Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE
Subchapter F - DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED AND OTHER INEDIBLE PRODUCTS
Section 1.210 - Shipping of condemned livers; conditions for disposal

Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 1.210

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

(a) Livers condemned on account of fluke investation, hydatids, fringed tapeworms or other parasites may be shipped from an official establishment only for purposes other than human food and only if they are freely slashed, identified and handled in the following manner:

(1) Livers with fluke investation shall be frozen or thoroughly cooked.

(2) Livers with hydatids or fringed tapeworms shall be thoroughly cooked.

(3) Livers with other parasites need not be cooked or refrigerated.

(b) It is essential that the livers be sufficiently identified through discoloration by the dye or charcoal to preclude their use as human food. This shall be accomplished by one of the following methods:

(1) Dipping the slashed livers in a hot solution composed of one part FD&C No. 3 or methyl violet to 5,000 parts of water, followed by washing in fresh water until the washings are no longer colored.

(2) The application of charcoal in accordance with § 1.549 (relating to denaturing procedures).

(c) Where it is required by this section that condemned livers be frozen, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) Freezing shall be proceded by chilling the livers to a temperature not above 40°F.

(2) Livers packed in containers not more than 7 inches thick shall then be held for a period of not less than 10 days at a temperature not higher than 15°F or for a period of not less than 5 days at a temperature not higher than 10°F.

(3) Livers packed in containers over seven inches but less than 27 inches thick shall be held not less than 20 days at a temperature not higher than 15°F, or for not less than 10 days at a temperature not higher than 10°F.

(4) Freezing may be accomplished in the regular freezer in a properly separated compartment or receptacle held under program lock.

(d) Livers condemned for telangiectasis, angioma, "sawdust" condition, cirrhosis, or other nonmalignant change, benign abscesses or contamination, when these conditions are not associated with infectious diseases in the carcasses, may be shipped from an official establishment without refrigeration or cooking but only for purposes other than human food, and only if all tissue affected with abscesses is removed and destroyed within the establishment, and all the livers are slashed and identified as provided in subsection (b) or with any proprietary substance approved by the Department in specific cases.

(e) Livers identified as specified in this section shall be placed in containers plainly marked "inedible," and when shipped in commerce shall be certified as required in § 1.546 (relating to inedible articles-general).

This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.172 (relating to affected livers); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.231 (relating to marking of outside containers-general).

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