Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 332 - RABBIT PROCESSING › Section 001-332-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For purposes of this chapter and unless the context
				  otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following
				  meanings.
A. "Adequate" means that
				which is needed to accomplish the intended purpose in keeping with good public
				health practice.
B. "Ante-Mortem
				Inspection" means the inspection of live rabbits prior to being slaughtered for
				sickness or disease.
C. "Captive
				Bolt Apparatus" means a pistol or gun (also known as a, stun bolt gun, bolt
				gun, or stunner) device used for stunning live rabbits rendering them
				unconscious prior to slaughter.
D.
"Carcass"
means any domestic rabbit carcass.
E. "Cervical Dislocation Method" means a
				technique used in physical euthanasia of live rabbits by applying pressure to
				the neck and dislocating the spinal column from the skull or brain.
F. "Corrosion Resistant Material" means those
				materials that maintain their original surface characteristics under prolonged
				contact with organic material, the normal use of cleaning compounds and
				bactericidal solutions, and other conditions of the environment.
G. Department" means the Maine Department of
				Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF).
H. "Easily Cleanable" means readily
				accessible and of such material and finish and so fabricated, that residues may
				be completely removed by usual cleaning methods.
I. "Establishment" means the building or
				buildings or parts thereof, used for or in connection with, the manufacturing,
				processing, packaging, labeling or holding of human food.
J. "Exsanguination" means the incision made
				to the carotid artery sufficient to a degree to cause death by blood
				loss.
K.
"Giblets"
means the liver from which the bile sac has been removed and the heart which
				has been removed from the pericardial sac.
L. "Heat-Treated" means the application of
				heat to a food to destroy micro organisms of public health
				significance.
M. Post Mortem
				Inspection "means" the inspection of rabbit organs and tissue for evidence of
				disease which would make the meat unsuitable for human food.
N. "Potentially Hazardous Food" means an
				animal food or any food that consists in whole, or in part, of milk or milk
				products, eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, fish, edible crustacea, or their
				ingredients, including synthetic ingredients that is raw or heat-treated; a
				plant Food that is heat-treated or consists of raw seed sprouts, cut melons,
				cut leafy greens, cut tomatoes or mixtures of cut tomatoes that are not
				modified in a way so that they are unable to support pathogenic microorganism
				growth or toxin formation, or garlic-in-oil mixtures that are not modified in a
				way so that they are unable to support pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin
				formation.
O.
"Rabbit"
means any domesticated rabbit, whether live or
				dead.
P.
"Ready-to-Cook
				Rabbit"
means any domestic rabbit which has been slaughtered for human
				food, from which the head, heart, kidneys, blood, skin, feet, and inedible
				viscera have been removed and that is ready to cook without need of further
				processing. Ready-to-cook rabbit also means any cut-up or disjointed portion of
				rabbit or any edible part.
Q.
				"Sanitary" means that all buildings, equipment, and utensils shall be suitable
				for their intended use, so designed and of such material and workmanship as to
				be adequately cleanable and properly maintained.
R. "Wholesome" means food in sound condition,
				clean, free from adulteration and otherwise suitable for human
				consumption.