapping for meat. Since burlap used without any other material as a wrapping for meat deposits lint on the meat and does not sufficiently protect it from outside contamination, the use of burlap as a wrapping for meat shall not be permitted unless the meat is firs…

§ 1.65. Second-hand containers; tank cars. (a) Second-hand tubs, barrels and boxes intended for use as containers of any product shall be inspected when received at the official establishment and before they are cleaned. Those showing evidence of misuse rendering them unfit to se…

§ 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…

§ 10.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Advisory Committee—The State Pseudorabies Advisory Committee. Animal—An equine or bovine animal, sheep, goat, pig, dog or ca…

§ 10.10. Pseudorabies vaccine. (a) The use, importation, sale or possession of pseudorabies vaccine is prohibited except upon the specific written approval of the Department. (b) Pseudorabies vaccinated swine having pseudorabies antibodies that cannot be distinguished from antibo…

§ 10.12. Quarantine, cleaning and disinfection of conveyances and animal facilities. Conveyances and animal market and related facilities, except those swine facilities at recognized slaughter establishments, used in movement or housing of pseudorabies infected or exposed animal …

§ 10.13. Embryo and semen donors. Embryo and semen donors shall be pseudorabies test negative within 30 days of donation or be a member of a qualified pseudorabies negative herd. Source The provisions of this § 10.13 adopted March 9, 1982, effective May 19, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 979. ER…

§ 10.21. Plan requirements. (a) Development and implementation. The Department will provide the owner of a pseudorabies swine herd with written notice of the time period within which an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup shall be developed and put into effect. This notice shall s…

§ 10.22. Objectives of plan. (a) General objective. The general objective of an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall be to qualify all quarantined animals, premises and articles for release from quarantine. (b) Specific objectives. (1) The objective of an official pseudo…

§ 10.23. Monitoring the plan. The Department will monitor the progress of an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan. This monitoring will be conducted at the Department’s expense.

§ 10.24. Progress report. The owner of a pseudorabies infected swine herd that is subject to an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall cooperate with the Department in the preparation by the Department of periodic progress reports. This cooperation includes making herd rec…

§ 10.25. Consequences of noncompliance by herd owner. If an owner of a pseudorabies infected swine herd has received the written notice described in § 10.21 (relating to plan requirements), yet fails to develop and put into effect an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan within…

§ 10.26. Indemnity. (a) The Department may offer indemnity if funds for indemnity are available, and may require the depopulation of a herd if it determines that one or more of the following apply: (1) The herd owner has made a concerted effort to implement an official pseudorabi…

§ 10.27. Advisory Committee. (a) Establishment. The Secretary will appoint an Advisory Committee. (b) Duties. It is the responsibility of the Advisory Committee to do the following: (1) Inform and educate all segments of the Commonwealth’s swine industry regarding pseudorabies er…