Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 1.113 - Procedure for identificationAs part of the requirement specified in § 1.112 (relating to requirement for identification of carcass) the following steps shall be taken:
(1) - (i) The official State-Federal back tag of the carcass shall be removed from the hide or the animal by an establishment employe and placed in a clear plastic bag. The bag containing the tag shall be affixed to the corresponding carcass.(ii) The bag containing the tag shall be removed from the carcass by an establishment employe and presented with the viscera to the program inspector at the point where the inspector conducts the viscera inspection.(2) -(i) Brucellosis and tuberculosis ear tags, herd identification ear tags, sales tags, ear bangles and similar identification devices shall be removed from the animal's hide or ear of the animal by an establishment employe and shall be placed in a clear plastic bag and affixed to the corresponding carcass.(ii) The bag containing the tag shall be removed from the carcass by an establishment employe and presented with the viscera to the program inspector at the point where such inspector conducts the viscera inspection.(3) In cases where both types of devices described in paragraphs (1) and (2) are present on the same animal, both types may be placed in the same plastic bag or in two separate bags.(4) The veterinary supervisor may allow the use of any alternate method proposed by the operator of an official establishment for handling the type of devices described in paragraph (2) if such alternate method would provide a ready means of identifying a specific carcass with the corresponding devices by a program inspector during the postmortem inspection.(5) - (i) The official State-Federal backtags shall be collected by a program inspector and used to obtain traceback information necessary for proper disposition of the animal or carcass and otherwise handled according to instructions issued to the inspectors.(ii) The devices described in paragraph (2) shall be collected by the program inspector when required to obtain traceback information necessary for proper disposition of the animal or carcass and for controlling the slaughter of reactor animals. Devices not collected for these purposes shall be discarded after the postmortem examination is complete.(6) Plastic bags used by the establishment for collecting identifying devices will be furnished by the Department.