Or. Admin. Code § 603-029-0380 - Meat Animals Suspected of Having Biological Residues

(1) Except as provided by section (5) of this rule, meat animals suspected of having been treated with or exposed to any substance that may impart a biological residue which would make the edible tissues unfit for human food or otherwise adulterated shall be handled in compliance with the provisions of this section. They shall be identified at state-inspected establishments as "Oregon Condemned." These meat animals may be held under the custody of a Department employee, or other official designated by the State Veterinarian, until metabolic processes have reduced the residue sufficiently to make the tissues fit for human food and otherwise not adulterated. When the required time has elapsed, the meat animals, if returned for slaughter, must be re-examined on ante-mortem inspection. To aid in determining the amount of residue present in the tissues, officials of the Department may permit the slaughter of any such meat animals for the purpose of collecting tissues for analysis for the residue. Such analysis may include the use of in-plant screening procedures designed to detect the presence of antimicrobial residues in any species of meat animal.

(2) All carcasses and edible organs and other parts thereof, in which are found any biological residues which render such articles adulterated, shall be marked as "Oregon Condemned" and disposed of in accordance with OAR 603-029-0800 or OAR 603-029-0810.

(3) Calves shall not be presented for ante-mortem inspection in a state-inspected establishment except under the provisions of this section.

(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(A) Calf. A calf up to 3 weeks of age or up to 150 pounds.

(B) Certified calf. A calf that the producer and all other subsequent custodians of the calf certify in writing has not been treated with any animal drug while in his or her custody or has been treated with one or more drugs in accordance with FDA approved label directions while in his or her custody and has been withheld from slaughter for the period(s) of time specified by those label directions.

(C) Healthy calf. A calf that an inspector determines shows no visual signs of disease or treatment of disease at ante-mortem inspection.

(D) Producer. The owner of the calf at the time of its birth.

(E) Sick calf. A calf that an inspector on ante-mortem inspection determines has either signs of treatment or signs of disease.

(b) General requirements.

(A) The identity of the producer of each calf presented for ante-mortem inspection shall be made available by the state-inspected establishment to the inspection prior to the animal being presented for ante-mortem inspection.

(B) The inspector shall segregate the calves presented for ante-mortem inspection at the establishment and identify each calf as one of the following:

(A) Certified, (A) noncertified, or

(C) previous residue condemnation.

(c) Certified group.

(A) For a calf to be considered certified, the producer and all other subsequent custodians of the calf must certify in writing that while the calf was in his or her custody, the calf was not treated with animal drugs or was treated with one or more drugs in accordance with FDA approved label directions and was withheld from slaughter for the period(s) of time specified by those label directions. All prior certifications must be presented with the animal at the time of slaughter. The certifications shall contain a list of the calves with accompanying identification numbers, as required by section (3)(c)(B)) of this rule, followed by the following language: [Statement 603-029-0380(3)(c)(A)]

(B) Each calf must be identified by use of backtag, eartag, or other type of secure identification which displays a number which shall be recorded on all written certifications.

(C) The inspector shall have segregated for examination by the State Veterinarian or their designee any certified calf which he or she determines to show any sign of disease or which is not identified individually. Such animal will be tagged as "Oregon Suspect" and its carcass will be retained on post-mortem inspection and handled in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (3) and (4).

(D) The inspector shall handle the remaining carcasses of healthy meat animals in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (3) and (4).

(d) Noncertified group. On ante-mortem inspection, the inspector shall have segregated for examination by the State Veterinarian or their designee any calf which he or she determines to show any sign of disease. Such animal will be tagged as "Oregon Suspect" and its carcass will be retained on post-mortem inspection and handled in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (3). The inspector shall handle the remaining carcasses of healthy meat animals in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (3).

(e) Calves from producers with previous residue condemnation. On ante-mortem inspection, the inspector shall have segregated for examination by the State Veterinarian or their designee any calf which he or she determines to show any sign of disease. Such animal will be tagged as "Oregon Suspect" and its carcass will be retained on post-mortem inspection and handled in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (5). The inspector shall handle the remaining carcasses of healthy meat animals in accordance with OAR 603-029-0492 (5).

(4) The name of each and all person(s) who sold or consigned each swine to the establishment shall be made available by the establishment to any Department employee upon that employee's request and presentation of his or her official credentials. Swine identification must be maintained throughout post-mortem inspection, in accordance with OAR 603-029-0496(1).

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Or. Admin. Code § 603-029-0380

DOA 19-2022, adopt filed 07/27/2022, effective 7/28/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 603.085, ORS 616.700, ORS 619.042 & ORS 619.046

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 619.042, ORS 619.046, ORS 603.059, ORS 603.065, ORS 619.026 & ORS 619.036