Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
As part of the requirement specified in §
1.112 (relating to requirement for
identification of carcass) the following steps shall be taken:
(1) -
(i)
The official State-Federal back tag of the carcass shall be removed from the
hide or the animal by an establishment employe and placed in a clear plastic
bag. The bag containing the tag shall be affixed to the corresponding
carcass.
(ii) The bag containing
the tag shall be removed from the carcass by an establishment employe and
presented with the viscera to the program inspector at the point where the
inspector conducts the viscera inspection.
(2) -
(i)
Brucellosis and tuberculosis ear tags, herd identification ear tags, sales
tags, ear bangles and similar identification devices shall be removed from the
animal's hide or ear of the animal by an establishment employe and shall be
placed in a clear plastic bag and affixed to the corresponding
carcass.
(ii) The bag containing
the tag shall be removed from the carcass by an establishment employe and
presented with the viscera to the program inspector at the point where such
inspector conducts the viscera inspection.
(3) In cases where both types of devices
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) are present on the same animal, both types
may be placed in the same plastic bag or in two separate bags.
(4) The veterinary supervisor may allow the
use of any alternate method proposed by the operator of an official
establishment for handling the type of devices described in paragraph (2) if
such alternate method would provide a ready means of identifying a specific
carcass with the corresponding devices by a program inspector during the
postmortem inspection.
(5) -
(i) The official State-Federal backtags shall
be collected by a program inspector and used to obtain traceback information
necessary for proper disposition of the animal or carcass and otherwise handled
according to instructions issued to the inspectors.
(ii) The devices described in paragraph (2)
shall be collected by the program inspector when required to obtain traceback
information necessary for proper disposition of the animal or carcass and for
controlling the slaughter of reactor animals. Devices not collected for these
purposes shall be discarded after the postmortem examination is
complete.
(6) Plastic
bags used by the establishment for collecting identifying devices will be
furnished by the Department.
