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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-.19 - Labeling, Marking Devices, and Containers

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(1) Labels required; supervision by Program
				Employee.
(a) When, in an official
				establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or
				covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to such
				container a label as described in
				40-10-1-.19(2)
				except that the following do not have to bear such a label.
1. Wrappings of dressed carcasses and primal
				parts in an unprocessed state, bearing the official inspection legend, if such
				wrappings are intended solely to protect the product against soiling or
				excessive drying during transportation or storage, and the wrappings bear no
				information except company brand names, trade marks, or code numbers which do
				not include any information required by
				40-10-1-.19(2).
2. Uncolored transparent
				coverings, such as cellophane, which bear no written, printed or graphic matter
				and which enclose any unpackaged or packaged product bearing all markings
				required by
				40-10-1-.18 of this chapter which
				are clearly legible through such coverings;
3. Animal and transparent artificial casings
				bearing only the markings required by
				40-10-1-.18 of this
				chapter.
4. Stockinettes used as
				"operating devices", such as those applied to cured meats in preparation for
				smoking, whether or not such stockinettes are removed following completion of
				the operations for which they are applied;
5. Containers such as boil-in bags, trays of
				frozen dinners, and pie pans which bear no information except company brand
				names, trademarks, code numbers, directions for preparation and serving
				suggestions, and which are enclosed in a consumer size container that bears a
				label as described in
				40-10-1-.19(2).
6. Containers of products passed for cooking
				or refrigeration and moved from an official establishment under
				40-10-1-.13(1) of
				this chapter.
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Definitions and standards of identity or composition and
				  standards of fill of containers shall be in accordance with Code of Federal
				  Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part 319.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  26-2-60,
				  26-2-80.
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(1) Records required to be kept:
(a) Every person (including every firm or
				corporation) within any of the classes specified in subparagraph 1., 2., or 3.
				of this paragraph is required by the Act to keep records which will fully and
				correctly disclose all transactions involved in his or its business subject to
				the Act:
1. Any person that engages, for
				commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
				horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling
				any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use
				as human food or animal food;
2.
				Any person that engages in the business of buying or selling (as a meat broker,
				wholesaler or otherwise), or transporting in commerce, or storing in, or for
				commerce, or importing, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of
				any such animals:
3. Any person
				that engages in business, or for commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the
				business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, or importing, any
				dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules,
				or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died
				otherwise than by slaughter.
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(1) License and hearing provisions:
(a) Section 5 of Act No. 453, Georgia Laws
				1956, page 748, provides that no person shall operate an abattoir or a meat
				processing plant in the State of Georgia without first obtaining a license from
				the Commissioner of Agriculture. The license fee is $10.00 per year with
				renewal each January 1st at the rate of $10.00. The
				license is valid from January 1st to December
				31st of each year;
(b) No license will be issued to any person,
				corporation, agent, packer
,
or meat processor, to engage in the
				business of slaughtering animals and processing meat for use as human food
				unless he conforms strictly to all regulations set forth herein and promulgated
				by the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(c) When sufficient evidence exists that any
				rule in this chapter has been violated, the party incriminated shall be subject
				to citation for hearing before the Commissioner of Agriculture. Procedure for
				such hearing shall be conducted as provided by law.
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(1) Article or livestock subject to
				administrative detention. Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food
				product of livestock or article exempted from the definition of meat food
				product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock is subject to
				detention for a period not to exceed 20 days when found by any authorized
				representative of the Commissioner upon any premises where it is held for the
				purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce or it is otherwise
				subject to the provisions of the Act, and there is reason to believe that:
(a) Any such article is adulterated or
				misbranded, and is capable of use as human food; or
(b) Any such article has not been inspected,
				in violation of the provisions of the Act, any other Federal law, or the laws
				of any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia; or
(c) Any such article or livestock has been or
				is intended to be, distributed in violation of the provisions of the Act, any
				other Federal law, or the laws of any State or Territory, or the District of
				Columbia.
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Transportation of all inspected meat and meat products shall
				  be in accordance with code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter III, Part
				  325, 416, 417, and the following:
(1)
				No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive
				for transportation, in commerce, any meat or meat product which is capable of
				use as human food unless the product and its container, if any, bear the
				official inspection legend as required under 9 CFR, Chapter III, Parts 316 and
				317 or such product is exempted from the requirement of inspection under part 9
				CFR Chapter III, Part 303.
(2) All
				inspected meat and meat products shall be protected from contamination from any
				source such as dust, dirt, insects and the rapid and progressive growth of
				infectious or toxigenic microorganisms during storage, loading, unloading at
				and transportation from official establishments.
(a) No person, engaged in the business of
				buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for commerce, meat
				or meat food products capable of use as human food shall transport, offer for
				transportation, or receive for transportation in commerce any such meat or meat
				food product which is capable of use as human food and is not wrapped,
				packaged, or otherwise enclosed to prevent adulteration by airborne
				contaminants; unless the truck or other means of conveyance in which the
				product is contained or transported is completely enclosed with tight fitting
				doors or other covers for all openings.
(b) In all cases, the means of conveyance
				shall be reasonably free of foreign matter (such as dust, dirt, rust, or other
				articles or residues), and free of chemical residues, and maintained at a
				temperature such that product placed therein will not become adulterated
				through rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms.
1. Any cleaning compound, lye, soda solution,
				or other chemical used in cleaning the means of conveyance must be thoroughly
				removed from the means of conveyance prior to its use.
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(1) Each official
				establishment must promptly notify the Georgia Meat Inspection Section
				Administrative Office within 24 hours of learning or determining that an
				adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food product received by or originating
				from the official establishment has entered commerce, if the official
				establishment believes or has reason to believe that this has happened. The
				official establishment must inform the Georgia Meat Inspection Administrative
				Office of the type, amount, origin, and destination of the adulterated or
				misbranded product.
(2) Each
				official establishment must prepare and maintain written procedures for the
				recall of any meat or meat food product produced and shipped by the official
				establishment. These written procedures must specify how the official
				establishment will decide whether to conduct a product recall, and how the
				establishment will affect the recall, should it decide that one is
				necessary.
(3) All records,
				including records documenting procedures required by this part, must be
				available for official review and copying.
Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028
et seq.
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O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-60.
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(1) The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture will
				provide to the State advisory assistance, technical, and laboratory assistance,
				financial aid and training necessary to planning and operating of the State
				program.
(2) The requirements of
				the Georgia Poultry Inspection Program will be at least equal to those imposed
				under Sections 6 through 11 (21 U.S.C. 455 to
				460) of the Federal Poultry
				Products Inspection Act.
(3) The
				State of Georgia adopts U.S.D.A., Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) rules
				and regulations for mandatory poultry inspection as indicated in this
				chapter.
(4) The Commissioner o f
				Agriculture is authorized to spend public funds of Georgia appropriated for the
				administration of the Georgia Meat Inspection Act in furtherance of the
				cooperative program.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  26-2-63,
				  26-2-202.
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(1) The following sections of the Code of
				Federal Regulations governing the mandatory poultry products inspection (9 CFR,
				Part 381) of the United States Department of Agriculture incorporated by
				reference under Section
				40-10-2-.02 of this rule are
				deleted and are not rules of the Georgia Department of Agriculture: 381.6;
				381.10(a)(2), (4), (6), and (7); 381.16; 381.17; 381.30; 381.31; 381.38;
				381.39; 381.96; 381.97; 381.98; 381.104 through 381.112; 381.123(b)(3) and (4);
				381.133(a)(1); 381.145(f); 381.185; 381.186; 381.195 through 381.236.
(2) In
				9 CFR
				381.10(a)(3), the words "and
				the statement 'Exempt- P.L. 90-492' " are deleted.
(3) In
				9 CFR
				381.123(b)(2) and (4) the
				words "and accompanied by the prefix 'P' " are deleted.
O.C.G.A. §
											26-2-202.
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The following sections of the Code of Federal Regulations
				  governing the mandatory poultry products inspection (9 CFR, Part 381) of the
				  United States Department of Agriculture incorporated by reference under Section
				  40-10-2-.02 of this rule are
				  amended as specified to allow incorporation as rules of the Georgia Department
				  of Agriculture.
(1) Code of Federal
				Regulations 9 CFR
				381.10(b) shall be amended
				to read "[n]o person qualifies for any exemption specified in paragraph (a)(5)
				of this section if, in the current calendar year, such person (1) Slaughters or
				processes the products of more than 20,000 poultry, or (2) Slaughters or
				processes poultry products at a facility used for slaughtering or processing
				poultry products by any other person, except when the Commissioner grants such
				exemption after determining, upon review of a person's application, that such
				an exemption will not impair effectuating the purposes of the Act."
(2) Code of Federal Regulations
				9 CFR
				381.35 shall be amended to read "a rate as
				determined by the Commissioner" instead of "a rate of $9.28 per
				hour".
(3) Code of Federal
				Regulations 9 CFR
				381.17 shall be amended to include:
(a) The applicant for inspection will be
				responsible for furnishing acceptable drawings and specifications:
(b) Each applicant for inspection shall
				submit to the program four copies of:
1.
				Complete drawings with specifications of the floor plans of the establishment
				for which inspection is requested, showing the locations of principal pieces of
				equipment, floor drains, principal drainage lines, hand-washing basins, and
				hose connections for clean-up purposes;
2. A plot plan showing the limits of the
				establishment's premises, locations in outline of buildings on the premises,
				cardinal points of the compass, and roadways and railways serving the
				establishment; and
3. A room
				schedule showing the finish of walls, floors, and ceilings of all rooms in the
				establishment. The specifications shall include statements describing the water
				supply, plumbing, drainage, refrigeration, equipment, lighting, and operations
				of the establishment. Applicants for inspection may request information from
				the Commissioner concerning the requirements before submitting
				plans.
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(1) Establishments requiring inspection:
(a) Inspection under the regulation in this
				chapter is required at:
1. Every
				establishment, except as provided in 9 CFR Chapter 381.10(a)(1)and (5), in
				which any domesticated poultry are slaughtered for transportation or sale as
				articles of commerce, or in which any products of, or derived from, carcasses
				of poultry are, wholly or in part, prepared for transportation of sale as
				articles of commerce which are intended for use as human food; and
2. Every establishment designated by the
				Commissioner pursuant to paragraph
				40-10-2-.06(b)
				and/or (c) of this Chapter as one producing adulterated products, which would
				clearly endanger the public health.
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(1) Application
				will be as per the Federal Code of Regulations, 9 CFR Part 381, Subpart D:
				Application for Inspection; Grant or Refusal of Inspection with the following
				added stipulations:
(a) The Commissioner is
				authorized to grant inspection upon his determination that the applicant and
				the establishment are eligible therefore and to refuse to grant inspection at
				any establishment if he determines that it does not meet the requirements of
				this part of the regulations or has not received approval labeling and
				containers to be used at the establishment as required by the regulations in
				40-10-2-.15 of this chapter. Before
				inspection is refused for any such reason, the applicant shall be informed of
				the proposed action and the reasons therefore and afforded an opportunity to
				present his views.
(b) Before
				inspection is granted, an establishment must have developed written Sanitation
				Standard Operating Procedures as required by Rule
				40-10-2-.12, a written Hazard
				Analysis and Critical Control Point procedures as required by Rule
				40-10-2-.11, and written recall
				procedures as required by Rule
				40-10-2-.18.
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(1) Inspection shall not be inaugurated in
				any building, any part of which is used as living quarters, unless the part for
				which inspection is requested is separated from such quarters by floors, walls,
				and ceilings of solid concrete, brick, or similar material, and the floors,
				walls, and ceilings are without opening that directly or indirectly
				communicates with any part of the building used as living quarters.
(2) Sanitation and adequate facilities.
				Inspection shall not be begun if an establishment is not in a sanitary
				condition or unless the establishment agrees to maintain such condition and
				provides adequate facilities for conducting such inspection.
(3) Withdrawal of inspection.
(a) The Commissioner is authorized to
				withdraw inspection from an official establishment under the stipulations of
				Chapter 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part 500, or for failure of the operator to destroy
				condemned products as required by the Act and the regulations in this
				chapter.
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(1) Designation of officer in charge and
				assistants. The Commissioner shall designate an officer in charge of the
				inspection in each district, and assign to said inspector such assistants as
				may be necessary.
(2) Assignment of
				Program Employees where members of family employed; soliciting employment.
(a) Except as specifically authorized by the
				Commissioner, no program employee shall be detailed for duty at an
				establishment where any member of his family is employed by the establishment,
				nor shall any officer in charge or other employee acting in a supervisory
				capacity be continued on duty at a circuit where any member of his family is
				employed by an establishment under his jurisdiction. Program employees are
				forbidden to solicit, for any person, employment at any official establishment,
				or by an officer, manager, or employee thereof.
(b) Program employees shall not procure
				product from any official establishment or any other establishment if its
				operations or products are inspected or regulated under the Meat Inspection Act
				of 1969 or any other law administered by the Department unless the store or
				outlet from which the purchase is made is open to the general public and the
				price paid by such employee is the same as the price paid by the general
				public. Program employees must pay, and obtain receipts for money paid to such
				establishments for all such product and keep such receipts subject to
				inspection by supervisory employees or other authorized Department employees.
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Facilities for Inspection shall be in accordance with Code of
				  Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part 381 and Agriculture Handbook 570 US
				  Inspected Meat and Poultry Plants - A Guide to Construction and Layout (revised
				  April 1984).
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-203.
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Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Systems shall be
				  in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part
				  417.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-205.
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Sanitation shall be in accordance with Code of Federal
				  Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part 416.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  26-2-201,
				  26-2-204,
				  26-2-208.
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(1) The marks, devices, and certificates
				prescribed or referenced in this part shall be official marks, devices, and
				certificates for purposes of the Act, and shall be used in accordance with the
				provisions of this part and the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter 3,
				Part 381
(2) Official marks and
				devices to identify inspected and passed products of poultry. The official
				inspection legend, or abbreviation thereof, shall be in the appropriate form as
				specified and approved by the Commissioner. The official inspection legend, or
				abbreviation thereof, is required to be applied to containers of inspected and
				passed carcasses and parts of carcasses of domestic poultry as deemed necessary
				by the Commissioner.
(3) The
				official inspection legend required to be used with respect to inspected and
				passed poultry products shall include wording as follows: "Inspected for
				wholesomeness by Georgia Department of Agriculture." This wording shall be
				contained within an outline of the state of Georgia. The form and arrangement
				of such wording shall be exactly as approved by the Commissioner. The
				appropriate official establishment number shall be shown, unless the
				establishment number appears elsewhere on the labeling material in the manner
				prescribed in this section and the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter
				3, Part 381.123(b), it may be omitted from the inspection mark. The
				Commissioner may approve the use of abbreviations of such inspection mark; and
				such approved abbreviations shall have the same force and effect as the
				inspection mark. The official inspection legend, or the approved abbreviation
				thereof, shall be printed on consumer packages and other immediate containers
				of inspected and passed poultry products, or on labels to be securely affixed
				to such containers. Further, such legend or approved abbreviation thereof,
				shall be applied to shipping containers of such products and may be printed or
				stenciled thereon, but shall not be applied by rubber stamping. When applied by
				a stencil, the legend shall be not less than 4 inches in diameter.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-205.
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(1) Authorization required to make devices
				bearing official marks. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall
				cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make or cause to be made any device
				containing any official mark or simulation thereof without prior written
				authority therefore from the Commissioner.
(2) Approval required for official marks. No
				device containing any official mark shall be made or caused to be made for use
				on any product until it has been approved by the Commissioner as provided for
				in 40-10-1-.19 of
				this chapter.
(3) Use of official
				marks prohibited except under supervision of Program employee; removal of
				official marks, when required:
(a) No person
				shall affix or place, or cause to be affixed or placed, the official inspection
				legend or any other official mark, or any abbreviation or simulation of any
				official mark, to or on any product, or container thereof, except under the
				supervision of a Program employee.
(b) No person shall fill, or cause to be
				filled, in whole or in part, with any product, any container bearing or
				intended to bear any official mark or any abbreviation or simulation of any
				official mark, except under the supervision of a Program employee.
(c) Product bearing any official mark shall
				not be canned, cooked, cured, smoked, salted, packed, rendered, or otherwise
				prepared by any person for commercial purposes unless:
(i) Such preparation is performed at an
				official establishment; or
(ii)
				Such preparation is conducted under State or other governmental inspection and
				the prepared product is marked to show that fact; or
(iii) The official marks are removed, defaced
				or otherwise destroyed before or during such preparation.
(iv) The preparation of the product consists
				of cutting up operations at any establishment exempted from inspection under
				Section 40-10-2-.06 of this chapter or
				equal provisions of a law of a State or organized Territory.
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(1) Labels required; supervision by Program
				Employee.
(a) When, in an official
				establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or
				covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to such
				container a label as described in the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR,
				Chapter 3, Part 381, Subpart N.
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(1) License and hearing provisions:
(a) Section 5 of Act No. 453, Georgia Laws
				1956, Page 748, provides that no person shall operate an abattoir or meat or
				poultry processing plant in the State of Georgia without first obtaining a
				license from the Commissioner of Agriculture. The license fee is $10.00 per
				year with renewal each January 1 at the rate of $10.00. The license fee is
				valid from January 1st to December 31st of each year;
(b) No license will be issued to any person,
				corporation, agent, packer, or meat processor, to engage in the business of
				slaughtering animals and processing meat for use as human food unless he
				conforms strictly to all regulations set forth herein and promulgated by the
				Commissioner of Agriculture;
(c)
				When sufficient evidence exists that any rule in this chapter has been
				violated, the party incriminated shall be subject to citation for hearing
				before the Commissioner of Agriculture. Procedure for such hearing shall be
				conducted as provided by law.
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(1) Each official
				establishment must promptly notify the Georgia Meat Inspection Section
				Administrative Office within 24 hours of learning or determining that an
				adulterated or misbranded poultry or poultry food product received by or
				originating from the official establishment has entered commerce, if the
				official establishment believes or has reason to believe that this has
				happened. The official establishment must inform the Georgia Meat Inspection
				Administrative Office of the type, amount, origin, and destination of the
				adulterated or misbranded product.
(2) Each official establishment must prepare
				and maintain written procedures for the recall of any poultry or poultry food
				product produced and shipped by the official establishment. These written
				procedures must specify how the official establishment will decide whether to
				conduct a product recall, and how the establishment will affect the recall,
				should it decide that one is necessary.
(3) All records, including records
				documenting procedures required by this part, must be available for official
				review and copying.
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(1) Processing, Chilling, and Freezing:
Rabbits may be killed, skinned, eviscerated, cooled and
				  packaged in one room, providing that the room is of such size that the killing,
				  skinning, and eviscerating can be done on hooks so spaced that sanitary
				  processing is possible; the cooling tanks so placed that their contents are not
				  contaminated by other processes, and the packing is done in a part of the room
				  well away from inedible products so that no contamination of the ready-to-cook
				  product is possible.
(2)
				Temperatures and Procedures for Cooling and Freezing Rabbits:
(a) Cooling. Immediately after eviscerating
				and washing of rabbit carcasses, they shall be placed in a cooling tank
				containing running cold tap water to remove the animal heat from the carcasses.
				Carcasses shall not be allowed to remain in the cooling tank for longer than
				one hour.
(b) Air Chilling.
				Immediately after the initial water chilling, the carcasses shall be placed in
				cooling racks and thereupon placed in a refrigerated cooler with moderate air
				movements and a temperature which will reduce the internal temperature of the
				carcass to from 36°F. to 40°F. or less within 24 hours.
(c) Freezing.
1. When ready-to-cook domestic rabbits are
				packaged in bulk or shipping containers, the carcasses shall be individually
				wrapped or packaged in water-vapor resistant cartons or the containers shall be
				lined with heavy water-vapor resistant paper so as to assure adequate
				overlapping of the lining to completely surround the carcasses and to permit
				unsealed closure or sealing in such manner that water-vapor loss from the
				product is considerably retarded or prevented. The rabbit carcasses shall
				receive an initial rapid freezing under such packaging, temperature, air
				circulation, and stacking conditions which will result in freezing the
				carcasses solid in 48 hours.
2.
				Frozen ready-to-cook rabbits shall be stored at 0°F or below, with
				temperatures maintained as constant as possible.
(d) Immediately after packing, all
				ready-to-cook domestic rabbits, other than those which are shipped from the
				plant in a refrigerated carrier, should be moved into the freezer, except that
				a period not exceeding 72 hours will be permitted for transportation and
				temporary holding before placing in the freezer providing such rabbits are held
				at 36°F. or below.
(e)
				Antemortem examination of domestic rabbits is required as a prerequisite to any
				inspection; and such antemortem examination shall be carried out under such
				conditions and in accordance with such methods as may be prescribed or approved
				by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Upon application, in accordance with the Official Code of
				  Georgia Annotated, the following type of service may be furnished under the
				  regulations in this Part:
(a)
				Voluntary Inspection Service. An inspection service for wholesomeness relating
				to the slaughter and processing of Non-Traditional Livestock and
				Non-Traditional Poultry and the processing of such products. All provisions of
				this Chapter shall apply to the slaughter, the preparation, and labeling of the
				meat, meat products, poultry and poultry products processed under this
				inspection service.
(b) Only
				Non-Traditional Livestock and Non-Traditional Poultry that have had antemortem
				inspection as described under this Chapter and which are processed in official
				establishments in accordance with this Chapter may be marked inspected and
				passed.
(c) To prevent commingling
				with other species, all Non-Traditional Livestock meat and meat food products
				and Non-Traditional Poultry and Poultry products shall be handled in an
				official establishment so as to ensure separation and identity of all products
				until they are shipped from the official establishment.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-100.1.
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(1) Any person desiring to process
				Non-Traditional Livestock, Non-Traditional Poultry and their related meat food
				products in an establishment under voluntary inspection service must receive
				approval for such establishment and facilities to slaughter and/or process
				prior to the rendering of such service. An application for inspection service
				to be rendered in an official establishment shall be submitted in writing. An
				initial survey of the establishment and signing of the application by the
				Director will denote approval.
(2)
				Initial survey. When an application has been filed for inspection service, the
				State Director or designee shall examine the establishment, premises, and
				facilities.
(3) For new
				establishments, the requirements in Rule
				40-10-1-.05 must be complied
				with.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-60.
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(1) Fees and charges for service under the
				regulations in this Chapter shall be paid by the applicant for the service in
				accordance with this section.
(2)
				The fees and charges provided for in this section shall be paid by check, draft
				or money order payable to the Georgia Department of Agriculture and shall be
				remitted promptly to the Director upon furnishing to the applicant a statement
				as to the amount due.
(3) The fees
				to be charged and collected for service under the regulations in this Chapter
				shall be set by the Commissioner. Charges for Saturdays, Sundays, and official
				holidays shall be one and one half times the above stated rate. Such fees shall
				cover the costs of the service and shall be charged for the time required to
				render such service, including, but not limited to:
(a) The time required for the travel of the
				inspector or inspectors in connection therewith during the regularly scheduled
				administrative workweek, and
(b)
				Charges to cover other expenses incurred by the Program in connection with the
				furnishings of the service.
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Withdrawal of inspection and reports shall be performed in
				  accordance with the provisions contained within Rule 40-10-5.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  26-2-60,
				  26-2-100.1.
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The official establishment on behalf of the applicant shall
				  notify the Director or designee, in advance, of the hours when such inspection
				  is desired. If one is available at such time, the Director shall assign an
				  inspector to perform the services available, and shall notify the establishment
				  thereof. If no inspector is available, the Director shall arrange with the
				  establishment an alternate time and date. Inspection personnel shall have
				  access at all times to every part of an official establishment to which they
				  are assigned.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-105.
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Reports of the work of inspection carried on within an
				  official establishment shall be forwarded to the Director by the inspector. The
				  applicant for such inspection shall furnish to the Director such information as
				  may be required on forms provided by the Director.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-60.
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Sanitation shall be in accordance with the provisions
				  contained in Rule
				  40-10-1-.10.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-108.
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(1) An ante-mortem inspection of
				Non-Traditional Livestock and/ or Non-Traditional Poultry shall be made to the
				extent considered necessary by the Director and under such instructions as may
				be issued from time to time by the Director. Ante-mortem inspection will be
				performed on the day of slaughter.
(a) Humane
				handling of Non-Traditional Livestock and Non- Traditional Poultry during
				ante-mortem inspection shall be in accordance with the provisions contained in
				Rule 40-10-1-.15.
1. Non-Traditional Livestock and
				Non-Traditional Poultry that in the ante-mortem inspector's opinion do not pass
				ante-mortem inspection must be withheld from slaughter.
2. Stunning to render the Non-Traditional
				Livestock unconscious shall be in accordance with Rule
				40-10-1-.15.
3. Ante-mortem cards (Form MID SL 104) shall
				be filled out for Non-Traditional Livestock by the ante-mortem inspector. One
				copy shall be retained by the ante-mortem inspector.
4. Ante-mortem inspection shall be performed
				in pens for Non- Traditional Livestock and as per the provisions of the Code of
				Federal Regulations 9 CFR, Chapter 3, Part 381 for Non-Traditional Poultry at
				official establishments.
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(1) Post-mortem inspection of the
				Non-Traditional Livestock shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions
				as determined by the Director.
(2)
				Post-mortem inspection of the Non-Traditional Poultry shall be conducted in
				accordance with the provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR, Part
				381, as determined by the Director.
(3) The post-mortem examination must occur on
				the day of slaughter.
(4) A
				veterinarian shall inspect and make the disposition of all animals identified
				as "Georgia Suspect."
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-103.
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Handling and disposal of condemned or other inedible products
				  at official establishments shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions
				  contained in Rule
				  40-10-1-.16.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-60.
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Labeling, marking devices, containers, and official legends
				  use shall be conducted in accordance with Rules
				  40-10-1-.14,
				  40-10-1-.18, and
				  40-10-1-.19. Uniform terminology
				  recognized nationally for fresh cuts, fresh products, and heat-processed
				  products will be used on approved labels.
Wording and form of inspection mark applied to inspected and
				  passed Non-Traditional Livestock carcasses, meat or meat food products under
				  this part shall be approved by the Director. Except as otherwise authorized by
				  the Director, the inspection mark will include the following wording:
				  ``Inspected and Passed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture'' contained
				  within an equiangular triangle along with the establishment number of the
				  official establishment. The Director may approve the use of abbreviations or
				  other exceptions of the inspection mark. Ordering and manufacture of the
				  triangle brand shall be with approval by the Director. The approved inspection
				  mark shall be applied under the supervision of the inspector to the inspected
				  and passed edible product, packaging material, immediate container or shipping
				  container.
Authority O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-20.
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Entry into official establishments, reinspection and
				  preparation of products shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions
				  contained in Rule
				  40-10-1-.20.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  26-2-105,
				  26-2-60.