(a) An owner or a
herder of reindeer may sell meat from slaughtered and dressed reindeer to a
market only if the reindeer comes slaughtered and dressed from an approved
source, or if
(1) the reindeer are slaughtered
and dressed only when the outdoor temperature is 32º F or below and there
is adequate snow cover on the ground to protect the carcasses from
contamination;
(2) slaughtered
carcasses are covered by the person who is slaughtering before moving the
carcasses, to protect the meat from contamination;
(3) carcasses are frozen immediately after
slaughter and are kept frozen during transportation, storage, and display;
and
(4) carcasses are visibly
clean.
(b) The operator
of a retail meat market permitted under this chapter may process frozen
reindeer shoulders, saddles, legs, or whole carcasses into smaller portions or
cuts if
(1) the processing is kept separate
from other processing by time or space;
(2) equipment used to process reindeer is
washed, rinsed, and sanitized before and after processing as required by
18 AAC 31.420 -
18 AAC 31.424;
(3) the meat is kept frozen during
processing, storage, and display; and
(4) in addition to the labeling requirements
of
18 AAC 31.060, retail packages are
conspicuously labeled as follows: "NOT AN INSPECTED PRODUCT. REINDEER MUST BE
COOKED TO AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 165º F. OR ABOVE."
Notes
18 AAC
31.820
Eff. 5/18/97, Register
142; am/readopt 12/19/99, Register 152; am 9/6/2003, Register 167; am
12/28/2006, Register 180
Effective 12/19/99, Register 152, the Department of
Environmental Conservation readopted 18 AAC 31.820, without change, to affirm
the validity of that section following statutory amendments made in ch. 72, SLA
1998. The department also made a technical change to the heading for 18 AAC
31.820. Chapter 72, SLA 1998 relocated department authority to adopt
regulations in 18 AAC 31 from AS 03.05 to AS
17.20.
Authority:AS
17.20.005
AS 17.20.020
AS 17.20.040
AS 17.20.072
AS 17.20.180
AS 17.20.290
AS
44.46.020
