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 27 - HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED CARCASSES AND PARTS OR OTHER INEDIBLE PRODUCTS › Section 35:37-11-100 - Livers condemned because of parasitic infestation and for other causes

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Livers condemned due to fluke infestation
				  may be shipped from an official establishment only for purposes other than
				  human food and only if they are first freely slashed, then identified and
				  handled as provided in this Subsection. The identification shall be
				  accomplished by either; dipping the slashed livers in a hot solution composed
				  of one part FD&C green No. 3 or methyl violet to 5,000 parts of water,
				  followed by washing in fresh water until the washings are no longer colored; or
				  the application of charcoal. The liver shall be either frozen or cooked as
				  prescribed in this Paragraph. Freezing shall be preceded by chilling the livers
				  to a temperature not above 40° F. Livers packed in containers not more than
				  7 inches thick shall then be held for a period of not less than 10 days at a
				  temperature not higher than 15° F. or for a period of not less than 5 days
				  at a temperature not higher than 10° F. Livers packed in containers over 7
				  inches but less than 27 inches thick shall be held not less than 20 days at a
				  temperature not higher than 15° F., or for not less than 10 days at a
				  temperature not higher than 10° F. In lieu of freezing, the livers may be
				  thoroughly cooked. It is essential that the livers be sufficiently identified
				  through discoloration by the dye or charcoal to preclude their use as human
				  food. Freezing may be accomplished in the regular freezer in a properly
				  separated compartment or receptacle held under lock or seal by the
				  inspector.
(b) Livers condemned due
				  to hydatids or fringed tapeworms may be shipped from an official establishment
				  only for purposes other than human food and only if they are thoroughly cooked,
				  slashed, and identified as provided in Subsection (a) of this
				  Section.
(c) Livers condemned due
				  to parasites other than flukes, hydatids, or fringed tapeworms may be shipped
				  from an official establishment without refrigeration or cooking but only for
				  purposes other than food and only after slashing and identifying as indicated
				  in Subsection (a) of this Section.
(d) Livers condemned for telangiectasis,
				  angioma, "sawdust" condition, cirrhosis, or other nonmalignant change, being
				  abscesses, or contamination, when these conditions are not associated with
				  infectious diseases in the carcasses, may be shipped from an official
				  establishment without refrigeration or cooking but only for purposes other than
				  human food, and only if all tissue affected with abscesses is removed and
				  destroyed within the establishment, and all the livers are slashed and
				  identified as indicated in Subsection (a) of this Section or with any
				  proprietary substances approved by the Director in specific cases.
(e) Livers identified as specified in this
				  Section shall be placed in containers plainly marked "inedible" when shipped in
				  commerce.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
					 1181, eff 5-27-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2310, eff
					 7-11-05