Indiana Administrative Code
Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Article 12 - GRADING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Rule 1 - Grading and Certification of Meat and Meat Products
Section 1-3 - Kind of service

(a) Grading service under this rule consists of the determination and certification and other identification of the class, grade, or other quality of products under applicable standards. Class, grade, and other quality may be determined under the standards for meat of cattle, sheep, or swine in carcass form only, but the state veterinarian may approve other procedures upon his or her determination of good cause and provided that the meat can be identified in conformance with the standards.

(b) Certification service under this rule consists of determining the conformity of products to specifications approved by the state veterinarian and the certification and other identification of such livestock or products in accordance with specifications. Determination as to product compliance with specifications for ingredient content or method of preparation may be based upon information received from the inspection system having jurisdiction over the products involved.

(c) Carcass data service under this rule consists of the evaluation of carcass characteristics, in accordance with applicable official United States standards of carcasses, of animals identified with official identification under this rule, the recording of such data, and transmittal of the data to, or as directed by, the applicant for the service.

(d) Contract verification service under this rule provides wholesale buyers of noncertified commodity products a method of determining whether procurement or procurements met contractually specified requirements.

(e) Other services requested by applicants that are consistent with the purposes of this rule.