California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 2 - Animal Industry
Chapter 4 - Meat Inspection
Subchapter 2 - Rendering and Pet Food
Article 38 - Horsemeat and Pet Food Importers
Section 1180.4 - Shipping Permits

Universal Citation: 3 CA Code of Regs 1180.4

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Each shipment of fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, horsemeat byproducts, poultry meat, or poultry meat byproducts for pet food imported into California must originate in an establishment under inspection of the Secretary or an approved state or local health agency and must be sealed at the point of origin under the supervision of the inspector in charge of the establishment. A permit for shipment must be secured from the Director, and each lot or shipment must be accompanied by a numbered certificate signed by the federal, state or local health agency inspector-in-charge showing:

1. Name, address, and number of the establishment where material originates.

2. All material was inspected and passed as fit for animal (pet) food by the United States Department of Agriculture, or an approved state meat inspection service, or an approved local health agency, and did not originate from animals that died other than by slaughter.

3. The product has been denatured and the method of denaturing.

4. The amount and type of product shipped.

5. The product has been sealed and the seal number or numbers.

6. The car or truck number of the vehicle hauling the product.

7. The name and address of the pet food plant to which it is being shipped.

8. The estimated date and time of arrival.

9. The permit number (from the California Department of Agriculture) of the shipment.

10. The dated signature of the Federal meat inspector, the state inspector, or the local health agency in charge at the plant of origin certifying to the above information as an official record.

(b) When certificates are signed by a state or local health agency inspector, the inspector must be an employee of a state or local health agency which has requirements equal to those which are provided for in these regulations and such out-of-state requirements have been approved by the Director.

(c) The certificate required by this section may be designed and printed by the shipper, but must be serial numbered with at least three sheets to a set and provide space for the required information. The Director may require a particular form if form submitted is not satisfactory.

(d) Serially numbered seals, acceptable to the Director, shall be furnished by the shipper for use in sealing the product to be shipped into California. Such seals shall also bear the shipper's name and address or such other means of identification as approved by the Director and be of such manufacture that the seal is destroyed at the time of its removal.

(e) Compliance with the requirements of this section does not relieve the shipper, importer, or other persons from the responsibility of complying with the applicable requirements of the Secretary concerning the labeling, reporting, certifying, denaturing, and handling of any product inedible by man which is moved in commerce.

(f) The Director may refuse to permit any imported shipment to be used for pet food and require such shipment to be rendered pursuant to Section 1180.25 whenever he determines that there is a lack of documentation that such shipment meets all of the requirements of the Agricultural Code and this Group for use as pet food.

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