Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 10 - RENDERING AND PET FEED MANUFACTURING
Section 23-10-005 - Transportation

Universal Citation: 23 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 10 ยง 005

Current through March 20, 2024

005.01 All trucks and containers used in transporting products shall be kept in a sanitary condition.

005.02 All trucks and containers during use in transporting carcasses and carcass parts shall be leakproof and constructed so that the load is not visible. Trucks and containers shall be cleaned, sanitized and disinfected following each unloading and before leaving the establishment premises. Such cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting shall include both the interior and exterior of trucks, barrels, or any other containers used to handle products.

005.03 All trucks hauling carcasses or carcass parts shall have the name of the licensee conspicuously displayed on both sides of the vehicle whether the trucks are the property of the establishment or an agent thereof or are leased or rented by either of the aforementioned parties.

005.04 Drivers of trucks hauling carcasses or carcass parts shall at all times while operating such trucks exercise reasonable precautions to prevent the spred of infectious, contagious or otherwise transmissible diseases from the establishment to and from any premise where livestock is kept.

005.05 Vehicles or containers used to transport carcasses or carcass parts for rendering shall insofar as practical or economically sound not be used for transporting carcasses or carcass parts intended for pet food manufacturing at the same time and shall be completely sanitized and disinfected between shipments.

005.06 Inedible meat and carcass parts transferred into the State of Nebraska must be consigned to an establishment licensed by the Bureau.

005.07 Intrastate transfer of inedible meat and carcass parts shall be restricted to transfers between licensed establishments.

005.08 For the purposes of compliance with the entry requirements of other states, restricting the shipment of inedible meat and carcass parts without inspection and certification by the shipping state, when inedible meat and carcass parts are being transferred out of the State of Nebraska, the State Veterinarian may appoint an approved veterinarian to certify inedible meat and carcass parts in the name of the State Veterinarian, provided, however, that the expense of such certification shall be paid by the person requesting the certification of the appointed veterinarian.

005.09 All inedible meat and carcass parts shall be shipped in containers conspicuously marked with the word "Inedible" except where federal meat inspection regulations provide that certain containers of undenatured lungs or lung lobes shall be identified in two (2) inch lettering with the statement "(SPECIES) Lungs - Not for Human Consumption."

005.10 All carriers transferring processed inedible meat and carcass parts into or within the State of Nebraska must be closed and all outer openings sealed at the point of origin with metal numbered seals under the supervision of the approval veterinarian or a plant employee under his supervision. The number of seals used must be entered on the shipping documents prescribed by the Bureau.

005.11 Shipping documents, completely executed shall accompany all transfer of processed inedible meat and carcass parts intended for pet food moving into or within the State of Nebraska. Shipping documents shall be in the form prescribed by 23 NAC 10-005.12, below. Shipping documents shall be completed and executed in quadruplicate as follows:

005.11A Date of shipment - Hour shipped.

005.11B Number of containers of inedible meat and carcass parts shipped.

005.11C Pounds of inedible meat and carcass parts shipped.

005.11D Attestation by the approved veterinarian that the inedible meat and carcass parts have been processed in establishments having facilities equal to those required in these rules and regulations, equivalent inspection, sanitation, are adequately decharacterized and have been held within the required temperature range.

005.11E Name of plant consigning inedible meat and carcass parts.

005.11F Signature of consignor.

005.11G Date and hour shipment received by the consignee.

005.11H Name of plant receiving inedible meat and carcass parts.

005.11I Signature of consignee.

005.11J Number of seal or seals used to seal the carrier at point of origin.

005.11K Number of seal or seals broken at destination by consignee.

005.11L The consignee is to retain and deliver all broken seals to the Bureau.

005.11M Number of containers or inedible meat and carcass parts received.

005.11N Pounds of inedible meat and carcass parts received.

005.12 Shipping Document.

SHIPPING DOCUMENT

1. Date of shipment________________ Hour

2. Number of containers of inedible meat and carcass parts

3. Pounds of inedible meat and carcass parts

4. Name of Plant consigning shipment

5. Signature of consignor

6. Date shipment was received ____________ Hour

7. Name of plant receiving inedible meat and carcass parts

8. Signature of consignee

9. Number of seal or seals used to seal carrier at point of origin

10. Number of seal or seals broken at destination by consignee

11. Number of containers of inedible meat and carcass parts received

12. Pounds of inedible meat and carcass parts received

13. Attestation of approved veterinarian at point of origin of shipment

___ Signature of approved veterinarian.

005.13 The original copies of shipping documents required under 23 NAC 10-005.11 and .12, above, are to be forwarded to the Bureau within twenty-four (24) hours of commencement of the shipment. Two copies are to accompany the shipment and be delivered to the consignee.

The consignee is to sign and forward to the Bureau one of the copies delivered to him by the carrier together with the broken seal or seals which accompanied the shipment within twenty-four (24) hours of delivery. He is to retain the other copy. One copy is to be retained by the consignor.

005.14 All processed inedible meat and carcass parts intended for use as pet food shall be held at a temperature of 40?F. or less until it reaches the final processor.

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