Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 1.96 - Disposition of condemned livestock(a) - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, livestock identified as "Pa. Condemned" shall be killed by the official establishment, if not already dead. Such animals shall not be taken into the official establishment to be slaughtered or dressed, nor shall they be conveyed into any department of the establishment used for edible products. They shall be disposed of as provided in Subchapter F (relating to disposal of condemned and other inedible products).(2) The official "Pa. Condemned tag" shall not be removed from, but shall remain on the carcass until it goes into the tank, or is otherwise disposed of, at which time the tag may be removed by a program employe only.(3) The number of such tag shall be reported to the veterinary supervisor by the inspector who affixed it, and also by the inspector who supervised the tanking of the carcass.(b) Any livestock condemned on account of ketosis, swine erysipelas, vesicular diseases, grass tetany, transport tetany, parturient paresis, anasarca, anaplasmosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, or inflammatory condition including pneumonia, enteritis, and peritonitis may be set apart and held for treatment under supervision of a program employe or official designated by the veterinary supervisor. The "Pa. Condemned" identification tag shall be removed by a program employe following treatment under such supervision if the animal is found to be free from any such disease.(c) Livestock previously affected with listeriosis, including those released for slaughter after treatment shall be identified as "Pa. Suspect."(d) When livestock is to be released for a purpose other than slaughter, the operator of the official establishment or the owner of the livestock shall first obtain permission for the movement of such livestock from the local, State or Federal livestock sanitary official having jurisdiction. This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.86 (relating to identification of "Pa. Condemned"-general); 7 Pa. Code § 1.87 (relating to livestock affected with certain metabolic, toxic, nervous or circulatory disturbances; infectious or parasitic diseases; and others); 7 Pa. Code § 1.88 (relating to hog cholera); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.92 (relating to swine erysipelas).