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 40-10-2 - POULTRY INSPECTION - POULTRY PROCESSING › Rule 40-10-2-.05 - Supplemental Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) As used in this chapter, unless otherwise
				required by the context, the singular form shall also import the plural and the
				masculine form shall also import the feminine, and vice versa.
(2) The definitions of terms in Meat
				Inspection Rule
				40-10-1-.02 are incorporated into
				Chapter 40-10-2 unless not otherwise defined in this chapter. In addition, the
				following definitions will be applicable to the regulations in this chapter.
(a) Cutting up. Any division of any poultry
				carcass or part thereof, except that the trimming of carcasses or parts thereof
				to remove surface contaminants is not considered as cutting up.
(b) Dead poultry. The body (cadaver) of
				livestock that has died other than by slaughter.
(c) Domesticated poultry. Any domesticated
				bird, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, squabs or ratites, whether live
				or dead.
(d) Experimental poultry.
				Any poultry used in any research investigation involving the feeding or other
				administration of, or subjection to, an experimental biological product, drug
				or chemical or any non-experimental biological product, drug or chemical used
				in a manner for which it was not intended.
(e) Georgia inspected and condemned (or any
				authorized abbreviation thereof). This term means that the poultry carcass,
				viscera, other part of carcass, or other poultry product so identified has been
				inspected, found to be adulterated, and condemned under the regulations in this
				chapter.
(f) Georgia retained. This
				term means that the poultry carcass, viscera, other parts of the carcass, or
				other product, or article so identified is held for further examination by an
				inspector to determine its disposal.
(g) Georgia suspect. This term means that the
				poultry so identified is suspected of being affected with a disease or
				condition which may require its condemnation, in whole or in part, when
				slaughtered, and is subject to further examination by an inspector to determine
				its disposal.
(h) Georgia
				condemned. This term means that the poultry so identified has been inspected
				and found to be in a dying condition, or to be affected with any other
				condition or disease that would require condemnation of its carcass.
(i) "Inspected and passed" or "Georgia
				inspected and passed" or "Georgia inspected and passed by Department of
				Agriculture" (or any authorized abbreviation thereof). This term means that the
				poultry product so identified has been inspected and passed under the
				regulations in this chapter, and at the time it was inspected, passed, and
				identified, it was found to be not adulterated.
(j) Official certificate. Any certificate
				prescribed by the regulations in this chapter for issuance by an inspector or
				other person performing official functions under the Act.
(k) Official device. Any device prescribed by
				the regulations in
				40-10-1-.14 of this chapter for use
				in applying any official mark.
(l)
				Official establishment. Any USDA or GDA inspected establishment.
(m) Official inspection legend. Any symbol
				prescribed by the regulations in this chapter showing that an article was
				inspected and passed in accordance with the Act.
(n) Official mark. The official inspection
				legend or any other symbol prescribed by the regulations in this chapter to
				identify the status of any poultry or poultry product covered under this
				chapter.
(o) Poultry broker. Any
				"Poultry Products Broker".
(p) The
				Program. The Poultry Inspection Program of the Georgia Department of
				Agriculture Meat Inspection Section.
(q) Program employee. Any inspector or other
				individual employed by the Department who is authorized by the Commissioner to
				do any work or perform any duty in connection with the program.