Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Pork and pork products shall be treated to destroy trichinae in accordance with
9 CFR section
318.10(a) and (b)
(2006).
(b) Treatment or pork and
pork products to destroy trichinae shall consist of heating, refrigerating, or
curing, as follows:
(1) Pork and pork products
may be treated to destroy trichinae by heating in accordance with
9 CFR section
318.10(c)(1)
(2006).
(2) Pork and pork products
may be treated to destroy trichinae by refrigerating in accordance with
9 CFR sections
318.10(c)(2)(i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) (2006).
(A) During the period of refrigeration the
product shall be kept separate from other products and in rooms or compartments
equipped and made secure with locks or seals.
(B) The product shall be in boxes sealed with
fibrous tape across the length and width of the boxes and the mark of
inspection applied at the junction of the tape. The boxes shall also be stamped
with the lot number, if any, and the date of entry into the retention
freezer.
(C) The rooms or
compartments containing product undergoing freezing shall be equipped with
accurate "high-low" or recording thermometers placed at or above the highest
level at which the product undergoing treatment is stored and away from
refrigerating coils.
(D) After
completion of the prescribed freezing of pork to be used in the preparation of
product covered by subsection (b) of this section, the pork shall be kept under
close supervision of an inspector until it is so used. If separate facilities
for preparing meat food products containing treated pork are not used, the
equipment and facilities used for making products containing treated pork shall
be thoroughly cleaned and free of any particles of untreated pork prior to such
use.
(E) Official establishments
that treat pork for trichina by refrigeration shall provide the Department with
written procedures for such treatment and shall keep accurate records of such
treatment on MPES Form 79-087 (Rev. 11/11), Plants Freezing Pork to Destroy
Trichina. After completion of the prescribed treatment period, and at the time
of release, an inspector shall review Form 79-087 to assure that time and
temperature requirements for the lot are met and the pork is eligible for
release for plant use
(F) Official
establishments that use pork treated for trichina by refrigeration shall
maintain a record, on MPES Form 79-088 (Rev. 11/11), Plant Certified Pork Use
Record, of the use made of certified products.
(G) Boxes of certified pork shall remain
sealed until opened for use and must bear the statement "Pork Product
__________ Degrees F __________ Days Refrigeration"
(H) An inspector shall check the temperature
inside the freezer at least weekly during the retention period and at the
termination of the retention period. Results shall be listed on the MPES Form
79-030 (Rev. 09/11) Plant Inspection Report and on MPES Form 79-087 (Rev.
11/11) Plants Freezing Pork to Destroy Trichina.
(3) Pork and pork products may be treated to
destroy trichinae by curing in accordance with
9 CFR section
318.10(c)(3)
(2006).
(4) The Department shall
consider additional processing methods in accordance with
9 CFR section
318.10(c)(4)
(2006).
(c) Smokehouses,
drying rooms, and other compartments used in the treatment of pork by heating
or by curing to destroy live trichinae shall be equipped with accurate
automatic recording thermometers in accordance with
9 CFR section
318.10(d) (2006).
(d) The pooled sample digestion technique to
analyze pork for the presence of trichina cysts shall be used in accordance
with 9 CFR section
318.10(e) (2006).
(e) The Department shall consider any
additional analytical method for trichinosis upon petition by an official
establishment, and may approve that method upon the determination that it will
detect at least 98 percent of swine bearing cysts present at a tissue density
equal to or less than one cyst per gram of muscle from the diaphragm pillars at
a 95 percent confidence level. Any such petitions shall be supported by any
data and other information that the Department finds necessary.
1. New
section filed 5-31-2007; operative 6-30-2007 (Register 2007, No.
22).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections
(b)(2)(E)-(F) and (b)(2)(H) filed 4-2-2012 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2012, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
407,
18693,
18735,
18960,
18961
and
19014,
Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections, 18661, 18664, 18665, 18669,
18674, 18676, 18721, 18727, 18845, 18941, 18942, 18942.2, 18944, 18947, 18949,
19014 and 19017, Food and Agricultural Code; and
9 CFR section
318.10 (2006).
