Utah Admin. Code R70-590-7 - Postmortem Inspection

1) Unless otherwise specified in this rule, the postmortem inspection shall be conducted according to the applicable processes and practices described in 9 CFR 310, Post-Mortem Inspection, as of January 1, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference.

2) Postmortem inspection of a field antemortem-inspected domesticated game animal.

a) The postmortem inspection of a field antemortem-inspected domesticated game animal shall occur in the shortest length of time practicable and on the day that field antemortem inspection is performed to minimize changes in the carcass that can affect the postmortem examination, disposition, and wholesomeness of the carcass and its parts.

b) A field postmortem inspection may be conducted by a postmortem inspector when the following conditions are met at the inspection site:

i) the domesticated game carcass is kept off of the ground ;

ii) the inspection is performed between half an hour after sunrise and half an hour before sunset;

iii) the registrant provides and utilizes a table no smaller than two feet by six feet that provides enough space to contain the viscera of the animal, is impervious to liquid, and is easily sanitized; and

iv) the registrant provides a permanent or portable shelter that is utilized in inclement weather.

3) Postmortem inspection of elk shall be done in accordance with Rule R58-18, Elk Farming.

4) Identification of a carcass with certain severed parts and with the domesticated game animal from which derived.

a) The head, tail, tongue, thymus gland, and viscera of each slaughtered domesticated game animal, and blood and other parts of such domesticated game animal to be used in the preparation of meat food product or medical product, shall be handled in a manner as to identify them with the rest of the domesticated game carcass and as being derived from the particular domesticated game animal involved, until the postmortem examination of the domesticated game carcass and parts has been completed.

b) Handling shall include the retention of ear tags, back tags, implants, and other identifying devices affixed to the domesticated game animal, in a way to relate them to the domesticated game carcass until the postmortem examination has been completed.

c) Brucellosis and tuberculosis ear tags, herd identification ear tags, sales tags, ear bangles, and similar identification devices shall be removed from the domesticated game animal's hide or ear by the postmortem inspector and shall be placed in a clear plastic bag and affixed to the corresponding domesticated game carcass.

5) Carcasses and parts in certain instances to be retained.

a) Each domesticated game carcass, including detached organs and other parts, shall be retained by the postmortem inspector at the time of inspection pending a subsequent inspection or lab test results, if :

i) any lesion or other condition is found that might render the meat or any part unfit for food purposes;

ii) the meat or any part has been otherwise adulterated; or

iii) routine surveillance testing is being conducted for domesticated elk brucellosis or chronic wasting disease.

b) A domesticated elk carcass or domesticated elk meat shall not be released before negative lab test results are received for brucellosis and chronic wasting disease. Processing prior to the receipt of the negative test results shall be overseen by a veterinarian or the veterinarian's designee.

c) The identity of each retained domesticated game carcass, detached organ, or other part shall be maintained until the final inspection has been completed.

d) Retained domesticated game carcasses shall not be washed or trimmed unless authorized by the postmortem inspector or designated veterinarian.

e) The designated veterinarian shall inspect and make the final disposition of retained domesticated game carcasses, including detached organs and other parts.

6) Condemned carcasses and parts to be marked; tanking; separation.

a) Each domesticated game carcass or part that is found on final inspection to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise adulterated shall be conspicuously marked, on the surface tissues thereof, by the postmortem inspector at the time of inspection, as "Condemned."

b) Condemned detached organs and other parts of such character that they cannot be so marked shall be placed immediately in a truck or receptacle that shall be kept plainly marked "Condemned."

c) Condemned domesticated game carcasses and parts shall remain in the custody of the postmortem inspector until properly disposed of according to the applicable processes and practices described in 9 CFR 314, as of January 1, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference, at or before the close of the day on which they are condemned..

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Utah Admin. Code R70-590-7

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-12, effective 6/4/2021