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 40-10-4 - VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF NON-TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK AND NON-TRADITIONAL POULTRY › Rule 40-10-4-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The definitions
				in Rule 40-10-1-.02, not
				otherwise defined in this Chapter are incorporated into Chapter 40-10-4. In
				addition to those definitions, the following definitions will be applicable to
				the regulations in this Chapter.
(a)
				"Antelope" means any animal belonging to the antelope family.
(b) "Applicant" means any interested party
				who requests any inspection service.
(c) "Bison" means any American bison or
				catalo or cattalo.
(d) "Buffalo"
				means any animal belonging to the buffalo family.
(e) "Catalo" or "Cattalo" means any hybrid
				animal with American bison appearance resulting from direct crossbreeding of
				American bison and cattle.
(f)
				"Commissioner" means Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Georgia.
(g) "Condition" means any condition,
				including but not limited to, the state of preservation, cleanliness, or
				soundness of any product or the processing, handling, or packaging which may
				affect such product.
(h) "Condition
				and wholesomeness" means the condition of any product, its healthfulness and
				fitness for human food.
(i) "Deer"
				means any member of the deer family other than the white-tailed deer.
(j) "Director" means the Director of the Meat
				Inspection Program of the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
(k) "Elk" means any American elk.
(l) "Inspection" means any inspection of a
				Non-Traditional Livestock and Non-Traditional Poultry by an inspector to
				determine, in accordance with Chapter 40-10-1-.02,(1) the condition and
				wholesomeness, or (2) the condition and wholesomeness of edible product at any
				state of the preparation or packaging in the official plant where inspected, or
				(3) the condition and wholesomeness of any previously inspected product if such
				product has lost its identity as an inspected and certified product.
(m) "Non-Traditional Livestock" means the
				species of artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) listed as antelope, bison,
				buffalo, catalo, elk, deer other than white-tailed deer, and water buffalo; as
				well as members of the Camelidae family listed as camels, llamas and alpacas
				that are held and possessed legally under the wild animal provisions of Chapter
				5 of Title 27.
(n) "Non-Traditional
				Poultry" means avian species which are grown commercially for slaughter and
				preparation as human food, but are not amenable to the Federal Poultry Products
				Inspection Act.
(o) "Program" means
				the Non-Traditional Livestock Inspection Program of the State of
				Georgia.
(p) "Reindeer" means any
				reindeer commonly referred to as caribou.
(q) "Veterinarian" means any authorized
				veterinarian of the Program employed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture
				who is authorized by the Director to do any work or perform any duty in
				connection with the Program.
(r)
				"Water buffalo" means any Asiatic water buffalo, commonly referred to as
				carabao; and the water buffalo of India, commonly referred to as the Indian
				buffalo.