Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 37 - Food Safety › Subchapter 9 - Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Regulations › Part 9 - DISPOSITION OF DISEASED RABBIT CARCASSES AND PARTS › Section 35:37-9-36 - Diseases or conditions evident which require condemnation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) 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, emaciation,
				  necrobacillosis (Smorl's Disease), tuberculosis, metritis, streptobacillary
				  pseudotuberculosis, and advanced stages of pasteurellosis. Rabbits raised in
				  laboratories shall not be slaughtered for human food purposes without advance
				  permission from the Director.
(b)
				  Any organ or part of a rabbit carcass affected with a tumor shall be condemned
				  and when there is evidence that the general condition of the rabbit has been
				  affected by the size, position, or nature of the tumor, the whole carcass shall
				  be condemned. In cases of malignant neoplasms involving any internal organ to a
				  marked extent, or affecting the muscles, skeleton, or body lymph glands, even
				  primarily, the whole carcass shall be condemned.
(c) Carcasses of rabbits showing any disease
				  such as generalized melanosis, pseudoleukemia, and the like, that systemically
				  affect the rabbit, shall be condemned.
(d) Any organ or part of a carcass that is
				  bruised or that is affected by an abscess, or a suppurating sore, shall be
				  condemned. Parts or carcasses that are contaminated by pus shall be
				  condemned.
(e) Carcasses of rabbits
				  contaminated by volatile oils, paints, poisons, gases, or other substances that
				  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 may give rise to food
				  intoxication 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 infected, the infected premises and implements used shall be thoroughly
				  sanitized. The part or parts of any carcass coming into contact with the
				  carcass or any part of the carcass of any rabbit covered by this Section other
				  than those affected with acute inflammation of the lungs, pleura, pericardium,
				  peritoneum or meninges, shall be condemned.
(g) Carcasses 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
				  slight, the carcass may be passed for food after removal and condemnation of
				  the affected parts.
(i) In the
				  disposal of carcasses and parts of carcasses showing evidence of infestation
				  with parasites not transmissible to man, the following general rules shall
				  govern: If the lesions are localized in a manner and are of a character that
				  the parasites and the lesions caused by them may be radically removed, the
				  nonaffected portion of the carcass, or part of the carcass, may be certified
				  for food 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 a manner or to be of a character that their removal
				  of the lesions caused by them are impracticable, no part of the carcass shall
				  be certified for food and the entire carcass shall be condemned. Carcasses
				  infested with a hydatid cyst or cysts (Echinococcus granulosis), 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 a degree of emaciation that would render the meat
				  unwholesome, and carcasses that show a degeneration of the fat or a serous
				  infiltration of the muscles shall be condemned.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
					 1181, eff 5-27-04