South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 12 - Department of Agriculture
Article 12:68 - Disease control and meat inspection
Chapter 12:68:09 - Rendering establishments and pet food processing plants
Section 12:68:09:09 - Requirements for rendering plants

A rendering plant must include a building or buildings provided with concrete floors with good drainage and constructed to be maintained in a sanitary condition. There must be provision to prevent entrance to the buildings of rodents or other animals. All windows, doors, and other openings must be screened unless a program for insect extermination is followed in the buildings and on the premises where the buildings are located.

All skinning and dismembering of carcasses must be done in buildings constructed for that purpose. The cooking vats must be airtight except for vents for the live steam used in cooking. All steam vents must be furnished with closing mechanisms and steam valve gauges to ensure that cooking is at the required steam pressure. All carcasses and parts must be disposed of by subjecting them to a cooking and rendering procedure in vats or tanks under steam pressure.

Floors and walls of the plant must be thoroughly flushed or scrubbed daily with live steam or boiling water when the plant is in operation. All floor washings and other liquid waste or accumulation of water from washing the viscera must be disposed of through disposal facilities.

General Authority: SDCL 40-3-14.

Law Implemented: SDCL 40-17-2.