Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 1.42 - Other facilities to be provided by the establishmentWhen required by the veterinary supervisor, the following facilities and conditions, and such others as may be found to be essential to efficient conduct of inspection and maintenance of sanitary conditions, shall be provided by each official establishment:
(1) -(i) Satisfactory pens, equipment and assistants for conducting antemortem inspection and for separating, marking and holding apart from passed livestock those marked "Pa. Suspect" and those marked "Pa. Condemned."(ii) Pens, alleys, and runways shall be paved, drained and supplied with adequate hose connections for cleanup purposes.(2) Sufficient light to be adequate for proper conduct of inspection.(3) -(i) Racks, receptacles or other suitable devices for retaining such parts as the head, tongue, tail, thymus gland and viscera, and all parts and blood to be used in the preparation of meat food products or medical products, until after the postmortem examination is completed, in order that they may be identified in case of condemnation of the carcass.(ii) Equipment, trucks and receptacles for the handling of viscera of slaughtered animals so as to prevent contact with the floor.(iii) Trucks, racks, marked receptacles, tables and other necessary equipment for the separate and sanitary handling of carcasses or parts passed for cooking.(4) Tables, benches and other equipment on which inspection is to be performed of such design, material and construction as to enable program employes to conduct their inspection in a ready, efficient and clean manner.(5) -(i) Watertight metal trucks or receptacles for holding and handling diseased carcasses and parts, so constructed as to be readily cleaned.(ii) Such trucks or receptacles shall be marked in a conspicuous manner with the phrase "Pa. Condemned" in letters not less than two inches high and, when required by the officer in charge, shall be equipped with facilities for locking or sealing.(6) Adequate facilities, including liquid soap and cleansers, for cleansing and disinfecting hands, for sterilizing all implements used in dressing diseased carcasses, floors, and such other articles and places as may be contaminated by diseased carcasses or otherwise.(7) -(i) In establishments in which slaughtering is done, rooms, compartments or specially prepared open places, to be known as "final inspection places," at which the final inspection of retained carcasses may be conducted.(ii) Competent assistants for handling retained carcasses and parts shall be provided by the establishment.(iii) Final inspection places shall be adequate in size and their rail arrangement and other equipment shall be sufficient to prevent carcasses and parts passed for food or cooking from being contaminated by contact with condemned carcasses or parts; they shall be equipped with hot water, lavatory, sterilizer, tables and other equipment required for ready, efficient, and sanitary conduct of the inspection.(iv) The floors shall be of such construction as to facilitate the maintenance of sanitary conditions and shall have proper drainage connections, and when the final inspection place is part of a larger floor, it shall be separated from the rest of the floor by a curb, railing or otherwise.(8) -(i) Retention rooms, cages or other compartments, and receptacles in which carcasses and product may be held for further inspection.(ii) These shall be in such number and in such locations as the needs of the inspection in the establishment may require; they shall be equipped for secure locking or sealing and shall be held under locks or official seals furnished by the Department. The keys of such locks shall not leave the custody of program employes.(iii) Every such room, compartment or receptacle shall be marked conspicuously with the phrase "Pa. Retained" in letters not less than two inches high.(iv) Rooms or compartments for these purposes shall be secure and susceptible of being kept clean, including a sanitary disposal of the floor liquids.(v) Establishment employes shall not enter any retention rooms or compartments or open any retention receptacles unless authorized by program employes.(9) - (i) Adequate facilities, including denaturing materials, for the proper disposal of condemned articles.(ii) Tanks or other rendering equipment shall be properly equipped for sealing when required by the provisions in Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned and other unedible products) or by the officer in charge in specific cases.(10) Docks and receiving rooms, to be designated by the operator of the official establishment with the officer in charge, for the receipt and inspection of all products as provided in § 1.314 (relating to receiving place for articles to be reinspected).(11) -(i) Suitable lockers in which brands bearing the official inspection legend and other official devices (excluding labels) and official certificates shall be kept when not in use.(ii) All such lockers shall be equipped for sealing or locking with locks or seals to be supplied by the Department and the keys of such locks shall not leave the custody of program employes.(12) Sanitary facilities and accommodations as prescribed by § 1.57 (relating to specific sanitary accomodations). This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.2 (relating to application of inspection requirements).