Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 1 - MEAT HYGIENE
Subchapter L - TRANSPORTATION
Section 1.552 - Breaking seals in emergencies
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
In case of wreck or similar extraordinary emergency, the Department seals on a railroad car or other means of conveyance containing any inspected and passed product may be broken by the carrier and, if necessary, the articles may be reloaded into another means of conveyance or the shipment may be diverted from the original destination. In all such cases the carrier shall immediately report the facts by telephone or telegraph to the Chief, Meat Hygiene Division, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120. Such report shall include the following information:
(1) Nature of the emergency.
(2) Place where seals were broken.
(3) Original points of shipment and destination.
(4) Number and initial of the original car or truck.
(5) Number and initials of the car or truck into which the articles are reloaded.
(6) New destination of the shipment.
(7) Kind and amount of articles.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.550 (relating to official seals); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.554 (relating to transactions involving dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock).
