Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Inedible rendered animal fats from
official or other establishments in the United States having the physical
characteristics of a meat product fit for human food may be transported in
commerce without denaturing under the following conditions:
(1) Such inedible rendered fat shall not be
sought, sold, transported or offered for sale or offered for transportation in
commerce or imported, except by rendering companies, dealers, brokers or others
who obtain a numbered permit for such activities from the Chief, Meat Hygiene
Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
(2) Such inedible rendered animal fat may be
so distributed only if consigned to a domestic manufacturer of technical
articles other than for human food or to an export terminal for exportation or
storage for exportation as an inedible article and provided, in the case of
such fat consigned to a domestic manufacturer, the product is for use solely by
the consignee for manufacturing purposes of nonhuman food articles and may not
be further sold or shipped without first receiving approval of the Chief, Meat
Hygiene Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
The fat intended for export and stored at a terminal point prior to export
shall be subject to review by program employes to assure that it is exported as
inedible.
(3) When transported in
commerce, or imported, such inedible rendered fat shall be marked conspicuously
with the words "technical animal fat not intended for human food" on the ends
of the shipping containers in letters not less than two inches high, in the
case of shipping containers such as drums, tierces, barrels and half barrels,
and not less than four inches high in the case of tank cars and trucks. All
shipping containers shall have both ends painted with a durable paint if
necessary to provide a contrasting background for the required
marking.
(4) Such inedible rendered
fat shall be transported only in sealed shipping containers bearing unofficial
seals applied by the shipper, which shall include the identification number of
the permit holder, and the rendered fat shall be accompanied by a shipper's
certificate which shall also specify the identification number. The number
shall appear on the bill of lading or other transportation documents for the
shipment. The consignees in the United States shall retain the seals in their
records.
(5) Any diversion or
effort to divert inedible rendered fat or other violation of this section may
result in the revocation of the permit for shipment of technical animal fat at
the discretion of the Department.
(b) Inedible rendered animal fat derived from
condemned or other inedible materials at official or other establishments in
the United States may be transported in commerce if mixed with low grade offal
or other materials which render the fat readily distinguishable from an article
of human food and if the outside container bears the word "inedible."
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
1.205 (relating to inedible fats
prepared at official establishments); and 7 Pa. Code §
1.206 (relating to inedible fats
from outside official
establishments).
