Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › DEFINITIONS; APPLICATION; SCOPE › Section 1.2 - Application of inspection requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided, inspection
					 under this chapter shall be required at every establishment in which any
					 livestock are slaughtered for transportation or sale as articles of commerce,
					 or in which any products of, or derived from carcasses of livestock are, in
					 whole or in part, prepared for transportation as sale as articles of commerce,
					 and which are intended for use as human food.
(b) Before the inspection is granted, the
					 operator of each establishment of the kind required by subsection (a) to have
					 inspection shall make application therefor to the Administrator as provided in
					 this section.
(c) Every application
					 under this section shall be made on a form furnished by the Program, Meat
					 Hygiene Division, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg,
					 Pennsylvania 17120, and shall include all information called for by that form,
					 including the name, address, and type of legal entity of any tenant, and the
					 name and principal office address of any subsidiary corporation that will
					 prepare product or conduct any other operation at the establishment for which
					 inspection is requested. The applicant for inspection will be held responsible
					 for compliance by all such tenants or subsidiaries with the act and the
					 regulations in this subchapter at such establishment if inspection is granted.
					 The tenants and subsidiaries will also be held responsible for compliance with
					 the act and regulations in this subchapter. Preparation of product and other
					 operations at the establishment for which inspection is granted may be
					 conducted only by the applicant and any of its tenants and subsidiary
					 corporations named in the application.
(d) In cases of change of ownership,
					 location, tenants or subsidiaries, a new application shall be made.
(e) Each applicant for inspection shall
					 submit to the program, four copies of the following:
(1) Complete drawings with specifications of
					 the floor plans of the establishment for which inspection is requested, showing
					 the locations of principal pieces of equipment, floor drains, principal
					 drainage lines, handwashing basins and hose connections for cleanup
					 purposes.
(2) A plot plan showing
					 the limits of the establishment's premises, locations in outline of buildings
					 on the premises, cardinal points of the compass and roadways and railways
					 serving the establishment.
(3) A
					 room schedule showing the finish of walls, floors and ceilings of all rooms in
					 the establishment. The specifications shall include statements describing the
					 water supply, plumbing, drainage, refrigeration, equipment, lighting and
					 operations of the establishment related to sanitation and proper performance of
					 inspection. Applicants for inspection may request information from the
					 Administrator concerning the requirements before submitting drawings and other
					 documents required by this paragraph.