Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 49 - PUBLIC HEALTH-FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS
Part I - Regulations
Chapter 9 - Meat and Meat Products Regulations
Section I-980 - Trichinae in Pork Prohibited [Formerly 49:3.2002]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-980
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Inasmuch as it cannot certainly be determined, by any present known method of inspection, whether the muscle tissue of pork contains trichinae, and inasmuch as live trichinae are dangerous to health, no article of a kind prepared customarily to be eaten without cooking shall contain any muscle tissue of pork unless the pork has been subjected to a temperature sufficient to destroy all live trichinae, or such other treatment as may be prescribed by the department.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as amended.
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