Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 125 - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT › Subpart C - POULTRY INSPECTION › Section 125.390 - Entry of Articles Into Official Establishments; Processing Inspection and Other Reinspections; Processing Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Department incorporates by reference
				9
				CFR 381.145(b) through
				381.146,
				381.148,
				381.150
				through
				381.151,
				381.200
				(2004; 76 FR 82077, effective December 30, 2011).
b) No poultry or poultry product shall be
				brought into an official establishment unless it is inspected or has been
				prepared in an official establishment or in a federally licensed establishment
				and is identified by an official inspection legend as set forth in Section
				125.90,
				the federal inspection legend, or is exempt from inspection as stated in
				Section
				125.110. However, poultry
				or poultry products imported into the United States may be transported to an
				inspection site in accordance with the provisions of
				9
				CFR 381.200 for reinspection.
c) Poultry and poultry products received in
				an official establishment during the absence of the inspector shall be
				identified as set forth in Section
				125.360 and, unless
				exempt from inspection, shall not be used or prepared until they have been
				reinspected. Any poultry and/or poultry product originally prepared at any
				official establishment may not be returned to any part of the establishment
				other than the receiving area until it has been reinspected and passed by the
				inspector.
d) The official
				establishment shall maintain an inventory of non-poultry items (e.g., spices,
				preservatives) that are received at the official establishment. Any product
				that is brought on the premises of an official establishment contrary to the
				provisions of this Section shall be removed immediately from the establishment
				by the operator of the establishment.
e) Reinspections of poultry and/or poultry
				products within the official establishment shall be performed through the use
				of a random digit table.
f) Poultry
				feet shall be approved for processing for human food in accordance with the
				procedures set forth in the USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection Manual as adopted
				by the Department in Section
				125.20.
g) The Department does not approve new
				substances to be used on poultry or in poultry products, their uses, or the
				levels of use of an approved substance. The substances will be permitted to be
				used if they will not adulterate the poultry and/or poultry product in
				accordance with Section 2.11 of the Act and are in compliance with the
				provisions of this Section.
h)
				Ready-to-heat-and-eat poultry or stuffed ready-to-roast poultry may be moved
				from an official establishment prior to freezing in accordance with Section
				125.330
				(specifically the incorporated language in
				9 CFR
				381.66(f)(3) ).
i) Any method of cleaning immediate
				containers used for the holding of poultry and poultry products shall be
				approved if that method is in compliance with the sanitation requirements (see
				Section 125.330).
j) Canned poultry
				products that may be processed without steam-pressure cooking shall be those
				products stated in the USDA Meat and Poultry Inspection Manual.
k) The inspector shall permit lots of canned
				poultry products to be shipped from the official establishment prior to the
				completion of the incubation period on the representative samples in accordance
				with the specific provisions in
				9 CFR
				381.309.
l) Disinfectants that may be used in an
				official establishment shall be those products on the List of Proprietary
				Substances and Nonfood Compounds adopted by the Department in Section
				125.20.