Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-1105 - Reinspection, Retention, and Disposal of Meat and Poultry Products at State-Inspected Establishments

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) All
			 products and all slaughtered poultry and poultry products brought into any
			 state-inspected establishment shall be identified by the operator of the
			 state-inspected establishment at the time of receipt at the state-inspected
			 establishment and shall be subject to reinspection by a Department employee at
			 the state-inspected establishment in such manner and at such times as may be
			 deemed necessary to assure compliance with the Federal Meat Inspection Act and
			 Poultry Products Inspection Act or these Division 29 rules.
(2) All products, whether fresh, cured, or
			 otherwise prepared, even though previously inspected and passed, shall be
			 reinspected by Department employees as often as they may deem necessary in
			 order to ascertain that they are not adulterated or misbranded at the time they
			 enter or leave state-inspected establishments and that the requirements of the
			 rules in this Division are complied with.
(3) Reinspection may be accomplished through
			 use of statistically sound sampling plans that assure a high level of
			 confidence. The supervisor shall designate the type of plan and the Department
			 employee shall select the specific plan to be used in accordance with
			 instructions issued by the Department.1
Further information concerning sampling plans which have been
				adopted for specific products may be obtained from a supervisor. These sampling
				plans are developed for individual products by the Department and will be
				distributed for field use as they are developed. The type of plan applicable
				depends on factors such as whether the product is in containers, stage of
				preparation, and procedures followed by the establishment operator. The
				specific plan applicable depends on the kind of product involved, such as
				liver, oxtails, etc.
(4) An
			 Oregon Retained tag shall be placed by a Department employee at the time of
			 reinspection at any state-inspected establishment on all products which are
			 suspected on such reinspection of being adulterated or misbranded, and such
			 products shall be held for further inspection. Such tags shall be removed only
			 by authorized Department employees. When further inspection is made, if the
			 product is found to be adulterated, all official inspection legends or other
			 official marks for which the product is found to be ineligible under the rules
			 in this Division, shall be removed or defaced and the product will be subject
			 to condemnation and disposal in accordance with OAR 603-029-0800 to
			 603-029-0850, except that a determination regarding adulteration may be
			 deferred if a product has become soiled or unclean by falling on the floor or
			 in any other accidental way or if the product is affected with any other
			 condition which the inspector deems capable of correction, in which case the
			 product shall be cleaned (including trimming if necessary) or otherwise handled
			 in a manner approved by the inspector to assure that it will not be adulterated
			 or misbranded and shall then be presented for reinspection and disposal in
			 accordance with this rule. If upon final inspection, the product is found to be
			 neither adulterated nor misbranded, the inspector shall remove the Oregon
			 Retained tag. If a product is found upon reinspection to be misbranded, it
			 shall be held under a Oregon Retained tag, or an Oregon Detained tag as
			 provided in OAR 603-029-1500 to 603-029-1520, pending correction of the
			 misbranding, a withholding action, a regulatory control action, or other
			 appropriate action. The inspector shall make a complete record of each
			 transaction under this section and shall report that action to the
			 Supervisor.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  603.085, ORS
				  619.042 & ORS
				  619.046
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  619.042, ORS
				  619.046, ORS
				  619.026 & ORS
				  619.036