Or. Admin. Code § 603-029-0405 - Identification of Carcass with Certain Severed Parts Thereof and with Animal from Which Derived
(1) The head,
tail, tongue, thymus gland, and all viscera of each slaughtered meat animal,
and all blood and other parts of such meat animal to be used in the preparation
of meat products or medical products, shall be handled in such a manner as to
identify them with the rest of the carcass and as being derived from the
particular meat animal involved, until the post-mortem examination of the
carcass and parts thereof has been completed. Such handling shall include the
retention of ear tags, backtags, implants, and other identifying devices
affixed to the meat animal, in such a way to relate them to the carcass until
the post-mortem examination has been completed.
(2) The official State-Federal Department
backtag on any carcass shall:
(a)
(A) Be removed from the hide of the meat
animal by a state-inspected establishment employee and placed in a clear
plastic bag. The bag containing the tag shall be affixed to the corresponding
carcass.
(B) The bag containing the
tag shall be removed from the carcass by a state-inspected establishment
employee and presented with the viscera to the inspector at the point where
such inspector conducts the viscera inspection.
(b)
(A)
Brucellosis and tuberculosis ear tags, herd identification ear tags, sales
tags, ear bangles, and similar identification devices shall be removed from the
meat animal's hide or ear by a state-inspected establishment employee and shall
be placed in a clear plastic bag and affixed to the corresponding
carcass.
(B) The bag containing the
tag shall be removed from the carcass by a state-inspected establishment
employee and presented with the viscera to the inspector at the point where
such inspector conducts the viscera inspection.
(c) In cases where both types of devices
described in sections (2)(a) and (b) of this rule are present on the same meat
animal, both types may be placed in the same plastic bag or in two separate
bags.
(d) The supervisor may allow
the use of any alternate method proposed by the operator of a state-inspected
establishment for handling the type of devices described in section (2)(b) of
this rule if such alternate method would provide a ready means of identifying a
specific carcass with the corresponding devices by an inspector during the
post-mortem inspection.
(e)
Disposition and use of identifying devices.
(A) The official State-Federal Department
backtags will be collected by an inspector and used to obtain traceback
information necessary for proper disposition of the meat animal or carcass and
otherwise handled according to instructions issued to the inspectors.
(B) The devices described in section (2)(b)
of this rule shall be collected by the inspector when required to obtain
traceback information necessary for proper disposition of the meat animal or
carcass and for controlling the slaughter of reactor meat animals. Devices not
collected for these purposes shall be discarded after the post-mortem
examination is complete.
(f) Plastic bags used by the establishment
for collecting identifying devices will be furnished by the
Department.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 603.085, ORS 617.700, ORS 619.042 & ORS 619.046
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 619.042, ORS 619.046, ORS 619.026 & ORS 619.036
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