Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-10 - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION › Subject 40-10-1 - MEAT INSPECTION - MEAT PROCESSING › Rule 40-10-1-.20 - Entry Into Official Establishments, Reinspection and Preparation of Products

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Products and other articles entering
				official establishment:
(a) Except as
				otherwise provided in paragraphs (g) and (h) of this section, no product be
				brought into an official establishment unless it has been prepared only in an
				official establishment and previously inspected and passed by a Program
				employee, and is identified by an official inspection legend as so inspected
				and passed. Product entering any official establishment shall not be used or
				prepared thereat until it has been reinspected in accordance with
				40-10-1-.20(2).
(b) No slaughtered poultry or poultry product
				shall be brought into an official establishment unless it has been previously
				inspected and passed and is identified as such in accordance with the
				requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et
				seq.) and the regulations thereunder, and has not been prepared other than in
				an establishment inspected under said Act or has been inspected and passed and
				is identified as such in accordance with the requirements of a state
				law;
(c) Every article for use as
				an ingredient in the preparation of meat food products, when entering any
				official establishment and at all times while it is in such establishment,
				shall bear a label showing the name of the article, the amount or percentage
				therein of any substances restricted by this part of
				40-10-1-.19 of this chapter, and a
				list of ingredients in the article if composed of two or more ingredients. In
				addition, the label must show the name and address of the manufacturer or
				distributor.
(d) Containers of
				preparations which enter any official establishment for use in cooling or
				retort water, in hog scalding water, or in denuding of tripe shall at all times
				while they are in such establishment bear labels, showing the chemical names of
				the chemicals in such preparations. In the case of any preparation containing
				any chemicals which are specifically limited by
				40-10-1-.21(7)(b)4.
				as to amount permitted to be used, the labels on the containers shall also show
				the percentage of each such chemical in the preparation;
(e) No prohibited dye, chemical,
				preservative, or other substance shall be brought into or kept in an official
				establishment for use as an ingredient of human food or animal feed;
(f) All isolated soy protein when entering
				and while in any official establishment, must be labeled in accordance with,
				and otherwise meet the requirements of
				40-10-1-.20(6)(b)11;
(g) Glands and organs, such as cotyledons,
				ovaries, prostate glands, tonsils, spinal cords, and detached lymphatic,
				pineal, pituitary, parathyroid, suprarenal, pancreatic, and thyroid glands,
				used in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and
				which are not used as human food (whether or not they may be prepared at any
				official establishments) may be brought into and stored in edible product
				departments of inspected establishments if packaged in suitable containers so
				that the presence of such glands and organs will in no way interfere with the
				maintenance of sanitary conditions or constitute an interference with
				inspection. Glands or organs which are regarded as human food products, such as
				livers, testicles, and thymus glands, may be brought into official
				establishments for pharmaceutical, organic, therapeutic, or technical purposes,
				only if Georgia inspected and passed and so identified;
(h) Carcasses of game animals, and carcasses
				derived from the slaughter by any person of livestock of his own raising, and
				parts of such carcasses, may be brought into an official establishment for
				preparation, packaging, and storing provided that they do not result in any
				insanitary condition and are segregated from inspected product while in the
				official establishment, and, in the case of livestock products they are
				adequately marked or otherwise identified, in lieu of other marking or labeling
				required by the regulations of this chapter, as being not for sale and with the
				name and address of the owner of the products, and provided further, that the
				owner of any such carcasses or parts thereof of livestock certifies that the
				products thereof are intended exclusively for use by him and members of his
				household and his nonpaying guests and employees;
(i) The official establishment shall furnish
				such information as the inspector may deem necessary to determine the origin of
				any product or other article entering the official establishment. Such
				information may include, but is not limited to, the name and address, of the
				seller or supplier, transportation company, agent, or broker involved in the
				sale or delivery of the product or article in question;
(j) Any product or any poultry or poultry
				product or other article that is brought into an official establishment
				contrary to any provision of this section may be required by the Commissioner
				to be removed immediately from such establishment by the operator thereof, and
				failure to comply with such requirement shall be deemed a violation of this
				regulation. If any slaughtered poultry or poultry products or other articles
				are received at an official establishment and are suspected of being
				adulterated or misbranded under the Poultry Products Inspection Act or the
				Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the appropriate governmental authorities
				will be notified. Products received in an official establishment during the
				inspector's absence shall be held separate and apart in the establishment,
				pending inspection by the inspector.