[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-45]
An ante-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of all
cattle, horses, sheep, swine and goats about to be slaughtered in
an official establishment before their slaughter shall be allowed.
Such inspection shall be made on the day of slaughter.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-46]
Such ante-mortem inspection shall be made in pens on the premises
of the establishment in which the animals are about to be slaughtered.
When the holding pens of an official establishment are located in
a public stockyard and are reserved for the exclusive use of the establishment,
such pens shall be regarded as part of the premises of the establishment
and the establishment shall be responsible therein for all requirements
of this chapter.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-47; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a. Every animal required to be marked as a suspect on ante-mortem inspection
in the pens of an official establishment shall be set apart, and,
except as hereinafter provided in this section shall be slaughtered
separately from other animals at that establishment unless disposed
of as otherwise provided in this Article.
b. Any animal which, on ante-mortem inspection does not plainly show,
but is suspected of being affected with, any disease or condition
that, under this chapter, may cause condemnation of the carcass on
post-mortem inspection, and any animal which shows, on ante-mortem
inspection, any disease or condition that, under this chapter, would
cause condemnation of only part of the carcass on post-mortem inspection,
shall be so marked as to retain its identity as a suspect until marked
and disposed of as provided elsewhere in this chapter, or until disposed
of as otherwise provided for in this Article.
c. All animals required by this chapter to be treated as suspects, or
to be marked as suspects, or to be marked so as to retain their identity
as suspects, shall be marked by or under the supervision of an inspector
"Suspect" or with other distinctive mark or marks to indicate that
they are suspects as the Health Officer may adopt. No such mark shall
be removed except by an inspector.
d. Each animal marked "Suspect" on antemortem inspection and animals
treated as suspects such as provided under paragraph j of this section,
when presented for slaughter, shall be accompanied with a form on
which shall be recorded the suspect tag number and any other identifying
tag numbers present and a brief description of the animal and of the
disease or condition for which the animal was classed as a suspect,
including its temperature when the temperature of such animal might
have a bearing on the disposition of the carcass on post-mortem inspection.
e. When any animal tagged "Suspect" is released for any purpose or reason
as provided in this Article, the tag shall be removed by an inspector
and his action reported to the Health Officer.
f. Animals which are offered for antemortem inspection under this Article,
and which are regarded as immature, shall be marked "Suspect," and
if slaughtered, the disposition of their carcasses shall be determined
by the post-mortem findings in connection with the antemortem conditions.
If not slaughtered as suspects, such animals shall be retained under
Department of Health and Community Wellness or other responsible official
supervision, and after sufficient development may be released for
slaughter, or may be released for any other purpose, provided they
have not been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease.
g. All hogs, even though not themselves marked "Suspect," which are
of lots one or more of which have been condemned or marked as suspects
for hog cholera, shall, so far as possible, be slaughtered separately
and apart from all other animals passed on ante-mortem inspection.
A hog suspected of being affected with hog cholera may be set
apart and held for treatment under Department of Health and Community
Wellness or other responsible official supervision. If at the expiration
of the treatment period the animal, upon examination, is found to
be free from disease, it may be released for slaughter.
h. Any animal found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma of the eye or of the orbital region to a lesser extent than mentioned in paragraph l of Section
13:7-48 of these Revised General Ordinances shall be marked "Suspect" and disposed of as provided in this chapter.
i. Cattle found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a lesser extent than in paragraph n of Section
13:7-48 of these Revised General Ordinances shall be marked "Suspect" and disposed of as provided in this chapter.
j. Animals which are known to have reacted to the tuberculin test and
which are to be slaughtered at an official establishment shall be
marked and treated as suspects in accordance with this section except
that animals bearing an official "USDA Reacted" or similar State reactor
tag should not be tagged "Suspect."
k. All hogs suspected on ante-mortem inspection of being affected with
swine erysipelas shall be marked and treated as suspects and disposed
of in accordance with this chapter.
A hog suspected of being affected with swine erysipelas may
be set apart and held under Department of Health and Community Wellness
or other responsible official supervision for treatment. If at the
expiration of the treatment period the animal upon examination is
found to be free from disease, it may be released for any purpose.
l. All boars which are sexually mature, and swine stags which show evidence
of recent castration, shall be marked and treated as suspects in accordance
with this section.
m. An animal suspected of being affected with anasarca may be set apart
and held for treatment under Department of Health and Community Wellness
or other responsible official supervision. If at the expiration of
the treatment period the animal upon examination is found to be free
from disease, it may be released for any purpose.
n. The slaughter of an animal which has been marked as a suspect on
account of advanced pregnancy or on account of having recently given
birth to young, and which has not been exposed to any infectious or
contagious disease, is not required. Such animal, together with its
young, may be released for breeding or dairy purposes, and when released
shall be removed promptly from the stockyards or premises of the establishment
where inspected. Such animals may be held at the establishment for
a period of not less than 10 days. At the completion of this holding
period if the animals appear normal and have not been exposed to contagious
or infectious disease, they may be released for slaughter or for any
other purpose.
o. Any animal affected with vesicular exanthema, or vesicular stomatitis,
but which has recovered to the extent that the lesions are in process
of healing, the temperature is within normal range and the animal
shows a return to normal appetite and activity, shall be marked "Suspect"
and disposed of in accordance with this section except that if desired,
such animal may be set apart and held under Department of Health and
Community Wellness or other responsible official supervision for treatment.
If the animal is set aside for treatment, the "Suspect" tag will be
removed by an inspector, either when the animal is released for treatment
to a responsible official, or following treatment while under the
custody of an inspector if the animal is found to be free from disease.
Such animal, found to be free from disease, may be released for slaughter
or for purposes other than slaughter, provided, that in the latter
instance, the official establishment or the owner of the animal shall
first obtain permission from the local, State or Federal livestock
sanitary official having jurisdiction of the movement of such animal.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-48; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a. All animals plainly showing on antemortem inspection any disease
or condition that, under this chapter, would cause condemnation of
their carcasses on post-mortem inspection shall be marked "condemned"
and disposed of in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
b. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, animals marked "condemned" shall be killed by the official establishment, if not already dead, and shall not be taken into an establishment to be slaughtered or dressed; nor shall they be conveyed into any department of the establishment used for edible products; but they shall be disposed of and taken in the manner provided for condemned carcasses in Section
13:7-71 of these Revised General Ordinances. The "condemned" tag shall not be removed from, but shall remain on the carcass until it goes into the tank at which time it may be removed by an inspector only. The number of such tag shall be reported to the inspector in charge by the inspector who affixed it, and also by the inspector who supervised the tanking of the carcass. Any animal condemned on account of hog cholera, swine erysipelas, vesicular exanthema, vesicular stomatitis, railroad sickness, ketosis, parturient paresis, anasarca or inflammatory condition including pneumonia, enteritis and peritonitis, may be set apart and held for treatment under Department of Health and Community Wellness or other responsible official supervision. The "condemned" tag will be removed by an inspector either when the animal is released to a responsible official for treatment, or following treatment under Department of Health and Community Wellness supervision of the animal found to be free from disease. When the animal under the provisions of these regulations is to be released for a purpose other than slaughter, the official establishment or the owner of the animal shall first obtain permission for the movement of such animal from the local, State or Federal livestock sanitary official who has jurisdiction.
c. Animals received for slaughter and found in a dying condition on
premises of an official establishment shall be marked "condemned"
and disposed of in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
d. Any animal found in a comatose or semicomatose condition or affected
with any condition not otherwise covered in this Article which would
not warrant release of the animal for slaughter for food shall be
marked "condemned" and disposed of in accordance with paragraph b
of this section except that such animal may be set apart and held
for further observation or treatment under Department of Health and
Community Wellness or other responsible official supervision.
e. All seriously crippled animals and animals commonly termed "downers," if not marked "condemned," as required elsewhere in this section, shall be marked and treated as suspects in accordance with Section
13:7-47 of these Revised General Ordinances.
f. All animals showing on ante-mortem inspection symptoms of rabies,
tetanus, parturient paresis or railroad sickness shall be marked "condemned"
and disposed of in accordance with paragraph b of this section except
that cattle showing symptoms of parturient paresis or railroad sickness
or ketosis sickness may be set apart and held for treatment under
Department of Health and Community Wellness or other responsible official
supervision. If, at the expiration of the treatment period, the animal
upon examination is found to be free from disease, it may be released
for any purpose in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
g. Hyperimmune swine shall be condemned on ante-mortem inspection if
offered for slaughter within 10 days after hyperimmunization.
h. Swine, other than hyperimmune swine, shall be condemned on ante-mortem
inspection if offered for slaughter within 28 days following, after
injection with hog cholera virus.
i. All hogs plainly showing on ante-mortem inspection that they are
affected with acute swine erysipelas shall be marked "condemned" and
disposed of in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
j. All hogs plainly showing on ante-mortem inspection that they are
affected with hog cholera shall be marked "condemned" and disposed
of in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
If a hog has a temperature of 106° F., or higher, and is
of a lot in which there are symptoms of hog cholera, in case of doubt
as to the cause of the high temperature, after being marked for identification,
it may be held for a reasonable time, under the supervision of an
inspector for further observation and taking of temperature. Any hog
so held shall be reinspected on the day it is slaughtered. If, upon
such reinspection, or when not held for further observation and taking
of temperature, then on the original inspection, the hog has a temperature
of 106° F., or higher, it shall be condemned and disposed of in
accordance with paragraph b of this section.
k. Any swine having a temperature of 106° F. or higher, and any
cattle, sheep or goats having a temperature of 105° F. or higher,
shall be marked "condemned." In case of doubt as to the cause of the
high temperature, or when for other reasons such action appears warranted,
any such animals may be held for a reasonable time, under the supervision
of an inspector, for further observation and taking of temperature
before final disposition of such animals is determined.
l. Any animal found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with epithelioma
of the eye and of the orbital region in which the eye has been destroyed
or obscured by neoplastic tissue and which shows extensive infection,
suppuration and necrosis, usually accompanied with foul odor, or any
animal affected with epithelioma of the eye or of the orbital region
which, regardless of extent, is accompanied with cachexia, shall be
marked "condemned" and disposed of in accordance with paragraph b
of this section.
m. Any animal found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anthrax
shall be marked "condemned" and disposed of in accordance with paragraph
b of this section.
n. All cattle found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca
in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive and generalized
edema shall be marked "condemned" and disposed of in accordance with
paragraph b of this section.
o. Any animal affected with vesicular exanthema or vesicular stomatitis
in the acute stages, as evidenced by acute and active lesions or an
elevated temperature, shall be marked "condemned" and disposed of
in accordance with paragraph b of this section.
p. Reactors to the tuberculin test, required by this section to be condemned,
should be autopsied and the findings made the subject of a special
report to proper authorities.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-50]
Goats which have reacted to a test for brucellosis shall not
be slaughtered in an official establishment.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-51]
In all cases of emergency slaughter, except as provided in Section
13:7-100 of these Revised General Ordinances, the animals shall be inspected immediately before slaughter, whether theretofore inspected or not. When the necessity for emergency slaughter exists, the establishment shall notify the Health Officer so that such inspection may be made.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-52]
Vaccine animals with unhealed lesions of vaccinia, accompanied
with fever, which have not been exposed to any other infectious or
contagious disease, are not required to be slaughtered and may be
released for removal from the premises.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-54; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a. No animal of a lot in which anthrax is found on ante-mortem inspection
shall be presented for post-mortem inspection until it has been determined
by a careful ante-mortem inspection that no infected animal remains
in the lot. Apparently healthy animals, other than hogs, shall be
held as provided for in paragraph b of this section. If desired, all
apparently healthy animals of the lot may be segregated and held for
treatment by a competent veterinarian under Department of Health and
Community Wellness or other responsible official supervision. No anthrax
vaccine or live organisms shall be used on the premises of an official
establishment.
b. Apparently healthy animals of a lot of cattle, calves, sheep or goats
in which anthrax is detected, and animals which have been treated
with anthrax biologicals which do not contain living anthrax organisms,
shall not be presented for post-mortem inspection in less than 21
days following the last treatment or the last death. Treatment with
anthrax vaccine or live organisms must be elsewhere than on the official
premises and subject to the conditions stated in paragraph c of this
section.
c. Animals which have been injected with anthrax vaccines or live organisms
within six weeks and those bearing evidence of reaction to such treatment,
such as inflammation, tumefaction or edema at the site of the injection,
shall be condemned on ante-mortem inspection, or such animals may
be held under Department of Health and Community Wellness or other
responsible official supervision until the expiration of the six-week
period and the disappearance of any reaction to the treatment.
d. When animals are found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected with anthrax, the cleaning and disinfection of exposed livestock pens and driveways of the official establishment shall consist of promptly and thoroughly removing and burning all straw, litter and manure. This should be followed immediately by a thorough disinfection of the exposed premises by soaking the ground, fences, gates and all exposed material with a 5% solution of sodium hydroxide or commercial lye prepared as outlined in paragraph d.1 of Section
13:7-73 of these Revised General Ordinances, or other disinfectant approved by the Health Officer specifically for this purpose.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-55]
No carcass of animals slaughtered without ante-mortem inspection
shall be brought into any establishment operating under this chapter.
If the inspectors or the Health Officer have evidence of such
violation in establishments located outside the City, the Health Officer
is hereby empowered to forbid such establishment to sell its products
in the City and to withdraw such establishment any inspectional services
provided by the City.
Inspectors shall condemn any carcass slaughtered without ante-mortem inspection, except those slaughtered in accordance with Section
13:7-100 of these Revised General Ordinances.