Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE
Subchapter D - DISPOSAL OF DISEASED OR OTHERWISE ADULTERATED CARCASSES
Section 1.142 - Tuberculosis

Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 1.142

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

Carcasses of livestock affected with tuberculosis shall be disposed of as follows:

(1) Carcasses condemned. The entire carcass of swine, cattle, sheep, and goats shall be condemned if any of the following conditions occur:

(i) When the lesions of tuberculosis are generalized (tuberculosis is considered to be generalized when the lesions are distributed in a manner made possible only by entry of the bacilli into the systemic circulation).

(ii) When the animal was observed to have a fever on antemortem inspection which was found to be associated with an active tuberculous lesion on postmortem inspection.

(iii) When there is an associated cachexia.

(iv) When a tuberculosis lesion is found in any lymph node as a result of draining a muscle, bone, joint, or abdominal organ other than the gastrointestinal tract.

(v) When the lesions are extensive in tissues of either the thoracic or the abdominal cavity.

(vi) When the lesions are multiple, acute and actively progressive.

(vii) When the character or extent of the lesions otherwise is not indicative of a localized condition.

(2) Organs or other parts condemned. An organ or other part of a swine, cattle, sheep, or goat carcass affected by localized tuberculosis shall be condemned when it contains lesions of tuberculosis or when the corresponding lymph node contains lesions of tuberculosis.

(3) Carcasses of cattle passed without restrictions for human food. Carcasses of cattle may be passed without restriction for human food only when the carcass of an animal not identified as a reactor to a tuberculin test administered by an Animal and Plant Health Service, State or accredited veterinarian is found free of tuberculosis lesions during postmortem inspection. Such testing is conducted in the tuberculosis eradication program of the Animal and Plant Health Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

(4) Portions of carcasses and carcasses of cattle passed for cooking. The following provisions shall apply to portions of carcasses and carcasses of cattle passed for cooking:

(i) When a cattle carcass reveals a tuberculosis lesion or lesions not so severe or so numerous as the lesions described in paragraph (1), the unaffected portion of the carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with § 1.217 (relating to rendering products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat, and tallow) if the character and extent of the lesions indicate a localized condition, the lesions are calcified or encapsulated, and the affected organ or other part is condemned.

(ii) When the carcass of a cattle identified as a reactor to a tuberculin test administered by an Animal and Plant Health Service, State or accredited veterinarian is found free of lesions or tuberculosis, the carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with § 1.217.

(5) Portions of carcasses and carcasses of swine passed without restriction for human food. Swine carcasses found free of tuberculosis lesions during postmortem inspection may be passed for human food without restriction. When tuberculosis lesions in any swine carcass are localized and confined to one primary seat of infection, such as the cervical lymph nodes, the mesenteric lymph nodes, or the mediastinal lymph nodes, the unaffected portion of the carcass may be passed for human food without restriction after the affected organ or other part is condemned.

(6) Portions of carcasses of swine passed for cooking. When the carcass of any swine reveals lesions more severe or more numerous than those described in paragraph (5), but not so severe or so numerous as the lesions described in paragraph (1), the unaffected portions of such carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with § 1.217 if the character and extent of the lesions indicate a localized condition, the lesions are calcified or encapsulated, and the affected organ or other part is condemned.

(7) Carcasses of sheep and goats passed without restriction for human food. Carcasses of sheep and goats may be passed without restriction for human food only if found free of tuberculosis lesions during postmortem inspection.

(8) Portions of carcasses of sheep and goats passed for cooking. If a carcass of any sheep or goat reveals a tuberculosis lesion or lesions that are not so severe or so numerous as the lesions described in paragraph (1), the unaffected portion of the carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with § 1.217 if the character and extent of the lesions indicate a localized condition, the lesions are calcified or encapsulated, and the affected organ or other part is condemned.

This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.84 (relating to reactors to tuberculin tests).

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