Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 29 - STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM › Section 603-029-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions set forth in ORS chapter 603, ORS chapter 616,
				ORS chapter 619, and OAR 603-028-0005 apply to these Division 29 rules. As used
				in these Division 29 rules, except as otherwise specified, the following terms
				shall have the meanings stated below:
(1) "Adulterated" means any carcass, part
			 thereof, meat or meat product under one or more of the following circumstances:
(a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or
			 deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health. However, if the
			 substance is not an added substance such food shall not be considered
			 adulterated under this paragraph if the quantity of such substance in such food
			 does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
(b) If it bears or contains any added
			 poisonous or added deleterious substance, other than a pesticide chemical in or
			 on a raw agricultural commodity and other than a food additive or color
			 additive, which is unsafe within the meaning of ORS
			 616.245, or it is a raw
			 agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is
			 unsafe within the meaning of ORS
			 616.341 or if it is, bears or
			 contains any food additive which is declared unsafe by the State Department of
			 Agriculture under ORS
			 616.350. However, when a
			 pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in
			 conformity with an exemption granted or tolerance prescribed under ORS
			 616.341, and such raw
			 agricultural commodity has been subjected to processing, such as canning,
			 cooking, freezing, dehydrating or milling, the residue of such pesticide
			 chemical remaining in or on such processed food, notwithstanding ORS
			 616.341 and this section are not
			 unsafe if such residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity has been removed
			 to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice, and the concentration of
			 such residue in the processed food when ready-to-eat, is not greater than the
			 tolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity.
(c) If it consists in whole or in part of a
			 diseased, contaminated, filthy, putrid or decomposed substance, or if it is
			 otherwise unfit for food.
(d) If it
			 has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby
			 it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been
			 rendered diseased, unwholesome or injurious to health.
(e) If it is, in whole or in part, the
			 product of a diseased animal or an animal which has died otherwise than by
			 slaughter, or that has been fed upon the uncooked offal from a
			 slaughterhouse.
(f) If its
			 container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious
			 substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
(g) If any valuable constituent has been in
			 whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom;
(h) If any substance has been substituted
			 wholly or in part therefor;
(i) If
			 damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or
(j) If any substance has been added thereto
			 or mixed or packed therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce
			 its quality or strength or make it appear better or of greater value than it
			 is.
(k) If it has been
			 intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in
			 conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to ORS
			 616.205(11);