Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 1.99 - Feeding certification(a) Cattle or sheep may, subject to other requirements under this chapter, be slaughtered at any official establishment provided they are accompanied by a certificate as prescribed in this subsection, signed by the owner, feedlot manager, feeder, selling agent, buying agent, dealer or other person who had custody of the animals during a period of 7 days or more immediately prior to delivery to the official establishment. Each certificate shall show the following: (1) The number and kind of animals covered by the certificate.(2) That the person making the certification had custody of the animals for seven days or more immediately prior to delivery to the official establishment.(3) Whether the animals did or did not receive feed containing diethylstilbestrol (DES) while in the custody of the person making the certification.(4) The date of withdrawing from DES if the animals received feed containing DES.(5) That the regulations adopted pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq.) were followed when feed containing DES was used in the feeding of the animals.(b) Alternatively, cattle or sheep may, subject to other requirements under this Chapter, be slaughtered at any official establishment provided any market agency or dealer who furnishes cattle or sheep to the official establishment and who had custody of the animals during an interim holding period of less than 7 days prior to delivery to the official establishment furnishes a certificate showing the following: (1) He has in his possession a certificate executed by another person or persons showing all of the following: (i) The number and kind of animals covered by each certificate.(ii) That, the person or persons making the certification has custody of the animals for a period of 7 days or more prior to their delivery to said dealer.(iii) Whether the animals did or did not receive feed containing DES during the period in which the animals were in the custody of the person or persons making the certification.(iv) The date of withdrawing from DES if the animals received feed containing DES during said period.(v) That the regulations adopted under to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act were followed when feed containing DES was used in the feeding of the animals during said period.(2) For animals shown by a certificate prescribed in paragraph (1) to have received feed containing DES within 7 days prior to the date of execution of the certificate of the market agency or dealer, the last date on which the animals received the feed, as shown by the certificate prescribed in paragraph (1).(3) The animals offered for slaughter are the same animals covered by the certificates described in paragraph (1).(4) The number and kind of animals covered by the certificate.(5) The number of days the animals were in the custody of the market agency or dealer.(6) The animals did not receive feed containing DES while in the custody of the market agency or dealer.(c) A copy of each certificate issued by the market agency or dealer as prescribed in subsection (b) and the original certificates issued by other persons as prescribed in subsection (b)(1) shall be maintained by the market agency or dealer in his place of business for not less than 1 year after he issues his certificate under this section.(d) Except as provided in subsection (c), the certificates must accompany the animals and be delivered by the operator of the official establishment to a program employe at the official establishment prior to presentation of the animals for slaughter.(e) If it appears to the program employe, from the certificates, that there was compliance with the conditions specified in subsection (a)(5) and that the animals did not receive any feed containing DES for 7 days immediately prior to their presentation for slaughter, the animals may be slaughtered; otherwise, the animals shall be held at the establishment until the expiration of 7 days in which the animals have not received feed containing DES.(f) The Department may, in specific cases, require the collection by a program employe and analysis by an approved laboratory of tissue samples from animals slaughtered under this section to determine whether they contain any DES residues.The provisions of this § 1.99 added February 11, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 211, amended March 24, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 505. This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.100 (relating to conditional slaughter).