Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-0955 - Marking of Outside Containers

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Except as otherwise provided in OAR 603-029-1400 to 603-029-1475, when any
			 inspected and passed product for commerce is moved from a state-inspected
			 establishment, the outside container shall bear an Oregon inspection legend as
			 prescribed in OAR 603-029-0600 to 603-029-0625.
(2) When any product prepared in a
			 state-inspected establishment for commerce has been inspected and passed and is
			 enclosed in a cloth or other wrapping, such wrapping shall bear the Oregon
			 inspection legend and state-inspected establishment number applied by the
			 approved 21/2 -inch rubber brand in the form prescribed in OAR 603-029-0600 to
			 603-029-0625: Provided, That the rubber brand may be omitted if the Oregon
			 inspection legend and state-inspected establishment number on the product
			 itself are clearly legible through the wrapping or the wrapping is labeled in
			 accordance with OAR 603-029-1000 to 603-029-1058: Provided further, That plain
			 unprinted wrappings, such as stockinettes, cheesecloth, paper, and crinkled
			 paper bags, for properly marked products, which are used solely to protect the
			 product against soiling or excessive drying during transportation or storage,
			 need not bear the Oregon inspection legend.
(3) Slack barrels used as outside containers
			 of products shall have a cloth or paper top covering bearing the Oregon
			 inspection legend containing the state-inspected establishment number. At the
			 time of removal of the covering, the Oregon inspection legend shall be
			 destroyed.
(4) The outside
			 containers of any product which has been inspected and passed for cooking, beef
			 which has been inspected and passed for refrigeration shall bear the markings
			 and tag prescribed in OAR 603-029-1420(2).
(5) The outside containers of glands and
			 organs which are not used for human food purposes, such as those described in
			 OAR 603-029-1470, shall be plainly marked with the phrase "For pharmaceutical
			 purposes," "For organotherapeutic purposes" or "For technical purposes," as
			 appropriate, with no reference to inspection, and need not bear other markings
			 otherwise required under OAR 603-029-0900 to 603-029-0970.
(6) Stencils, box dies, labels, and brands
			 may be used on shipping containers of properly labeled products and on such
			 immediate containers, of properly marked products, as tierces, barrels, drums,
			 boxes, crates, and large-size fiber-board containers, without approval as
			 provided for in OAR 603-029-1006: Provided, That the stencils, box dies,
			 labels, and brands are not false or misleading and are approved by a
			 supervisor. The Oregon inspection legend for use with such markings shall be
			 approved by the Department as provided for in OAR 603-029-1000 to
			 603-029-1058.
(7) The outside
			 containers of livers prepared as described in OAR 603-029-0845(2), shall be
			 marked as prescribed in OAR 603-029-0845(3).
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  603.085, ORS
				  619.042 & ORS
				  619.046
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  619.042, ORS
				  619.046, ORS
				  561.230, ORS
				  619.026 & ORS
				  619.036