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 1.163 - Tapeworm cysts in cattle
Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 1.163
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), carcasses of cattle affected with lesions of cysticercus bovis shall be disposed of as follows:
(1) Carcasses of cattle displaying lesions of
cysticercus bovis shall be condemned if the infestation is extensive or if the
musculature is edematous or discolored. Carcasses shall be considered
extensively infested if in addition to finding lesions in at least two of the
usual inspection sites, namely the heart, diaphragm and its pillars, muscles of
mastication, esophagus, tongue, and musculature exposed during normal dressing
operations, they are found in at least two of the sites exposed by an incision
made into each round exposing the musculature in cross section, and a
transverse incision into each forelimb commencing two or three inches above the
point of the olecranon and extended to the humerus.
(2) Carcasses of cattle showing one or more
tapeworm lesions of cysticercus bovis but not so extensive as indicated in
paragraph (1) as determined by a careful examination, including examination of,
but not limited to, the heart, diaphragm and its pillars, muscles of
mastication, esophagus, tongue, and musculature exposed during normal dressing
operations, may be passed for human food after removal and condemnation of the
lesions with surrounding tissues. However, the carcasses shall be appropriately
identified by retained tags and held in cold storage under positive control of
a Program Inspector at a temperature not higher than 15°F continuously for
a period of not less than ten days, or in the case of boned meat derived from
such carcasses, the meat, when in boxes, tierces, or other containers shall be
appropriately identified by retained tags, and held under positive control of a
Program Inspector at a temperature of not higher than 15°F continuously for
a period of not less than 20 days. As an alternative to retention in cold
storage as provided in this paragraph such carcasses and meat may be heated
throughout to a temperature of at least 140°F under positive control of a
Program Inspector.
(b) Edible viscera and offal shall be disposed of in the same manner as the rest of the carcass from which they were derived unless any lesion of cysticercus bovis is found in these byproducts, in which case they shall be condemned.
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