Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 37 - Food Safety › Subchapter 3 - Meat Inspection › Part 3 - MOBILE FARM SLAUGHTER REGULATIONS › Section 35:37-3-13 - Conditions of transport and slaughter

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No carcass shall be transported in a
				  mobile custom slaughter unit unless it is hung free from contact with the unit
				  floor, and tagged as prescribed in
				  35:37-3-10.
(b) No carcass, other than a scalded and
				  dehaired hog carcass, shall be dressed or transported in a mobile custom
				  slaughter unit with the hide on.
(c) Meat by-products shall be transported in
				  a mobile custom slaughter unit in clean and sanitary containers, of material
				  approved by the Board, with secure coverings or lids.
(d) Inedible offal shall be transported in a
				  mobile custom slaughter unit in clean and sanitary containers (barrels, tubs,
				  etc.) of easily cleaned and durable rubber, plastic, or rust resistant metal
				  materials, that shall be separated from the area of the unit used for the
				  slaughter operations. In lieu of the preceding, the offal may be transported in
				  a clean, sanitary, covered watertight trailer of a design approved by the
				  Board. All inedible offal (except hides) shall be disposed of through rendering
				  operations duly permitted by the Board or in an alternate manner approved by
				  the Board.
(e) No horse carcass, or
				  parts thereof, shall be transported in a mobile custom slaughter
				  unit.
(f) No slaughter of a meat
				  animal in a mobile custom slaughter unit while other carcasses are hanging
				  therein shall be performed unless the unit doors are closed or the area in
				  which the carcasses are situated is separated from the area used for the
				  slaughter operation.
(g) No
				  slaughter of a suspect animal as defined in
				  9
				  C.F.R. §
											309.2 shall be performed
				  without approval of an Oklahoma State Licensed Veterinarian approved by the
				  Department.
(h) Special
				  requirements for farm slaughtered cattle:
(1)
				  All farm slaughtered cattle shall be ambulatory at the time of
				  slaughter.
(2) Documentation
				  certifying the animal was ambulatory at the time of slaughter signed by the
				  owner of the animal or the licensed farm slaughter operator shall accompany
				  each carcass and a copy of the document shall be presented to the custom exempt
				  plant where the carcass is delivered for processing.
(3) All cattle shall have all specified risk
				  materials removed, handled, and disposed of as described in
				  9
				  C.F.R. §
												310.22.
(4) Any farm slaughtered cattle carcass
				  delivered to a custom exempt plant that does not have accompanying
				  documentation signed by the owner of the animal or the licensed farm slaughter
				  operator attesting the animal was less than thirty (30) months of age at the
				  time of slaughter will be handled and processed as if it was over thirty (30)
				  months of age and all appropriate specified risk materials shall be removed,
				  handled, and disposed of as described in
				  9
				  C.F.R. §
												310.22.