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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › SANITATION › Section 1.66 - Storage rooms; outer premises

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(a)
					 All operating and storage rooms and departments of official establishments used
					 for inedible materials shall be maintained in acceptably clean
					 condition.
(b) The outer premises
					 of every official establishment, including docks and areas where cars and
					 vehicles are loaded, and the driveways, approaches, yards, pens and alleys,
					 shall be properly paved and drained and kept in clean and orderly
					 condition.
(c) All catch basins on
					 the premises shall be of such construction and location and shall be given such
					 attention as will insure their being kept in acceptable condition as regards
					 odors and cleanliness. Catch basins may not be located in departments where any
					 product is prepared, handled or stored.
(d) The accumulation on the premises of
					 official establishments of any material in which flies may breed, such as hog
					 hair, bones, paunch contents or manure, is prohibited. No other conditions that
					 may result in adulteration of product or interfere with inspection shall be
					 allowed in any official establishment or on its premises.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
													1.2 (relating to application of
						  inspection requirements); 7 Pa. Code §
													1.11 (relating to general); and 7
						  Pa. Code §
													1.195 (relating to marks for
						  postmortem inspections; inspection of unacceptable equipment and
						  facilities).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › SANITATION › Section 1.67 - Tagging unsanitary facilities

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When in the opinion of a program employe, any equipment,
						utensil, room or compartment at an official establishment is unclean or its use
						would be in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter, he will attach
						a "Pa. Rejected" tag thereto. No equipment, utensil, room or compartment so
						tagged shall again be used until made acceptable. Such tag so attached shall
						not be removed by anyone other than a program employe.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
													1.2 (relating to application of
						  inspection requirements); and 7 Pa. Code §
													1.195 (relating to marks for
						  postmortem inspections; inspection of unacceptable equipment and
						  facilities).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.81 - General requirement

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All livestock offered for slaughter in an official
					 establishment shall be examined and inspected on the day of and before
					 slaughter unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements
					 acceptable to the Department have been made in specific cases by the veterinary
					 supervisor for such examination and inspection to be made on a different day
					 before slaughter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.82 - Inspection pens

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(a) Antemortem
				  inspection shall be made in pens on the premises of the establishment at which
				  the livestock are offered for slaughter before the livestock shall be allowed
				  to enter into any department of the establishment where they are to be
				  slaughtered or dressed or in which edible products are handled.
(b) When the holding pens of an official
				  establishment are located in a public stockyard and are reserved for the
				  exclusive use of the establishment, such pens shall be regarded as part of the
				  premises of that establishment and the operator of the establishment shall be
				  responsible for compliance with all requirements of this chapter with respect
				  to such pens.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.83 - Identification of "Pa. Suspects"- general

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(a) Any livestock which, on antemortem
				  inspection, does not clearly show but is suspected of being afflicted with any
				  disease or condition that may cause condemnation of the carcass, or which shows
				  any disease or condition that would cause condemnation of any part of the
				  carcass on postmortem inspection under Subchapter D (relating to disposal of
				  diseased or otherwise adulterated carcasses) shall be handled so as to retain
				  its identity as a suspect until it is given final post-mortem inspection or
				  until it is disposed of as otherwise provided in this Subchapter.
(b) All seriously crippled animals and
				  animals commonly termed "downers" shall be identified as "Pa. Suspects" and
				  disposed of as provided in §
										1.141 (relating to general
				  requirements) unless they are required to be classed as condemned under §
										1.86 (relating to identification of
				  "Pa. Condemned"-general).
(c) Each
				  animal identified as a "Pa. Suspect" on antemortem inspection shall be set
				  apart and shall be slaughtered separately from other livestock at that
				  establishment unless disposed of as otherwise provided in this
				  Subchapter.
(d) Each animal
				  identified as a "Pa. Suspect" on antemortem inspection, when presented for
				  slaughter shall be accompanied with a Form AAI-23 on which the inspector at the
				  establishment shall record the "Pa. Suspect" identification number and any
				  other identifying tag numbers present and a brief description of the animal and
				  of the disease or condition for which the animal was classed as a suspect,
				  including its temperature when the temperature of such animal might have a
				  bearing on the disposition of the carcass on postmortem inspection.
(e) When any animal identified as a "Pa.
				  Suspect" is released as provided in this Subchapter the official identification
				  device shall be removed only by a program employe and he shall report his
				  action to the veterinary supervisor. When a suspect is to be released for a
				  purpose other than slaughter, the operator of the official establishment or the
				  owner of the animal shall first obtain permission for the removal of such
				  animal from the local, State or Federal livestock sanitary official having
				  jurisdiction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.84 - Reactors to tuberculin tests

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Livestock which are known to have reacted to a tuberculin
					 test shall be identified as "Pa. Suspects" and disposed of as provided in
					 §
										1.142 (relating to tuberculosis),
					 except that livestock bearing an official "USDA Reactor" or similar State
					 reactor tag shall not be tagged as "Pa. Suspects."
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.85 - Immature livestock

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Livestock which are offered for antemortem inspection and
					 which are regarded by the inspector as immature shall be identified as "Pa.
					 Suspects" and, if slaughtered, the disposition of their carcasses shall be
					 determined by the postmortem findings in connection with the antemortem
					 conditions. If not slaughtered as suspects, such livestock shall be held under
					 supervision of a program employe or other official designated by the veterinary
					 supervisor and after sufficient development, may be released for slaughter or
					 may be released for any other purpose, if they have not been exposed to any
					 infectious or contagious disease. If such exposure occurs, permission shall be
					 obtained from the nearest Bureau authorities prior to release of such
					 livestock.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.86 - Identification of "Pa. Condemned"-general

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The following livestock shall be identified as "Pa.
					 Condemned" and disposed of in accordance with §
										1.96 (relating to disposition of
					 condemned livestock):
(1) Livestock
				  found to be dead or in a dying condition on the premises of an official
				  establishment.
(2) Livestock
				  plainly showing on antemortem inspection any disease or condition that, under
				  Subchapter D (relating to disposal of diseased or otherwise adulterated
				  carcasses), would cause condemnation of their carcasses on postmortem
				  inspection.
(3) -
(i) Any swine having a temperature of
				  106°F or higher and any cattle, sheep or goats having a temperature of
				  105°F or higher.
(ii) In case
				  of doubt as to the cause of the high temperature, or when for other reasons a
				  program employe deems such action warranted, any such livestock may be held for
				  a reasonable time under the supervision of a program employe for further
				  observation and taking of temperature before final disposition of such
				  livestock is determined. Any livestock so held shall be reinspected on the day
				  it is slaughtered. If, upon such reinspection, or when not held for further
				  observation and taking of temperature, then on the original inspection, the
				  animal has a temperature of 106°F or higher in the case of swine, or
				  105°F or higher in the case of other livestock, it shall be condemned and
				  disposed of.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.87 - Livestock affected with certain metabolic, toxic, nervous or circulatory disturbances; infectious or parasitic diseases; and others

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(a) Livestock showing, on antemortem
				  inspection, symptoms of anaplasmosis, ketosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis,
				  parturient paresis, pseudorabies, rabies, scrapie, tetanus, grass tetany,
				  transport tetany, strangles, purpura hemorrhagica, azoturia, infectious equine
				  encephalomyelitis, toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning), dourine, acute
				  influenza, generalized osteoporosis, glanders (farcy), acute inflammatory
				  lameness or extensive fistula shall be identified as "Pa. Condemned" and
				  disposed of accordingly.
(b)
				  Livestock which have reacted to a test for leptospirosis or anaplasmosis, but
				  which show no symptoms of the disease, shall be identified as "Pa. Suspects"
				  and disposed of as provided in §
										1.150 (relating to other diseases
				  and conditions).
(c) Livestock
				  previously condemned for listeriosis, if released for slaughter shall be
				  identified as a "Pa. Suspect" in accordance with §
										1.96 (relating to disposition of
				  condemned livestock).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.88 - Hog cholera

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(a) All hogs
				  plainly showing on antemortem inspection that they are affected with hog
				  cholera shall be identified as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed of in accordance
				  with §
										1.96 (relating to disposition of
				  condemned livestock).
(b) All hogs,
				  even though not themselves identified as "Pa. Suspects," which are of lots in
				  which one or more animals have been condemned or identified as "Pa. Suspects"
				  for hog cholera, shall, so far as possible, be slaughtered separately and apart
				  from all other livestock passed on antemortem inspection.
(c) Hyperimmune swine shall be condemned on
				  antemortem inspection if offered for slaughter within 10 days after
				  hyperimmunization.
(d) Hyperimmune
				  swine offered for slaughter after ten days following hyperimmunization shall be
				  given antemortem inspection without reference to the injected virus.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.89 - Epithelioma of the eye

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(a) Any animal
				  found on antemortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye and
				  the orbital region in which the eye has been destroyed or obscured by
				  neoplastic tissue and which shows extensive infection, suppuration and
				  necrosis, usually accompanied with foul odor, or any animal affected with
				  epithelioma of the eye or of the orbital region which, regardless of extent, is
				  accompanied with cachexia shall be identified as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed
				  of accordingly.
(b) Any cattle
				  found on antemortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye or of
				  the orbital region to a lesser extent than as described in subsection (a) shall
				  be identified as a "Pa. Suspect" and disposed of as provided in §
										1.152 (relating to epithelioma of
				  the eye).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.90 - Anthrax

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(a) Any livestock
				  found on antemortem inspection to be affected with anthrax shall be identified
				  as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed of accordingly.
(b) No other livestock of a lot in which
				  anthrax is found on antemortem inspection shall be slaughtered and presented
				  for postmortem inspection until it has been determined by a careful antemortem
				  inspection that no anthrax infected livestock remains in the lot.
(c) Apparently healthy livestock (other than
				  hogs) from a lot in which anthrax is detected, and any apparently healthy
				  livestock which have been treated with anthrax biologicals which do not contain
				  living anthrax organisms, may be slaughtered and presented for postmortem
				  inspection if they have been held not less than 21 days following the last
				  treatment or the last death of any livestock in the lot. Alternatively, if
				  desired, all apparently healthy livestock of the lot may be segregated and held
				  for treatment by a Commonwealth licensed veterinarian under supervision of a
				  program employe or other official designated by the veterinary supervisor. No
				  anthrax vaccine (live organisms) shall be used on the premises of an official
				  establishment.
(d) Livestock which
				  have been injected with anthrax vaccines (live organisms) within 6 weeks, and
				  those bearing evidence of reaction to the treatment, such as inflammation,
				  tumefaction or edema at the site of the injection, shall be condemned on
				  antemortem inspection, or such animals may be held under supervision of a
				  program employe or other official designated by the veterinary supervisor until
				  the expiration of the six week period and the disappearance of any evidence of
				  reaction to the treatment.
(e) When
				  livestock are found on antemortem inspection to be affected with anthrax, all
				  exposed livestock pens and driveways of the official establishment shall be
				  cleaned and disinfected by promptly and thoroughly removing and burning all
				  straw, litter and manure. This shall be followed immediately by a thorough
				  disinfection of the exposed premises by soaking the ground, fences, gates and
				  all exposed material with a 5% solution of sodium hydroxide or commercial lye
				  prepared as outlined in §
										1.121 (relating to cleaning of
				  equipment contaminated with anthrax) or other disinfectant that may be approved
				  in specific cases by the Department specifically for this purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.91 - Anasarca

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(a) Any livestock
				  suspected of being affected with anasarca may be set apart and held for
				  treatment under program or other responsible official supervision approved by
				  the veterinary supervisor. If at the expiration of the treatment period the
				  livestock upon examination is found to be free from disease, it may be released
				  for any purpose. Otherwise, it shall be identified as "Pa. Suspect" and
				  disposed of as provided in §
										1.148 (relating to anasarca or
				  generalized edema) or condemned and disposed of in accordance with subsection
				  (b), whichever is appropriate.
(b)
				  All cattle found on antemortem inspection to be affected with anasarca in
				  advanced stages and characterized by an extensive and generalized edema shall
				  be identified as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed of accordingly.
(c) Cattle found on antemortem inspection to
				  be affected with anasarca to a lesser extent than as described in subsection
				  (b) of this section shall be identified as "Pa. Suspects" and disposed of as
				  provided in §
										1.148 or subsection (a).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.92 - Swine erysipelas

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(a) All
				  hogs plainly showing on antemortem inspection that they are affected with acute
				  swine erysipelas shall be identified as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed of
				  accordingly.
(b) All hogs suspected
				  on antemortem inspection of being affected with swine erysipelas shall be
				  identified as "Pa. Suspects" and disposed of as provided in §
										1.145 (relating to swine
				  erysipelas) or subsection (c).
(c)
				  A hog suspected of being affected with swine erysipelas may be set apart and
				  held for treatment under program or other responsible official supervision
				  approved by the veterinary supervisor. If at the expiration of the treatment
				  period the animal upon examination is found to be free from disease, it may be
				  released for any purpose. Otherwise, it shall be identified as "Pa. Suspect"
				  and disposed of as provided in subsection (b) of this section or condemned and
				  disposed of as provided in §
										1.96 (relating to disposition of
				  condemned livestock), whichever is appropriate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.93 - Parturition

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Any livestock showing signs of the onset of parturition
					 shall be withheld from slaughter until after parturition and passage of the
					 placenta. Slaughter or other disposition may then be permitted if the animal is
					 otherwise acceptable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.94 - Vaccine livestock

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Vaccine livestock with unhealed lesions of vaccinia,
					 accompanied with fever, which have not been exposed to any other infectious or
					 contagious disease, are not required to be slaughtered and may be released for
					 removal from the premises.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.95 - Inspection prior to emergency slaughter

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In all cases of emergency slaughter, except as otherwise
					 provided in this chapter, the animals shall be inspected immediately before
					 slaughter, whether theretofore inspected or not. When the necessity for
					 emergency slaughter exists, the establishment shall notify the veterinary
					 supervisor or his assistant so that such inspection may be
					 made.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.96 - Disposition of condemned livestock

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(a) -
(1)
				  Except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, livestock identified as "Pa.
				  Condemned" shall be killed by the official establishment, if not already dead.
				  Such animals shall not be taken into the official establishment to be
				  slaughtered or dressed, nor shall they be conveyed into any department of the
				  establishment used for edible products. They shall be disposed of as provided
				  in Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned and other inedible
				  products).
(2) The official "Pa.
				  Condemned tag" shall not be removed from, but shall remain on the carcass until
				  it goes into the tank, or is otherwise disposed of, at which time the tag may
				  be removed by a program employe only.
(3) The number of such tag shall be reported
				  to the veterinary supervisor by the inspector who affixed it, and also by the
				  inspector who supervised the tanking of the carcass.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.97 - Brucellosis-reactor goats

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Goats which have reacted to a test for brucellosis may not
					 be slaughtered in an official establishment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.98 - Vesicular diseases

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(a)
				  Immediate notification shall be given by the inspector to the local, State and
				  Federal livestock sanitary officials having jurisdiction when any livestock is
				  found to be affected with a vesicular disease.
(b) -
(1)
				  Any livestock which is affected with vesicular exanthema or vesicular
				  stomatitis, but which has recovered to the extent that the lesions are in
				  process of healing, the temperature is within normal range, and the livestock
				  shows a return to normal appetite and activity, shall be identified as "Pa.
				  Suspect" and disposed of as provided in §
											1.173 (relating to vesicular
				  diseases), except that if desired, the livestock may be set apart and held
				  under supervision of a program employe or other official designated by the
				  veterinary supervisor for treatment.
(2) If the livestock is set aside for
				  treatment, the "Pa. Suspect" identification device shall be removed by a
				  program employe following the treatment, if the livestock is found to be free
				  from any such disease.
(3) The
				  livestock found to be free from any such disease may be released for slaughter
				  or for purposes other than slaughter if in the latter instance, the operator of
				  the official establishment or the owner of the animal first obtains permission
				  from the local, State or Federal livestock sanitary official having
				  jurisdiction over the movement of such livestock.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.99 - Feeding certification

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(a)
				  Cattle or sheep may, subject to other requirements under this chapter, be
				  slaughtered at any official establishment provided they are accompanied by a
				  certificate as prescribed in this subsection, signed by the owner, feedlot
				  manager, feeder, selling agent, buying agent, dealer or other person who had
				  custody of the animals during a period of 7 days or more immediately prior to
				  delivery to the official establishment. Each certificate shall show the
				  following:
(1) The number and kind of animals
				  covered by the certificate.
(2)
				  That the person making the certification had custody of the animals for seven
				  days or more immediately prior to delivery to the official
				  establishment.
(3) Whether the
				  animals did or did not receive feed containing diethylstilbestrol (DES) while
				  in the custody of the person making the certification.
(4) The date of withdrawing from DES if the
				  animals received feed containing DES.
(5) That the regulations adopted pursuant to
				  the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.A. §
												301 et seq.) were followed when feed
				  containing DES was used in the feeding of the animals.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.100 - Conditional slaughter

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In lieu of compliance with the procedures prescribed in
					 §
										1.99 (relating to feeding
					 certification), cattle or sheep may be slaughtered at any official
					 establishment upon the condition that all the carcasses and edible organs and
					 other parts thereof shall be designated as "Pa. Retained" and held until
					 samples of the tissues have been subjected to laboratory analyses for DES
					 residues, in accordance with the following procedure, the results of the
					 analyses have been furnished to the program employe, and the articles have been
					 released by the program employe from retention or condemned under §
										1.102 (relating to disposal of
					 adulterated meat).
(1) A specified
				  number of random samples as prescribed in the Pennsylvania Manual of Meat
				  Inspection Procedures shall be collected by the program employe.
(2) The operator of the official
				  establishment shall submit the samples to a laboratory that is acceptable to
				  the Department and have such samples analyzed for DES residue. Expenses
				  incurred in connection with such analyses shall be paid by the operator of the
				  official establishment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.101 - Livestock suspected of having biological residues

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Livestock suspected of having been treated with or exposed
					 to any substance that may impart a biological residue which would make the
					 edible tissues unfit for human food shall be identified as "Pa. Condemned."
					 These livestock may be held under the custody of a program employe or other
					 official designated by the veterinary supervisor until metabolic processes have
					 reduced the residue sufficiently to make the tissues fit for human food. When
					 the required withdrawal time has elapsed, the livestock, if returned for
					 slaughter, shall be reexamined on antemortem inspection. To aid in determining
					 the amount of residue present in the tissues, officials of the program may
					 permit the slaughter of any such livestock to collect tissues for analysis of
					 the residue.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.102 - Disposal of adulterated meat

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All carcasses and edible organs and other parts thereof, in
					 which are found any biological residues which render such articles adulterated,
					 shall be marked as "Pa. Condemned" and disposed of in accordance with
					 Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned and other inedible
					 products).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.100 (relating to conditional
						slaughter).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.103 - Livestock used for research

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(a) No
				  livestock used in any research investigation involving an experimental
				  biological product, drug, or chemical shall be eligible for slaughter at an
				  official establishment unless the following requirements are met:
(1) The operator of the establishment, the
				  sponsor of the investigation, or the investigator has submitted to the Division
				  data or a summary evaluation of the data which demonstrates that the use of
				  such biological product, drug or chemical will not result in the products of
				  the livestock being adulterated, and a program employe has approved the
				  slaughter.
(2) Written approval by
				  the Chief is furnished the veterinary supervisor prior to the time of
				  slaughter.
(3) In the case of an
				  animal administered any unlicensed, experimental veterinary biologic product
				  regulated under the Virus-Serum Toxin Act (21 U.S.C.A. §
												151 et seq.), the product was prepared and
				  distributed in compliance with 9 CFR Part 103 , and used in accordance with the
				  labeling approved under such regulations.
(4) In the case of an animal administered any
				  investigational drug regulated under the Federal Act, the drug was prepared and
				  distributed in compliance with the applicable provisions of 21 CFR Part 135 ,
				  and used in accordance with the labeling approved under the
				  regulations.
(5) In the case of an
				  animal subjected to any experimental economic poison under section 2(a) of the
				  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.A. §
												135 et seq.), the product was prepared and
				  distributed in accordance with
				  7 CFR
				  362.17, and used in accordance with the
				  labeling approved under the regulations.
(6) In the case of an animal administered or
				  subjected to any substance that is a food additive or pesticide chemical under
				  the Federal Act, there has been compliance with all tolerance limitations
				  established by the Act and the provisions of
				  21 CFR
				  1.1 et seq., and all other restrictions and
				  requirements imposed by the Federal Act and the regulations shall be complied
				  with at the time of slaughter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter B - ANTEMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.104 - Official marks and devices

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(a) All
				  livestock required by this subchapter to be identified as "Pa. Suspects" shall
				  be tagged by or under the supervision of a program employe with a serially
				  numbered metal ear tag bearing the term "Pa. Suspect," except as otherwise
				  provided in this Subchapter and except that cattle affected with epithelioma of
				  the eye, antinomycosis, or actinobacillosis to such an extent that the lesions
				  would be readily detected on postmortem inspection, need not be individually
				  tagged on antemortem inspection with the Pa. Suspect tag, if such cattle are
				  segregated and otherwise handled as "Pa. Suspects."
(b) In addition, identification of "Pa.
				  Suspect" swine shall include the use of tattoos specified by the inspector to
				  maintain the identity of the animals through the dehairing equipment when such
				  equipment is used.
(c) All
				  livestock required by this Part to be identified as "Pa. Condemned" shall be
				  tagged with a serially numbered metal ear tag bearing the term "Pa.
				  Condemned."
(d) Except as otherwise
				  provided in this subchapter, no official device shall be removed except by or
				  under the supervision of a program employe.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.193 (relating to marks for
						antemortem inspections).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.111 - Extent and time of inspection

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A careful postmortem examination inspection shall be made
					 of the carcasses and parts thereof of all livestock slaughtered at official
					 establishments. The inspection and examination shall be made at the time of
					 slaughter unless, because of unusual circumstances, prior arrangements
					 acceptable to the Department have been made in specific cases by the veterinary
					 supervisor for making the inspection and examination at a later
					 time.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.112 - Requirement for identification of carcass

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The head, tail, tongue, thymus gland and all viscera of
					 each slaughtered animal, and all blood and other parts of the animal to be used
					 in the preparation of meat food products or medical products shall be handled
					 in such a manner as to identify them with the rest of the carcass and as being
					 derived from the particular animal involved until the postmortem examination of
					 the carcass and parts thereof has been completed. The handling shall include
					 the retention of ear tags, back tags, implants and other identifying devices
					 affixed to the animal, in such a way as to relate them to the
					 carcass.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												1.113 (relating to procedure for
						identification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.113 - Procedure for identification

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As part of the requirement specified in §
										1.112 (relating to requirement for
					 identification of carcass) the following steps shall be taken:
(1) -
(i)
				  The official State-Federal back tag of the carcass shall be removed from the
				  hide or the animal by an establishment employe and placed in a clear plastic
				  bag. The bag containing the tag shall be affixed to the corresponding
				  carcass.
(ii) The bag containing
				  the tag shall be removed from the carcass by an establishment employe and
				  presented with the viscera to the program inspector at the point where the
				  inspector conducts the viscera inspection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.114 - Retention of carcass or part

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(a)
				  Each carcass, including all detached organs and other parts, in which any
				  lesion or other condition is found that might render the meat or any part unfit
				  for food purposes, or which is otherwise adulterated and would therefore
				  require a subsequent inspection shall be retained by the program employe at the
				  time of inspection.
(b) The
				  identity of such retained carcass, detached organ or other part shall be
				  maintained until the final inspection has been completed.
(c) Retained carcasses may not be washed or
				  trimmed unless authorized by the program employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.115 - Identification of retained carcasses

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The devices and methods as may be approved by the
					 Department may be used for the temporary identification of retained carcasses,
					 organs and other parts. In all cases, the identification shall be further
					 established by affixing "Pa. Retained" tags as soon as practicable and before
					 final inspection. These tags shall not be removed except by a program
					 employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.116 - Disposition of condemned carcasses

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(a) Each carcass or part which is found on
				  final inspection to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise
				  adulterated shall be conspicuously marked on the surface tissues thereof by a
				  program employe at the time of inspection, as "Pa. Inspected and
				  Condemned."
(b) Condemned detached
				  organs and other parts of the character that they cannot be so marked shall be
				  placed immediately in trucks or receptacles which shall be kept plainly marked
				  "Pa. Condemned," in letters not less than 2 inches high.
(c) All condemned carcasses and parts shall
				  remain in the custody of a program employe and shall be disposed of as required
				  in Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned and other inedible products)
				  at or before the close of the day on which they are condemned.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.117 - Carcasses passed for cooking

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Carcasses and parts passed for cooking shall be marked
					 conspicuously on the surface tissues thereof by a program employe at the time
					 of inspection as "Pa. Passed for Cooking." All the carcasses and parts shall be
					 cooked in accordance with §
										1.217 (relating to rendering
					 products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat and tallow) and until so cooked
					 shall remain in the custody of a program employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.118 - Spermatic cords; pizzles; preputial diverticuli

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(a) Spermatic cords and pizzles shall be
				  removed from all carcasses.
(b)
				  Preputial diverticuli shall be removed from hog carcasses.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.119 - Passing and marking of carcasses

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(a) Carcasses and parts found to be sound,
				  healthful, wholesome and otherwise not adulterated shall be passed and marked
				  as provided in Subchapter H (relating to marking and labeling).
(b) In all cases where carcasses showing
				  localized lesions are passed for food or for cooking and "Pa. Retained" tags
				  are attached to the carcasses, the affected tissues shall be removed and
				  condemned before the tags are removed. "Pa. Retained" tags shall be removed
				  only by a program employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.120 - Carcasses affected with anthrax

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(a) Carcasses found before evisceration to be
				  affected with anthrax shall not be eviscerated but shall be retained, condemned
				  and immediately tanked or otherwise disposed of as provided in Subchapter F
				  (relating to disposal of condemned and other inedible products).
(b) All carcasses and all parts, including
				  hides, hoofs, horns, hair, viscera and contents, blood, and fat of any
				  livestock found to be affected with anthrax shall be condemned and immediately
				  disposed of, except that the blood may be handled through the usual blood
				  cooking and drying equipment.
(c)
				  Any part of any carcass that is contaminated with anthrax-infected material
				  through contact with soiled instruments or otherwise shall be immediately
				  condemned and disposed of as provided in Subchapter F.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.121 - Cleaning of equipment contaminated with anthrax

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(a) The scalding vat water through which hog
				  carcasses affected with anthrax have passed shall be immediately drained into
				  the sewer.
(b) That portion of the
				  slaughtering department, including the bleeding area, scalding vat, gambrelling
				  bench, floors, walls, posts, platforms, saws, cleavers, knives and hooks, as
				  well as boots and aprons of employes, contaminated through contact with
				  anthrax-infected material shall, except as provided in subsection (d), be
				  cleaned immediately and disinfected with one of the following disinfectants:
(1) A 5% solution of sodium hydroxide or
				  commercial lye containing at least 94% of sodium hydroxide. The solution shall
				  be freshly prepared immediately before use by dissolving 2.5 pounds of sodium
				  hydroxide or lye in 5.5 gallons of hot water and shall be applied as near
				  scalding hot as possible to be most effective. (Because of the extremely
				  caustic nature of sodium hydroxide solution, precautionary measures such as the
				  wearing of rubber gloves and boots to protect the hands and feet, and goggles
				  to protect the eyes, should be taken by those engaged in the disinfection
				  process. It is also advisable to have an acid solution, such as vinegar, in
				  readiness in case any of the sodium hydroxide solution should come in contact
				  with any part of the body.)
(2) A
				  solution of sodium hypochlorite containing approximately 0.5% (5,000 parts per
				  million) of available chlorine. The solution shall be freshly
				  prepared.
(3) One of the
				  disinfectants approved specifically for this purpose, a list of which is
				  available upon request from the Technical Services Division, Consumer and
				  Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
				  20250.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.122 - Sanitation of personnel contaminated with anthrax

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(a) The first and indispensable precautionary
				  step for persons who have handled anthrax material is thorough cleansing of the
				  hands and arms with liquid soap and running hot water. It is important that
				  this step be taken immediately after exposure, before vegetative anthrax
				  organisms have had time to form spores. In the cleansing, a brush or other
				  appropriate appliance shall be used to insure the removal of all contaminating
				  material from under and about the fingernails. This process of cleansing is
				  most effective when performed in repeated cycles of lathering and rinsing
				  rather than in spending the same amount of time in scrubbing with a single
				  lathering. After the hands have been cleansed thoroughly and rinsed free of
				  soap, they may, if desired, be immersed for about one minute in a 1-1,000
				  solution of bichloride of mercury, followed by thorough rinsing in clean
				  running water. Supplies of bichloride of mercury for this purpose shall be held
				  in the custody of the officer in charge.
(b) As a precautionary measure, all persons
				  exposed to anthrax infection should report promptly any suspicious condition
				  (sore or carbuncle) or symptom to a physician, in order that anti-anthrax serum
				  or other treatment may be administered as indicated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.123 - Carcasses with skin or hide on

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(a)
				  When a carcass is to be dressed with the skin or hide left on, the skin or hide
				  shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned before any incision is made for the
				  purpose of removing any part thereof or evisceration, except that where calves
				  are slaughtered by the kosher method, the heads shall be removed from the
				  carcasses before washing of the carcasses.
(b) The skin shall be removed at the time of
				  postmortem inspection from any calf carcass infested with the larvae of the
				  "oxwarble" fly (hypoderma lineata and hypoderma bovis), or external parasites,
				  or affected with other pathological skin conditions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.124 - Cleaning of hog carcasses before incising

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All hair, scurf, dirt, hoofs and claws shall be removed
					 from hog carcasses, and the carcasses shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned
					 before any incision is made for inspection or evisceration.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.125 - Sternum; abdominal and thoracic viscera

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The sternum of each carcass shall be split and the
					 abdominal and thoracic viscera shall be removed at the time of slaughter in
					 order to allow proper inspection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.126 - Inflating carcasses and transferring fat prohibited

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Carcasses or parts of carcasses may not be inflated with
					 air. Transferring the caul or other fat from a fat to a lean carcass is
					 prohibited.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter C - POSTMORTEM INSPECTIONS › Section 1.127 - Handling bruised parts

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When only a portion of a carcass is to be condemned because
					 of slight bruises, either the bruised portion shall be removed immediately and
					 disposed of in accordance with Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned
					 and other inedible products), or the carcass shall be promptly placed in a
					 retaining room and kept until chilled and the bruised portion shall then be
					 removed and disposed of as provided in Subchapter F.