Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 37 - Food Safety › Subchapter 11 - Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products › Part 35 - ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENT; REINSPECTION AND PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS › Section 35:37-11-127 - Reinspection, retention, and disposal of exotic livestock products at official establishments

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) All
				  products brought into any official establishment shall be identified by the
				  operator of the official establishment at the time of receipt at the official
				  establishment and shall be subject to reinspection by an inspector at the
				  official establishment in a manner and at times as may be deemed necessary by
				  the District Supervisor to assure compliance with the rules in this
				  Subchapter.
(b) All products,
				  whether fresh, cured, or prepared, even though previously inspected and passed,
				  shall be reinspected by authorized inspection employees as often as the
				  inspector may deem necessary in order to ascertain that the products are not
				  adulterated or misbranded at the time the products enter or leave official
				  establishments and that the requirements of the rules in this Subchapter are
				  complied with.
(c) Reinspection may
				  be accomplished through use of statistically sound sampling plans that assure a
				  high level of confidence. The District Supervisor shall designate the type of
				  plan and the inspector shall select the specific plan to be used in accordance
				  with instructions issued by the District Supervisor.
(d) An Oklahoma retained tag shall be placed
				  by an inspector at the time of reinspection at any official establishment on
				  all products that are suspected on reinspection of being adulterated or
				  misbranded, and the products shall be held for further inspection. The tags
				  shall be removed only by authorized inspection employees. When further
				  inspection is made, if the product is found to be adulterated, all official
				  inspection legends or other official marks for which the product is found to be
				  ineligible under the rules in this subchapter, shall be removed or defaced and
				  the product will be subject to condemnation and disposal in accordance with
				  Part 27 of this Subchapter, except that a determination regarding adulteration
				  may be deferred if a product has become soiled or unclean by falling on the
				  floor or in any other accidental way or if the product is affected with any
				  other condition that the inspector deems capable of correction, in that case
				  the product shall be cleaned (including trimming if necessary) or handled in a
				  manner approved by the inspector to assure that it will not be adulterated or
				  misbranded and shall then be presented for reinspection and disposal in
				  accordance with this Section. If upon final inspection, the product is found to
				  be neither adulterated nor misbranded, the inspector shall remove the Oklahoma
				  retained tag. If a product is found upon reinspection to be misbranded, it
				  shall be held under an Oklahoma retained tag, pending correction of the
				  misbranding, or the institution of a judicial seizure action or other
				  appropriate action. The inspector shall make a complete record of each
				  transaction under this Subsection and shall report the action to the district
				  supervisor.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
					 1181, eff 5-27-04