Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 1.201 - Establishments having tanking facilities(a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses and other products condemned at official establishments having facilities for tanking shall, except as provided in subsection (c) or elsewhere in this subchapter, be disposed of by tanking as follows: (1) The lower opening of the tank shall first be sealed securely by a program employe, except when permanently connected with a blow line. Then the condemned products shall be placed in the tank in his presence, after which the upper opening shall also be sealed securely by such employe, who shall then see that the contents of the tank are subjected to sufficient heating for sufficient time to effectively destroy the contents for human food purposes.(2) The use of equipment such as crushers or hashers for pretanking preparation of condemned products in the inedible products department has been found to give inedible character and appearance to the material. Accordingly, if condemned products are so crushed or hashed, conveying systems, rendering tanks and other equipment used in the further handling of crushed or hashed material need not be locked or sealed during the tanking operations. If the rendering tanks or other equipment contain condemned material not so crushed or hashed the equipment shall be sealed as prescribed in paragraph (1). If the crushed or hashed material is not rendered in the establishment where produced, it shall be denatured before leaving such establishment as provided in § 1.203 (relating to establishments not having tanking facilities).(b) The seals of tanks shall be broken only by a program employe and only after the contents of the tanks have been treated as provided in subsection (a). The rendered fat derived from condemned material shall be held until a program employe has had an opportunity to determine whether it conforms with the requirements of this section. Samples shall be taken by program employes as often as is necessary to determine whether the rendered fat is effectually denatured.(c) Carcasses of animals condemned under § 1.86 (relating to identification of "Pa. Condemned"-general) may be disposed of as provided in § 1.203 in lieu of tanking and with the approval of the inspector. This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.131 (relating to contamination of carcass or parts); 7 Pa. Code § 1.217 (relating to rendering products passed for cooking; lard, pork fat and tallow); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.556 (relating to transportation of certain undenatured lungs or lung lobes from official establishments or in commerce).