California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 5 - Poultry Inspection › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 15 - Post Mortem Inspection › Section 1247 - Extent and Time of Post-Mortem Inspection

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
					 careful post-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of the carcasses
					 and parts thereof of all poultry slaughtered at official establishments. The
					 post-mortem inspection shall be made on a bird-by-bird basis on all poultry
					 eviscerated in an official establishment. No viscera or any part thereof shall
					 be removed from any poultry processed in any official establishment, except at
					 the time of post-mortem inspection, unless their identity with the rest of the
					 carcass is maintained in a manner satisfactory to the inspector until such
					 inspection is made. If a carcass is frozen, it shall be thoroughly thawed
					 before being opened for examination by the inspector. Each carcass, or all
					 parts comprising such carcass, shall be examined by the inspector, except for
					 parts that are not needed for inspection purposes and are not intended for
					 human food and are condemned. Such inspection and examination shall be made
					 within 24 hours of the time of slaughter, except when special permission is
					 obtained from the Branch Chief of the Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety
					 Branch.
(b) Conveyors shall be
					 operated at such speeds as will permit a sanitary eviscerating operation and
					 will permit adequate inspection for condition and wholesomeness.
(c) In order to facilitate the work of the
					 inspector and keep the line speed at its optimum, the inspector may be
					 furnished a trimmer or helper.
(d)
					 Each carcass, including all parts thereof, in which there are any lesions of
					 disease, or other condition that might render such carcass or any part thereof
					 unfit for human food, and upon which for that reason a final decision cannot be
					 made by the inspector, shall be retained for further inspection by a qualified
					 inspector. The identity of each such carcass, including all parts thereof,
					 shall be maintained until a final examination has been completed by affixing a
					 "State of California Rejected/Retained tag. These tags shall not be removed
					 except by an inspector.
(e) Such
					 devices, i.e., (racks) and methods as may be approved by the chief of the Meat
					 and Poultry Inspection Branch may be used for the temporary retention of
					 carcasses, parts, or organs in need of reprocessing or further
					 inspections.
(f) Carcasses and
					 parts found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food shall be
					 passed as wholesome and marked as provided in these regulations.
1. Change
						without regulatory effect adding subsection (e) filed 1-8-98 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 98, No. 2).
2. Renumbering of former article
						16 heading from preceding section
						1246 to article 15 preceding
						section 1247, renumbering of former section
						1247 to section
						1247.1 and renumbering of former
						section 1246 to section
						1247, including amendment of
						section and new NOTE, filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No.
						12).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)
						filed 4-2-2012 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2012, No. 14).
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.