Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 125 - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT › Subpart C - POULTRY INSPECTION › Section 125.360 - Post-Mortem Inspection; Disposition of Carcasses and Parts

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Department
				incorporates by reference 9 CFR 381: Subpart K (2004); 79 FR 49566, effective
				October 20, 2014. The E. coli process control testing regulations set forth in
				9
				CFR 381.94(a) will be
				applicable on October 1, 1997, and the Salmonella pathogen reduction
				performance standards regulations set forth in
				9
				CFR 381.94(b) will be
				applicable simultaneously with applicability dates for implementation of HACCP
				in Section
				125.142.
b) Carcasses of rabbits affected with or
				showing lesions of any of the following named diseases or conditions shall be
				condemned: Tularemia, anthrax, hemorrhagic septicemia, pyemia, septicemia,
				leukemia, acute enteritis, peritonitis, sarcomatosis, metritis, necrobacillosis
				(Smorl's Disease), tuberculosis, emaciation, streptobacillary
				pseudotuberculosis, and advanced stages of snuffles. Rabbits from pathological
				laboratories shall be condemned.
c)
				Carcasses of rabbits showing any disease, such as generalized melanosis and
				pseudoleukemia which systemically affect the rabbit, shall be
				condemned.
d) Any organ or part of
				a rabbit carcass which is badly bruised or which is affected by an abscess or a
				suppurating sore, shall be condemned. Parts or carcasses of rabbits which are
				contaminated by pus shall be condemned.
e) Carcasses of rabbits contaminated by
				volatile oils, paints, poisons, gases or other substances which affect the
				wholesomeness of the carcass shall be condemned.
f) All carcasses of rabbits so infected that
				consumption of the meat or meat food products thereof may give rise to meat
				poisoning shall be condemned. This includes all carcasses showing signs of any
				of the following diseases: Acute inflammation of the lungs, pleura,
				pericardium, peritoneum or meninges, septicemia or pyemia (whether traumatic,
				or without evident cause), gangrenous or severe hemorrhagic enteritis or
				gastritis, polyarthritis and acute nephritis. Immediately after the slaughter
				of any rabbit so infected, the infected premises and implements used shall be
				sanitized. The part or parts of any carcass coming into contact with the
				carcass or any part of the carcass of any rabbit listed in this paragraph other
				than those affected with acute inflammation of the lungs, pleura, pericardium,
				peritoneum or meninges, shall be condemned.
g) Carcasses of rabbits showing any degree of
				icterus with a parenchymatous degeneration of organs, the result of infection
				or intoxication, and those which, as a result of a pathological condition show
				an intense yellow or greenish-yellow discoloration without evidence of
				infection or intoxication shall be condemned.
h) Carcasses of rabbits affected with mange
				or scab in advanced stages or showing emaciation or extension of the
				inflammation to the flesh shall be condemned. When the diseased condition is
				localized, the carcass shall be passed for food purposes after removal and
				condemnation of the affected parts.
i) In the disposal of carcasses and parts of
				carcasses of rabbits showing evidence of infestation with parasites not
				transmissible to man, the following general rules shall govern: If the lesions
				are localized in such manner and are of such character that the parasites and
				the lesions caused by them may be radically removed, the non-affected portion
				of the carcass, or part of the carcass, shall be certified for food purposes
				after the removal and condemnation of the affected portions. Where a part of a
				carcass shows numerous lesions caused by parasites, or the character of the
				infestation is such that complete extirpation of the parasites and lesions is
				difficult and uncertainly accomplished, or if the parasitic infestation or
				invasion renders the organ or part in any way unfit for food, the affected
				organ or part shall be condemned. Where parasites are found to be distributed
				in a carcass in such a manner or to be of such a character that their removal
				and the removal of the lesions caused by them are impracticable, no part of the
				carcass shall be certified as capable for use as human food and the entire
				carcass shall be condemned. Carcasses of rabbits infested with a hydatid cyst
				or cysts (Echinococcus grandulosis), transmissible to dogs and from dogs to
				man, shall in all cases be condemned regardless of the degree of
				infestation.
j) Carcasses of
				rabbits showing such degree of emaciation or anemic condition as would render
				the meat unwholesome, and carcasses which show a slimy degeneration of the fat
				or a serious infiltration of the muscles shall be condemned.
k) Carcasses of poultry, the viscera and any
				part removed from the carcass shall be kept together and identified by a lot
				number until the inspector performs a post-mortem inspection.