Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 10 - RENDERING AND PET FEED MANUFACTURING › Section 23-10-003 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
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				  shall apply to the terms used in these regulations. In addition, the following
				  definitions shall apply:
003.01
				APPROVED VETERINARIAN
APPROVED VETERINARIAN shall mean a person who has received a
				  doctor's degree in veterinary medicine from an accredited school of veterinary
				  medicine and who is authorized by the State Veterinarian to perform duties
				  pursuant to these regulations.
003.02 CONSIGNOR
CONSIGNOR shall mean the person named in a shipping document
				  as the person from whom inedible meat and carcass parts have been received for
				  shipment.
003.03 CONSIGNEE
CONSIGNEE shall mean the person named in a shipping document
				  to whom delivery of inedible meat or carcass parts has been
				  promised.
003.04 INEDIBLE
				MEAT and CARCASS PARTS
INEDIBLE MEAT and CARCASS PARTS shall mean any material in
				  the raw or unprocessed state derived from slaughtered animals and not intended
				  for human consumption and material derived from seriously distressed animals or
				  animals dead or dying other than by slaughter, and capable of being processed
				  into pet animal food by a process other than dry rendering.
003.05 METAL NUMBERED SEALS
METAL NUMBERED SEALS shall mean small individually numbered
				  metal strips constructed in such a manner that the two ends permanently lock
				  together and can only be separated by cutting or other physical breaking, such
				  as those seals approved for this use by the Bureau of Animal
				  Industry.
003.06 SEAL
SEAL shall mean the physical closing of all of the outer
				  cargo openings of a carrier, by means of one or more metal numbered
				  seals.
003.07
				DECHARACTERIZATION
DECHARACTERIZATION shall mean the uniform application of
				  sufficient quantities of dye, charcoal, malodorous fish oil, acid, or any other
				  agent approved by the Bureau, upon and into freely slashed flesh of processed
				  meat as to unequivocally preclude its use for human food.
003.08 APPROVED DECHARACTERIZATION AGENT
APPROVED DECHARACTERIZATION AGENT shall mean a
				  decharacterization agent approved for use as such by the Bureau of Animal
				  Industry.
003.09 DENATURE
DENATURE shall mean the process by which condemned inedible
				  meat and carcass parts are rendered unfit for human
				  consumption.
003.10 APPROVED
				DENATURING AGENT
APPROVED DENATURING AGENT shall mean a denaturing agent
				  approved for use as such by the Bureau of Animal Industry.
003.11 PROCESSING
PROCESSING shall mean a method whereby meat or meat products,
				  poultry or fish products are cut, boned, mixed, blended, canned, cooked, cured
				  or otherwise prepared for purposes other than for human
				  consumption.
003.12 RAW
				PRODUCT AREA
RAW PRODUCT AREA shall mean that area of a plant set aside to
				  receive meat or meat products, poultry or fish products or carcasses of
				  animals, poultry or fish brought or delivered to the plant to be prepared for
				  processing.
003.13
				PROCESSING AREA
PROCESSING AREA shall mean that area set aside for
				  processing.
003.14 FINISHED
				PRODUCT AREA
FINISHED PRODUCT AREA shall mean that area to which the
				  finished product is conveyed for storage in bulk, bags or other
				  containers.