Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-4000 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR 603-029-0010, not otherwise defined in
				this rule, are incorporated into this rule. In addition to those definitions,
				the following definitions will be applicable to the rules in OAR 603-029-4000
				to 603-029-4065.
(1) "Acceptable"
			 means suitable for the purpose intended and acceptable to the
			 Department.
(2) "Antelope" means
			 any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and
			 southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward
			 and backward.
(3) "Applicant" means
			 any interested party who requests any inspection service.
(4) "Bison" (Bison bison), commonly known as
			 the American bison or buffalo, is a species of the genus Bison native to North
			 America. Bison includes catalo or cattalo.
(5) "Buffalo" refers to a subtribe Bubalina
			 of the tribe Bovini within the subfamily Bovinae that includes the water
			 buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer).
(6) "Camelid" includes any species of mammal
			 in the Camelidae family.
(7)
			 "Catalo" or "Cattalo" means any hybrid animal with bison (Bison bison)
			 appearance resulting from direct crossbreeding of bison (Bison bison) and
			 cattle (Bos taurus).
(8)
			 "Condition" means any condition, including, but not limited to, the state of
			 preservation, cleanliness, or soundness of any product or the processing,
			 handling, or packaging which may affect such product.
(9) "Condition and wholesomeness" means the
			 condition of any product, its healthfulness and fitness for human food.
(10) "Deer" refers to the any
			 farm-raised species of the family Cervidae.
(11) "Elk" means North American wapiti
			 (Cervus canadensis), Manitoban elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis), Rocky
			 Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus
			 roosevelti) and Tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes).
(12) "Exotic animal" means any reindeer, elk,
			 deer, antelope, water buffalo, bison, buffalo, yak, or camelids.
(13) "Exotic animal inspection" means the
			 administration, application, and direction of exotic animal inspection programs
			 pursuant to the rules in this Division 29.
(14) "Exotic animal producer" means any
			 interested party that engages in the raising and/or marketing of an exotic
			 animal for commercial purposes.
(15) "Field ante-mortem inspection" means the
			 ante-mortem inspection of an exotic animal away from the state-inspected exotic
			 animal establishment's premises.
(16) "Field designated area" means any
			 designated area on the applicant's premises, approved by the Department, where
			 field ante-mortem inspection is to be performed.
(17) "Identify" means to apply an Oregon mark
			 to products or containers.
(18)
			 "Inspection" means any inspection by an inspector to determine, in accordance
			 with OAR 603-029-4000,
(a) the condition and
			 wholesomeness of an exotic animal, or
(b) the condition and wholesomeness of edible
			 product of an exotic animal at any state of the preparation or packaging in the
			 state-inspected plant where inspected and certified, or
(c) the condition and wholesomeness of any
			 previously inspected and certified product of an exotic animal if such product
			 has not lost its identity as an inspected and certified product.
(d) "Interested party" means any person
			 financially interested in a transaction involving any inspection.