[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-56]
A careful post-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine and goats slaughtered at official establishments. Such inspection and examination shall be made at the time of slaughter, except in cases of emergencies provided for in Section
13:7-100 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-57]
The head, tongue, tail, thymus gland, and all viscera, and all
parts and blood to be used in the preparation of meat food products
or medical products, shall be held in such manner as to preserve their
identity until after post-mortem examination has been completed, in
order that they may be identified in case the carcass is condemned,
passed for cooking or held for refrigeration.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-58]
Each carcass, including all detached parts and organs thereof,
in which any lesion or other condition is found that might render
the meat or any part or organ unfit for food purposes, and which for
that reason would require a subsequent inspection, shall be retained
by the inspector at the time of inspection. The identity of every
such retained carcass, detached part, and organ thereof, shall be
maintained until the final inspection has been completed. Retained
carcasses shall not be washed or trimmed unless authorized by the
inspector.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-59]
Such devices and methods as may be approved by the Health Officer
may be used for the temporary identification of retained carcasses,
parts or organs. In all cases the identification shall be further
established by affixing "retained" tags as soon as practicable and
before final inspection. These tags shall not be removed except by
an inspector.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-60]
Each carcass or part which is found on final inspection to be
unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food,
shall be conspicuously marked on the surface tissues thereof by an
inspector at the time of inspection, "Inspected and condemned." Condemned
detached parts and organs of such character that they cannot be so
marked shall be placed immediately in trucks or receptacles which
shall be kept plainly marked "Inspected and condemned," in letters
not less than two inches high. All condemned carcasses, parts and
organs shall remain in the custody of an inspector and shall be tanked
as required in the regulations in this chapter at or before the close
of the day on which they are condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-62]
Carcasses and parts found to be sound, healthful, wholesome
and fit for human food shall be passed and marked as elsewhere provided
in this chapter.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-63]
Carcasses and parts passed for cooking shall be marked conspicuously on the surface tissues thereof by an inspector and at the time of inspection, "Passed for Cooking." All such carcasses and parts shall be treated in accordance with Section
13:7-80 of these Revised General Ordinances, and until so cooked shall remain in the custody of an inspector.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-64]
When a carcass is to be dressed with the skin or hide left on,
the skin or hide shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned before any
incision is made for the purpose of removing any part thereof, or
evisceration, except that where calves are slaughtered by the kosher
method, the heads shall be removed from the carcasses before washing
of the carcasses. The skin shall be removed at the time of post-mortem
inspection from any calf carcass infected with the larvae of the "ox-warble"
fly (hypoderma lineata and hypoderma bovis).
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-65]
All hair, scurf and dirt, including all hoofs and claws, shall
be removed from hog carcasses, and the carcasses thoroughly washed
and cleaned before any incision is made for inspection or evisceration.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-66]
The sternum of each carcass shall be split and the abdominal
and thoracic viscera removed at the time of slaughter in order to
allow proper inspection.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-67]
Carcasses or parts of carcasses shall not be inflated with air.
Transferring the caul or other fat from a fat to a lean carcass is
prohibited.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-68]
When only a portion of a carcass is to be condemned on account of slight bruises, either the bruised portion shall be removed immediately and disposed of in accordance with Sections
13:7-108 and
13:7-109 of these Revised General Ordinances, or the carcass shall be promptly placed in a retaining room and kept until chilled and the bruised portion then removed and disposed of as above provided in this section.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-70]
All cattle infected with cysticercus bovis shall be inspected
as follows:
a. Head. Prior to inspection the tongue shall be detached sufficiently
from the head bones, by an employee of the establishment, to allow
a proper inspection to be made of the internal muscles of mastication.
These muscles shall be inspected after incising them in such manner
as to split the muscles in a plane parallel with the lower jawbone.
The masseter muscles shall also be incised, splitting the entire layer
between the outer and intermediate fasciae.
b. Heart. The preparation and inspection of hearts shall conform to
one of the following methods:
1. The surface of the heart shall be examined and a longitudinal incision
made extending from base to apex through the wall of the left ventricle
and the interventricular septum, after which the cut surfaces and
the inner surfaces of the ventricles shall be examined.
2. After the external surface of the heart has been inspected, the organ
shall be prepared for further inspection by an employee of the establishment
for severing its attachments and cutting through the interventricular
septum and such other tissues as will permit him/her to evert the
organ completely. The inspector shall then examine the interior surfaces
and make not more than four deep, lengthwise incisions into the muscles
of the septum and left ventricular wall, unless the presence of cysts
is suspected, when more incisions shall be made (under this method
care shall be taken not to cut completely through the walls of hearts
to be passed without restriction). If necessary to maintain the identity
of hearts, the establishment shall provide consecutively numbered
tags and appropriately mark the carcasses and hearts.
3. Final inspection of retained carcasses. The external and internal
muscles of mastication, the heart and the muscular portion of the
diaphragm including its pillars, should be carefully and thoroughly
sliced to ensure the finding of all cysts. Prior to the inspection
of the diaphragm its peritoneum shall be removed. The tongue shall
be carefully inspected by palpation, and if the presence of cysts
in the muscles of this organ is suspected, the tongue shall be thoroughly
sliced and all parts closely examined for cysts. In addition to the
foregoing, the muscles of the esophagus, the exposed muscles, and
cut muscular surfaces of the split carcass shall be examined. Incisions
may be made to expose additional surfaces if necessary.