California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 5 - Poultry Inspection › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 22 - Preparation of Uninspected Articles › Section 1263 - Preparation of Animal Food or Similar Uninspected Articles in an Official Establishment

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 When an article (including, but not being limited to, animal food) that will
					 not be prepared for use as human food is prepared in any room or compartment in
					 an official establishment where products are prepared or handled (such rooms or
					 compartments being herein referred to as "edible products department"), there
					 shall be sufficient space allotted and adequate equipment provided, so that the
					 preparation of the article in no way interferes with the preparation or
					 handling of the products. Where necessary, separate equipment shall be provided
					 for the preparation of the article. To assure the maintenance of the requisite
					 sanitary conditions in the edible products department, the operations incident
					 to the preparation of the article shall be subject to the same sanitary
					 requirements as apply to the edible products department. Preparation of the
					 article shall be limited to those hours during which the official establishment
					 operates under the supervision of an inspector. The ingredients used in the
					 preparation of the article shall, unless otherwise approved by the Department,
					 be such as may be used in the preparation of an edible product. The article may
					 be stored in, and distributed from, the edible products department if the
					 article is properly identified.
(b)
					 When any article (including, but not being limited to animal food) that will
					 not be prepared for use as human food, is prepared in any part of an official
					 establishment other than an edible products department (such part of the plant
					 being herein referred to as "inedible products department"), the area in which
					 such article is prepared shall be distinctly separated from all edible products
					 departments. Products and inedible products may be brought from any edible
					 products department into any inedible products department, but no product or
					 inedible product from an inedible products department may be brought into an
					 edible products department except under such conditions as may be prescribed or
					 approved by the Department. Any such articles in sealed containers or handled
					 in the manner prescribed or approved by the Department may be brought into an
					 edible products department. Diseased carcasses or parts of any carcass shall
					 not be used in the preparation of any animal food. Trucks or containers used
					 for the transportation of products or inedible products into an inedible
					 products department shall be cleaned before being returned to or brought into
					 an edible products department. Sufficient space shall be allotted and adequate
					 equipment and facilities provided so that the preparation of the article does
					 not interfere with the preparation of products in the plant or the maintenance
					 of the requisite sanitary conditions in the official plant. The preparation of
					 any article shall be subject to supervision by an inspector.
(c) The immediate container of any such
					 article that is prepared in an official establishment shall be conspicuously
					 labeled so as to distinguish it from human food.
1.
						Renumbering of former article 23 to article 22, amendment of section heading
						and section and new NOTE filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009,
						No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  407,
						  24561,
						  24562,
						  24681
						  and
						  24991,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  24651,
						  24652,
						  24653,
						  24654,
						  24655,
						  24656,
						  24657,
						  24658,
						  24659,
						  24660
						  and
						  24661,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.