Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-1125 - Requirements Concerning Ingredients and Other Articles Used in Preparation of Products

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All
			 ingredients and other articles used in the preparation of any product shall be
			 clean, sound, healthful, wholesome, and otherwise such as will not result in
			 the product being adulterated. State-inspected establishments shall furnish
			 inspectors accurate information on all procedures involved in product
			 preparation including product composition and any changes in such procedures
			 essential for inspectional control of the product.
(2)
(a) The
			 only animal casings that may be used as containers of product are those from
			 sheep, swine, or goats. Casings from cattle may be used as containers of
			 products. However, if casings from cattle are derived from the small intestine,
			 the small intestine must comply with the requirements in OAR 603-029- 0494(4).
			 Establishments that use casings derived from the small intestine of cattle as
			 containers for products must demonstrate, through documentation, that the small
			 intestine from which the casing was derived complies with the requirements in
			 OAR 603-029-0494(4).
(b) Casings
			 for products shall be carefully inspected by Department employees. Only those
			 casings which have been carefully washed and thoroughly flushed with clean
			 water immediately before stuffing and are suitable for containers, are clean,
			 and are passed on such inspection shall be used, except that pre-flushed animal
			 casings packed in salt or salt and glycerine solution or other approved medium
			 may be used without additional flushing provided they are found to be clean and
			 otherwise acceptable and are thoroughly rinsed before use.
(c) Hog and sheep casings intended for use as
			 containers of product may be treated by soaking in or applying thereto sound,
			 fresh pineapple juice or papain or bromelin or pancreatic extract to permit the
			 enzymes contained in these substances to act on the casings to make them less
			 resistant. The casings shall be handled in a clean and sanitary manner
			 throughout and the treatment shall be followed by washing and flushing the
			 casings with water sufficiently to effectively remove the substance used and
			 terminate the enzymatic action.
(d)
			 On account of the invariable presence of bone splinters, detached spinal cords
			 shall not be used in the preparation of edible product other than for rendering
			 where they constitute a suitable raw material. Detached spinal cords from
			 cattle 30 months of age and older shall not be used as raw materials for edible
			 rendering.
(e) Testicles if handled
			 as an edible product may be shipped from the state-inspected establishment as
			 such, but they shall not be used as an ingredient of a meat product.
(f) Tonsils shall be removed and shall not be
			 used as ingredients of meat products.
(g) Blood from meat animals prepared in
			 accordance with OAR 603-029-0490 may be used as an ingredient of a meat product
			 for which a standard is prescribed in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299, if
			 permitted by such standard, and may be used in any meat product for which no
			 such standard is prescribed in OAR 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 if it is a
			 common and usual ingredient of such product.
(h) Intestines shall not be used as
			 ingredients in any meat product for which a standard is prescribed in OAR
			 603-029-1200 to 603-029-1299 and shall not be used in other products unless the
			 products are labeled in accordance with OAR 603-029-1010(2)(c). When small
			 intestine from cattle is used in a meat product or for edible rendering, it
			 must comply with the requirements in OAR 603-029-0494(4).
(i) Poultry products and egg products (other
			 than shell eggs) which are intended for use as ingredients of meat products
			 shall be considered acceptable for such use only when identified as having been
			 inspected and passed for wholesomeness by FSIS or state authorities in CIS
			 establishments under the regulations in 7 CFR part 59 or 9 CFR part 362 or 381
			 ; or by the Department under the rules in Division 22; and when found to be
			 sound and otherwise acceptable when presented for use. Poultry products and egg
			 products (other than shell eggs) which have not been so inspected and passed
			 for wholesomeness shall not be used in the preparation of such meat
			 products.
(j) Dry milk products
			 which are intended for use as ingredients of meat products shall be considered
			 acceptable for such use only when produced in a plant approved by the
			 Department under ORS chapter 621 and OAR chapter 603, division 24 and when
			 found to be sound and otherwise acceptable when presented for use. Dry milk
			 products prepared in a plant not so approved shall not be used in the
			 preparation of such meat products.
(k) Ingredients for use in any product may
			 not bear or contain any pesticide chemical or other residues in excess of level
			 permitted in OAR 603-029-1155.
(l)
			 Use of "Mechanically Separated (Kind of Poultry)," as defined in
			 9 CFR
			 381.173, in the preparation of meat products
			 shall accord with
			 9
			 CFR 381.174.