Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-3-23

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 35:37-3-23 - Manufacture of dog food or similar uninspected article at official establishment

(a) When dog food or similar uninspected article is manufactured in a part of an official establishment, the area in which the article is manufactured shall be separated from edible product departments in the manner required for separation between edible product departments and inedible product departments. Sufficient space must be allotted and adequate equipment provided that the manufacture of the uninspected article does not interfere with the proper functioning of the other operations at the establishment. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as permitting any deviation from the requirement that dead animals, condemned products, and similar materials of whatever origin, must be placed in the inedible product rendering equipment, and without undue delay. The manufacture of the uninspected article must not interfere with the maintenance of general sanitary conditions on the premises, and it shall be subjected to inspectional supervision similar to that exercised over other inedible product departments. There shall be no movement of any product from an inedible product department to any edible product department. Trucks, barrels, and other equipment shall be cleaned before being returned to edible product departments from inedible product departments. Inoffensive material prepared outside edible product departments may be stored in, and distributed from edible product departments only if packaged in clean, properly identified, sealed containers.

(b) Animal food shall be distinguished from articles of human food, so as to avoid distribution of animal food as human food. To accomplish this, animal food shall be labeled or identified.

Added at 21 Ok Reg 1181, eff 5-27-04