Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-0310 - Meat Animals Suspected of Being Diseased or Affected with Certain Conditions; Identifying Suspects; Disposition on Post-Mortem Inspection or Otherwise

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any meat
			 animals which, on ante-mortem inspection, do not clearly show, but are
			 suspected of being affected with any disease or condition that, under OAR
			 603-029-0500 to 603-029-0574, may cause condemnation of the carcass on
			 post-mortem inspection, and any meat animals which show, on ante-mortem
			 inspection, any disease or condition that, under OAR 603-029-0500 to
			 603-029-0574 would cause condemnation of only part of the carcass on
			 post-mortem inspection, shall be so handled as to retain its identity as a
			 suspect until it is given final post-mortem inspection, when the carcass shall
			 be marked and disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0400 to 603-029-0574, or
			 until it is disposed of as otherwise provided in this rule.
(2) All seriously crippled meat animals and
			 non-ambulatory disabled meat animals shall be identified as Oregon Suspects and
			 disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0500 unless they are required to be
			 classed as condemned under OAR 603-029-0315. Non-ambulatory disabled meat
			 animals are meat animals that cannot rise from a recumbent position or that
			 cannot walk, including, but not limited to, those with broken appendages,
			 severed tendons or ligaments, nerve paralysis, fractured vertebral column, or
			 metabolic conditions.
(3) Meat
			 animals which have reacted to a test for leptospirosis, or anaplasmosis, but
			 which show no symptoms of the disease, shall be identified as Oregon Suspects
			 and disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0516.
(4) Meat animals which are known to have
			 reacted to the tuberculin test shall be identified as Oregon Suspects and
			 disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0502, except that meat animals bearing
			 an official "Oregon Reactor" tag shall not be tagged as Oregon
			 Suspects.
(5) Any cattle found on
			 ante-mortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye or of the
			 orbital region to a lesser extent than as described in OAR 603-029-0330 shall
			 be identified as an Oregon Suspect and disposed of as provided in OAR
			 603-029-0520.
(6) Cattle found on
			 ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a lesser extent than as
			 described in OAR 603-029-0340 shall be identified as Oregon Suspects and
			 disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0512 or section (7) of this
			 rule.
(7) Any meat animals
			 suspected of being affected with anasarca may be set apart and held for
			 treatment under Department or other responsible official supervision approved
			 by the State Veterinarian. If at the expiration of the treatment period the
			 meat animal upon examination is found to be free from disease, it may be
			 released for any purpose. Otherwise, it shall be identified as Oregon Suspect
			 and disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0512 or condemned and disposed of as
			 provided in OAR 603-029-0340, whichever is appropriate.
(8) All hogs suspected on ante-mortem
			 inspection of being affected with swine erysipelas shall be identified as
			 Oregon Suspects and disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0507 or section (9)
			 of this rule.
(9) A hog suspected
			 of being affected with swine erysipelas may be set apart and held for treatment
			 under Department or other responsible official supervision approved by the
			 State Veterinarian. If at the expiration of the treatment period the meat
			 animal upon examination is found to be free from disease, it may be released
			 for any purpose. Otherwise, it shall be identified as Oregon Suspect and
			 disposed of as provided in OAR 603-029-0507, or condemned and disposed of as
			 provided in OAR 603-029-0365, whichever is appropriate.
(10) Any meat animal 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 meat animal shows a return to normal appetite and
			 activity, shall be identified as Oregon Suspect and disposed of as provided in
			 OAR 603-029-0560, except that if desired, such meat animal may be set apart and
			 held under supervision of a Department employee or other official designated by
			 the State Veterinarian for treatment. If the meat animal is set aside for
			 treatment, the Oregon Suspect identification device will be removed by a
			 Department employee, following such treatment, if the meat animal is found to
			 be free from any such disease. Such meat animal found to be free from any such
			 disease may be released for slaughter or for purposes other than slaughter,
			 provided that in the latter instance, the operator of the state-inspected
			 establishment or the owner of the meat animal shall first obtain permission
			 from the State Veterinarian.
(11)
			 Meat animals which are offered for ante-mortem inspection under this division,
			 and which are regarded by the inspector as immature, shall be identified as
			 Oregon Suspects and, if slaughtered, the disposition of their carcasses shall
			 be determined by the post-mortem findings in connection with the ante-mortem
			 conditions. If not slaughtered as suspects, such meat animals shall be held
			 under supervision of a Department employee or other official designated by the
			 State Veterinarian, and after sufficient development may be released for
			 slaughter or may be released for any other purpose, provided they have not been
			 exposed to any infectious or contagious disease. If such exposure occurs,
			 permission should be obtained from the State Veterinarian prior to release of
			 such livestock.
(12) Meat animals
			 previously condemned for listeriosis, if released for slaughter under OAR
			 603-029-0365(2) shall be identified as Oregon Suspect in accordance with OAR
			 603-029-0365(3).
(13) Each meat
			 animal required by OAR 603-029-0300 to 603-029-0395 to be treated as an Oregon
			 Suspect shall be identified as such by or under the supervision of a Department
			 employee with an official device in accordance with OAR 603-029-0390. No such
			 device shall be removed except by a Department employee.
(14) Each meat animal identified as an Oregon
			 Suspect on ante-mortem inspection shall be set apart and shall be slaughtered
			 separately from other meat animals at that establishment unless disposed of as
			 otherwise provided in this part.
(15) Each meat animal identified as an Oregon
			 Suspect on ante-mortem inspection, when presented for slaughter, shall be
			 accompanied with a form developed by the Department on which the inspector at
			 the establishment shall record the Oregon Suspect identification number and any
			 other identifying tag numbers present and a brief description of the meat
			 animal and of the disease or condition for which the meat animal was classed as
			 a suspect, including its temperature when the temperature of such meat animal
			 might have a bearing on the disposition of the carcass on post-mortem
			 inspection.
(16) When any meat
			 animal identified as an Oregon Suspect is released for any purpose or reason,
			 as provided in OAR 603-029-0300 to 603-029-0395, the official identification
			 device shall be removed only by a Department employee, who shall report that
			 action to a supervisor. When a suspect is to be released under the provisions
			 of OAR 603-029-0300 to 603-029-0395 for a purpose other than slaughter, the
			 operator of the state-inspected establishment or the owner of the meat animal
			 shall first obtain permission for the removal of such meat animal from the
			 State Veterinarian.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  603.085, ORS
				  616.700, ORS
				  619.042 & ORS
				  619.046
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  619.042, ORS
				  619.046, ORS
				  603.059, ORS
				  603.065 & ORS
				  619.026