[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-71]
a. The carcasses or parts of carcasses of all animals slaughtered at
an official establishment and found at the time of slaughter or at
any subsequent inspection to be affected with any of the disease or
conditions named in this Article shall be disposed of in the manner
hereinafter set forth in the sections of this Subarticle pertaining
to the applicable disease or condition. Owning to the fact that it
is impracticable to formulate rules covering every case and to designate
at just what stage a process becomes loathsome or a disease noxious,
the decision as to the disposal of all carcasses, parts or organs
not specifically covered in this Article shall be left to the inspector
in charge.
b. In cases of doubt as to a condition, a disease, or the cause of a
condition, or to conform a diagnosis, representative specimens of
the affected tissues properly prepared and packaged shall be sent
to pathological laboratories for examination.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-72]
Carcasses of animals affected with or showing lesions of any
of the following named diseases or conditions shall be condemned:
c. Bacillary hemoglobinuria in cattle.
f. Icterohematuria in sheep.
g. Malignant epizootic catarrh.
k. Unhealed vaccine lesions (vaccinia).
m. Listerellosis.
Any individual organ or part of a carcass affected with a malignant neoplasm shall be condemned. In case the malignant neoplasm involves any internal organ to a marked extent, or affects the muscles, skeleton or body lymph glands, even primarily, the carcass shall be condemned, except as provided in Section
13:7-85 of these Revised General Ordinances. In case of metastasis to any other organ or part of a carcass, or if metastasis has not occurred but there are secondary changes present in the muscles (serous infiltration, flabbiness or the like), the carcass shall be condemned. Carcasses of cattle affected with epithelioma of the eye shall be disposed of according to Section
13:7-85 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-73]
a. Carcasses found before evisceration to be affected with anthrax shall not be eviscerated but shall be retained, condemned and immediately tanked or otherwise disposed of as provided in Section
13:7-108 of these Revised General Ordinances.
b. All carcasses and all parts, including hides, hoofs, horns, hair, viscera and contents, blood and fat, found to be affected with anthrax, shall be condemned and immediately disposed of as provided in Section
13:7-108 of these Revised General Ordinances, except that the blood may be handled through the usual blood cooking and drying equipment.
c. The part of any carcass contaminated with anthrax-infected material through contact with soiled instruments or otherwise shall be immediately condemned and disposed of as provided in Section
13:7-108 of these Revised General Ordinances.
d. The scalding vat water through which hog carcasses affected with
anthrax have passed shall be immediately drained into the sewer, and
all parts of the scalding vat shall be cleaned and disinfected as
provided in paragraph 1 of this section.
1. That portion of the slaughtering department (bleeding area, scalding
vat, gambrelling bench, floors, walls, posts, platforms, saws, cleavers,
knives, hooks, and the like), as well as employees' boots and aprons
contaminated through contact with anthrax-infected material, shall,
except as provided in paragraph 2 below, be cleaned immediately and
disinfected with one of the following disinfectants or other disinfectant
approved specifically for the purpose by the Health Officer:
A 5% solution of sodium hydroxide or commercial lye containing
at least 94% of sodium hydroxide. The solution should be prepared
freshly immediately before use by dissolving 2 1/2 pounds of
sodium hydroxide or lye in 5 1/2 gallons of hot water and should
be applied as near scalding hot as possible to be most effective.
(Owing to the extreme caustic nature of sodium hydroxide solution,
precautionary measures such as the wearing of rubber gloves and boots
to protect the hands and feet, and goggles to protect the eyes, should
be taken by those engaged on the disinfection job. It is also advisable
to have an acid solution, such as vinegar, in readiness in case the
sodium hydroxide solution should come in contact with any part of
the body.)
A solution of sodium hypochlorite containing approximately 0.5%
(5,000 parts per million) of available chlorine. The solution should
be freshly prepared.
When a disinfectant solution has been applied to equipment which
will afterwards contact meat, the equipment shall be rinsed with clean
water before again being used.
2. In case anthrax infection is found in the hog slaughtering department,
an immediate preliminary disinfection shall extend from the head-dropper's
station to the point where the disease is detected and the affected
carcasses shall be cut down and removed from the room. Upon completion
of the slaughtering of the lot of hogs of which the anthrax-infected
animals were a part, slaughtering operations shall cease, and a thorough
clean-up and disinfection shall be made, as provided in paragraph
1 above. If the slaughter of the lot has not been completed by the
close of the day, the clean-up and disinfection shall not be deferred
beyond the close of the day on which anthrax was detected.
3. The first and indispensable precautionary step for persons who have
handled anthrax material is thorough cleansing of the hands and arms
with liquid soap and running hot water. It is important that this
step be taken immediately after exposure, before vegetative anthrax
organisms have had time to form spores. In the cleansing, a brush
or other appropriate appliance should be used to ensure the removal
of all contaminating material from under and about the fingernails.
This process of cleansing is most effective when performed in repeated
cycles of lathering and rinsing rather than in spending the same amount
of time in scrubbing with a single lathering. After the hands have
been cleansed thoroughly and rinsed free of soap, they may, if desired,
be immersed for about one minute in a 1:1,000 solution of bichloride
of mercury, followed by thorough rinsing in clean running water. Supplies
of bichloride of mercury for the purpose must be held in the custody
of the inspector in charge. As a precautionary measure, all persons
exposed to anthrax infection should report promptly any suspicious
condition (sore or carbuncle) or symptom to physician, in order that
anti-anthrax serum or other treatment may be administered as indicated.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-74]
The following principles are declared for guidance in passing
on carcasses affected with tuberculosis:
a. No meat should be passed for food if it contains tubercle bacilli,
or if there is a reasonable possibility that it may contain tubercle
baccilli, or if it is impregnated with toxic substance of tuberculosis
or associated septic infections.
b. Meat should not be destroyed if the lesions are localized and not
numerous, if there is no evidence of distribution of tubercle bacilli
through the blood or by other means to the muscles or to parts that
may be eaten with the muscles and if the animal is well nourished
and in good condition, since in this case there is no proof, or even
reason to suspect, that the flesh is unwholesome.
c. Evidences of generalized tuberculosis are to be sought in such distribution
and number of tuberculosis lesions as can be explained only upon the
supposition of the entrance of tubercle baccilli in considerable number
into the systemic circulation. Significant of such generalization
is the presence of numerous uniformly distributed tubercles throughout
both lungs, also tubercles in the spleen, kidneys, bones, joints and
sexual glands and in the lymph glands connected with these organs
and parts, or in the splenic, renal, prescapular popliteal and inguinal
glands, when several of these organs and parts are coincidentally
affected.
d. Localized tuberculosis is tuberculosis limited to a single or several
parts or organs of the body without evidence of recent invasion of
numerous baccilli into the systemic circulation.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-75]
The carcasses of animals affected with tuberculosis shall be
disposed of as follows:
a. The entire carcass shall be condemned if any of the following conditions
occur:
1. When it was observed before the animal was killed that it was suffering
with fever.
2. When there is a tuberculous or other cachexia.
3. When the lesions of tuberculosis are generalized, as shown by their
presence not only at the usual seats of primary infection but also
in parts of the carcass or in the organs that may be reached by the
bacilli of tuberculosis only when they are carried in the systemic
circulation. Tuberculosis lesions in any two of the following mentioned
organs are to be accepted as evidence of generalization when they
occur in addition to local tuberculous lesions in the digestive or
respiratory tracts, including the lymph glands connected therewith:
spleen, kidney, uterus, udder, ovary, testicle, adrenal gland and
brain or spinal cord or their membranes. Numerous tubercles uniformly
distributed throughout both lungs also afford evidence of generalization.
4. When the lesions of tuberculosis are found in the muscles or intermuscular
tissue or bones or joints, or in the body lymph glands as a result
of draining the muscles, bones or joints.
5. When the lesions are extensive in one or both body cavities.
6. When the lesions are multiple, acute and actively progressive. (Evidence
of active progress consists of signs of acute inflammation about the
lesions, or liquifaction necrosis, or the presence of young tubercles.)
b. An organ or a part of a carcass shall be condemned under any of the
following conditions:
1. When it contains lesions of tuberculosis.
2. When the lesion is localized but immediately adjacent to the flesh
as in the case of tuberculosis of the parietal pleura or peritoneum.
In this case not only the membrane or part affected but also the adjacent
thoracic or abdominal wall is to be condemned.
3. When it has been contaminated by tuberculosis material through contact
with the floor or a soiled knife or otherwise.
4. Heads showing lesions of tuberculosis shall be condemned, except
that when a head is from a carcass passed for food or for cooking
and the lesions are slight, or calcified, or encapsulated, and are
confined to lymph glands in which not more than two glands are involved,
the head may be passed for cooking after the diseased tissues have
been removed and condemned.
5. An organ shall be condemned when the corresponding lymph gland is
tuberculous.
6. Intestines and mesenteries showing lesions of tuberculosis shall
be condemned, except that when the lesions are slight and confined
to the lymph glands and the carcass is passed without restriction,
the intestines may be passed for use as casings and the fat passed
for rendering after the corresponding lymph glands have been removed
and condemned, provided, that the fat and intestines have not been
contaminated with tuberculous material.
c. Carcasses showing lesions of tuberculosis should be passed for food
when the lesions are slight, localized and calcified or encapsulated,
or are limited to a single or several parts or organs of the body
(except as noted in paragraph a above), and there is no evidence of
recent invasion of tubercle baccilli into the systemic circulation.
Under this paragraph carcasses showing such lesions are removed and
condemned in accordance with paragraph b above:
1. In the cervical lymph glands and two groups of visceral lymph glands
in a single body cavity, such as the cervical bronchial and mediastinal
glands, or the cervical, hepatic and mesenteric glands.
2. In the cervical lymph glands and one group of visceral lymph glands
and one organ in a single body cavity, such as the cervical and bronchial
glands and lungs, or the cervical and hepatic glands and the liver.
3. In two groups of visceral lymph glands and one organ in a single
body cavity, such as the bronchial and mediastinal glands and the
lungs, or the hepatic and mesenteric glands and the liver.
4. In two groups of visceral lymph glands in the thoracic cavity and
one group in the abdominal cavity, or in one group of visceral lymph
glands in the thoracic cavity and two groups in the abdominal cavity,
such as the bronchial, mediastinal and hepatic glands, or the bronchial,
hepatic and mesenteric glands.
5. In the cervical lymph glands and one group of visceral lymph glands
in each body cavity, such as the cervical, bronchial and hepatic glands.
6. In the cervical lymph glands and one group of visceral lymph glands
in each body cavity, together with the liver when the latter contains
but few localized foci. In this class of carcasses, which will be
chiefly those of hogs, the lesions of the liver are considered to
be primary, as the disease is practically always of alimentary origin.
d. Carcasses which reveal lesions more severe or more numerous than those described for carcasses to be passed (paragraph c above), but not so severe nor so numerous as the lesions described for carcasses to be condemned (paragraph a above), may be rendered into lard, rendered pork fat or tallow, or otherwise cooked in accordance with Section
13:7-110 of these Revised General Ordinances, if the distribution of the lesions is such that all parts containing tuberculous lesions can be removed.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-76]
a. The carcasses of all hogs affected with acute hog cholera shall be
condemned.
b. Inconclusive but suspicious symptoms of hog cholera observed during
the ante-mortem inspection shall be duly considered in connection
with post-mortem findings and when the carcass of such a "suspect"
shows lesions in the kidney and the lymph glands which resemble lesions
of hog cholera, they shall be regarded as those of hog cholera and
the carcass shall be condemned.
c. Inasmuch as lesions resembling lesions of hog cholera occur in the
kidneys and lymph glands of hogs not affected with hog cholera, carcasses
of hogs in the kidneys or lymph glands of which appear any lesions
resembling lesions of hog cholera shall be carefully further inspected
for corroborative lesions. If on such further inspection the carcass
shows such lesions in the kidneys or in the lymph glands or in both,
accompanied by characteristic lesions in some organ or tissue, then
all lesions shall be regarded as those of hog cholera and the carcass
shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-77]
a. Carcass of swine, other than hyperimmune swine, if presented for
inspection after 28 days following injection with hog cholera virus,
shall be given post-mortem inspection in conformity with this Article
without reference to the injected virus.
b. Carcasses of hyperimmune swine, if presented for inspection after
10 days following hyperimmunization, shall be given post-mortem inspection
in conformity with this Article without reference to the injected
virus.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-78]
Carcasses infected with swine erysipelas which is acute or generalized,
or which show systemic change, shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-79]
Carcasses of hogs affected with diamond-skin disease when localized
and not associated with systemic change may be passed for food after
removal and condemnation of the affected parts; provided, such carcasses
are otherwise in good condition.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-80; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
The skins from swine condemned for tuberculosis or any disease communicable to man or other animal may be removed from the establishment, except as provided in Section
13:7-73 of these Revised General Ordinances for tanning or other industrial use, but they shall be removed for these uses only after they have been disinfected, as follows: Each skin shall be immersed for not less than five minutes in a 5% solution of liquor cresolis compositus, or a 5% solution of carbolic acid, or shall be otherwise treated as prescribed by the Health Officer. The process of skinning and disinfecting shall be conducted in a specially prepared place approved by the inspector in charge, and under the supervision of a Department of Health and Community Wellness employee.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-81]
Carcasses of hogs affected with urticaria (nettle rash), tinea
tonsurans, demodex folliculorum, or erythema may be passed after detaching
and condemning the affected skin, if the carcass is otherwise fit
for food.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-82]
a. Carcasses affected with arthritis or polyarthritis when localized
and not associated with systemic change may be passed for food after
removal and condemnation of all affected parts; provided, the carcasses
are otherwise in good condition. Affected joints with corresponding
lymph glands shall be removed and condemned. In order to avoid contamination
of the meat which is passed, a joint capsule shall not be opened until
after the affected joint is removed.
b. Carcasses affected with arthritis or polyarthritis, characterized
by the presence of periarticular abscesses which may or may not be
connected with similar suppurative foci within the epiphyses of the
bones, shall be condemned in cases manifesting suppurative lesions
in more than one joint. Otherwise, the condemnation shall be restricted
to the affected parts if such carcasses are otherwise in good condition.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-83]
a. Carcasses of cattle found on post-mortem inspection to be affected
with anasarca in advanced stages and characterized by an extensive
or well-marked generalized edema shall be condemned.
b. Carcasses of cattle, including their detached parts and organs, found
on post-mortem inspection to be affected with anasarca to a lesser
extent than described in paragraph a of this section may be passed
for food after removal and condemnation of the affected tissues, providing
the lesion is localized.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-84]
a. The definition of generalization as outlined for tuberculosis in paragraph a of Section
13:7-75 of these Revised General Ordinances shall apply for actinomycosis and actinobacillosis, and carcasses of animals so affected shall be condemned.
b. Carcasses of animals in a well-nourished condition showing uncomplicated
localized lesions of actinomycosis or actinobacillosis may be passed
after the infected organs or parts have been removed and condemned,
except as provided in paragraphs c and d of this section.
c. Heads affected with actinomycosis or actinobacillosis, including
the tongue, shall be condemned, except that when the disease of the
jaw is slight, strictly localized and without suppuration, fistulous
tracts, or lymph glands involvement, the tongue, if free from disease,
may be passed, or, when the disease is slight and confined to the
lymph glands, the head, including the tongue, may be passed after
the affected glands have been removed and condemned.
d. When the disease is slight and confined to the tongue, with or without
involvement of the corresponding lymph glands, the head may be passed
after removal and condemnation of the tongue and corresponding lymph
glands.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-85]
a. Carcasses of animals affected with epithelioma of the eye, of the
orbital region and of the corresponding parotid lymph gland shall
be condemned in their entirety if one of the following three conditions
exists:
1. The affection has involved the osseous structures of the head with
extensive infection, suppuration and necrosis;
2. There is metastasis from the eye, the orbital region and the corresponding
parotid lymph gland to other lymph glands, internal organs, muscles,
skeleton or other structures, regardless of the extent of the primary
tumor; or
3. The affection, regardless of extent, is associated with cachexia
or evidence of absorption or secondary changes.
b. Carcasses of animals affected with epithelioma of the eye, of the
orbital region and of the corresponding parotid lymph gland to a lesser
extent than in paragraph a of this section may be passed for food
after removal and condemnation of the head, including the tongue,
provided the carcass is otherwise in good condition.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-86]
Carcasses of animals showing any disease such as generalized
melanosis, leukemia, pseudoleukemia, lymphoma and the like, which
affect the system of the animal, shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-87]
All slight, well-limited abrasions of the tongue and inner surface
of the lips and mouth, when without lymph-gland involvement, shall
be carefully excised, leaving only sound, normal tissue, which may
be passed for food. Any organ or part of a carcass which is badly
bruised or which is affected by a tumor, an abscess, or a suppurating
sore, shall be condemned, and when the lesions are of such character
or extent as to affect the whole carcass, the whole carcass shall
be condemned. Parts of carcasses which are contaminated by pus shall
be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-88]
Carcasses affected with localized lesions of brucellosis may
be passed for food after the affected parts are removed and condemned.
Testicles of bulls or udders of cows that are from reactors shall
not be used for food.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-89]
a. All carcasses of animals so infected that consumption of the products
thereof may give rise to food poisoning shall be condemned. This includes
all carcasses showing signs of:
1. Acute inflammation of the lungs, pleura, pericardium, peritoneum
or meninges.
2. Septicemia, pyemia, whether peurperal, traumatic or without any evident
cause.
3. Gangrenous or severe hemorrhagic enteritis or gastritis.
4. Acute diffuse metritis or mammitis.
5. Phlebitis of the umbilical veins.
6. Phlebitis or Periphleibitis of any external vein accompanied by any
degree of cellulitis from the injection of medicaments to the animal
before slaughter, especially where the veterinary meat inspector performing
the post-mortem examination and disposition of the carcass is unable
to determine the kind of medicament which caused the lesion. Particular
care should be exercised here to avoid passing the carcass if the
animal is believed to have received alkaloid drugs, such as strychnine,
atropine, benzedrine, sulphate, barium, arsenic or other heavy metals
or their salts.
7. Septic or purulent traumatic pericarditis.
8. Any acute inflammation, abscess or suppurating sore, if associated
with acute nephritis, fatty and degenerated liver, swollen soft spleen,
marked pulmonary hypermia, general swelling of the lymph glands, diffuse
redness of the skin, cachexia, icteric discoloration of the carcass,
or the like, either singly or in combination.
b. Implements contaminated by contact with carcasses affected with any
of the disease conditions mentioned in this section shall be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected as prescribed elsewhere in this chapter. The
equipment used in the dressing of such carcasses, such as viscera
trucks, inspection tables and the like, shall be disinfected with
hot water having a minimum temperature of 180° F. Carcasses or
parts of carcasses contaminated by contact with such diseased carcasses
shall be condemned unless all contaminated tissues are removed within
two hours.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-90]
From the standpoint of meat inspection, necrobaillosis may be regarded as a local affection at the beginning, and carcasses in which the lesions are so localized may be passed for food if in a good state of nutrition, after removing and condemning those portions affected with necrotic lesions. On the other hand, when emaciation, cloudy swelling of the glandular organs or enlargement and discoloration of the lymph glands are associated with the affection it is evident that the disease has progressed beyond the condition of localization to a state of toxemia, and the entire carcass should therefore be condemned as both innutritious and noxius. Pyemia or septicemia may intervene as a complication of the local necrosis and when present the carcass shall be condemned in accordance with Section
13:7-89 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-91]
a. A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera and the
skeletal lymph glands or such a carcass showing extensive lesions
in any part shall be condemned.
b. A thin carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera with only
slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions in the skeletal
lymph glands with only slight lesions elsewhere may be passed for
cooking.
c. A thin carcass showing only slight lesions in the skeletal lymph
glands and in the viscera may be passed without restriction.
d. A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera
and with only slight lesions elsewhere or showing well-marked lesions
confined to the skeletal lymph glands with only slight lesions elsewhere
may be passed without restriction.
e. A well-nourished carcass showing well-marked lesions in the viscera
and the skeletal lymph glands may be passed for cooking, but where
the lesions in a well-nourished carcass are both numerous and extensive,
it shall be condemned.
f. All affected organs and glands of carcasses passed without restriction
or passed for cooking shall be removed and condemned. The term "thin"
as used in this section shall not be held applicable to a carcass
which is anemic or emaciated.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-92]
Carcasses showing any degree of icterus with a parenchymatous
degeneration of organs, the result of infection or intoxication, and
those which show an intense yellow or greenish-yellow discoloration
without evidence of infection or intoxication, shall be condemned.
Carcasses affected with icteric-like discoloration, the result of
conditions other than those before stated in this section, but which
lose such discoloration on chilling, shall be passed for food, while
those which do not lose such discoloration may be passed for cooking.
No carcasses retained under this section may be passed for food unless
the final inspection thereof is completed under natural light. Carcasses
passed for cooking under this section shall not be processed other
than by rendering.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-93]
Carcasses which give off the odor of urine or a sexual odor
shall be condemned. When the final inspection of such carcasses is
deferred until they have been chilled, the disposal shall be determined
by the heating test.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-94]
Carcasses of animals affected with mange or scab in advanced
stages, showing cachexia or extensive inflammation of the flesh, shall
be condemned. When the disease is slight, the carcass may be passed
after removal of the affected portion.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-95]
a. Carcasses of cattle (including the viscera) infested with tapeworm
cysts, known as cysticercus bovis shall be condemned if the infestation
is excessive or if the meat is watery or discolored. Carcasses shall
be considered excessively infested if incisions in various parts of
the musculature expose on most of the cut surfaces two or more cysts
within an area the size of the palm of the hand.
b. A carcass in which infestation with cysticercus bovis is limited
to one dead and degenerated cyst may be passed for food after removal
and condemnation of the cyst.
c. Carcasses of cattle showing a slight or moderate infestation other
than that indicated in paragraph b of this section but not so extensive
as indicated in paragraph a of this section, as determined by a careful
examination of the heart, muscles of mastication, diaphragm and its
pillars, tongue and portions of the carcass rendered visible by the
process of dressing, may be passed for food after removal and condemnation
of the cysts, with the surrounding tissues; provided, that the carcasses
and parts, appropriately identified by retained tags, are held in
cold storage at a temperature not higher than 15° F. continuously
for a period of not less than 10 days; and provided, further, that
the boned meat from such carcasses when in boxes, tierces or like
containers, appropriately identified by retained tags, is held at
a temperature of not higher than 15° F. continuously for a period
of not less than 20 days. As an alternative to retention in cold storage
as herein provided, such carcasses and parts may be heated throughout
to a temperature of at least 140° F.
d. The edible viscera (except the lungs, fat, muscles of the esophagus
and heart, which shall take the same disposition as the carcasses),
of carcasses passed for food or for refrigeration under the provisions
of paragraph c of this section may be passed for food without refrigerating
or heating; provided, they are found to be free from infestation upon
final inspection. The intestine, weasands and bladders from beef carcasses
affected with cysticercus bovis which have been passed for food or
for refrigeration may be used for casings after they have been subjected
to the usual methods of preparation and may be passed for such purpose
upon completion of the final inspection.
e. The inspection for cysticercus bovis may be omitted in the case of
calves under six weeks old. The routine inspection of calves over
six weeks old for cysticercus bovis may be limited to a careful examination
of the surface of the heart and such other surfaces as are rendered
visible by the process of dressing.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-96]
Carcasses of hogs affected with tapeworm cysts (cysticercus
cellulosae) may be passed for cooking, but if the infestation is excessive
the carcass shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-97]
a. In the disposal of carcasses, edible organs and parts of carcasses
showing evidence of infestation with parasites not transmissible to
man, the following general rules shall govern:
If the lesions are localized in such manner and are of such
character that the parasites and the lesions caused by them may be
radically removed, the nonaffected portion of the carcass, organ or
part of the carcass may be passed for food after the removal and condemnation
of the affected portions.
If an organ or a part of a carcass shows numerous lesions caused
by parasites, or if the character of the infestation is such that
complete extirpation of the parasites and lesions is difficult and
uncertainly accomplished, or if the parasitic infestation or invasion
renders the organ or part in any way unfit for food, the affected
organ or part shall be condemned.
If parasites are found to be distributed in a carcass in such a manner or to be of such a character that their removal and the removal of the lesions caused by them is impracticable, no part of the carcass shall be passed for food. If the infestation is excessive the carcass shall be condemned. If the infestation is moderate the carcass may be passed for cooking, but in case such carcass is not cooked as required by Section
13:7-111 of these Revised General Ordinances, it shall be condemned.
b. In the case of sheep carcasses affected with tapeworm cysts located
in the muscles (cysticercus bovis, so-called sheep measles, not transmissible
to man), the carcass may be passed after removal and condemnation
of the affected portions; provided, however, that if upon the final
inspection of sheep carcasses retained on account of measles the total
number of cysts found embedded in muscle or in immediate relation
with muscular tissue, including the heart, exceeds five, this shall
be taken to indicate that the cysts are so generally distributed and
so numerous that their removal would be impracticable, and the entire
carcass shall be condemned or passed for cooking, according to the
degree of infestation. If not to exceed five cysts are found upon
final inspection, the carcass may be passed after the removal and
condemnation of the affected portions.
c. Carcasses of animals found infested with gid bladder worms (coenurus
cerebralis multiceps) may be passed after condemnation of the affected
organ (brain or spinal cord).
d. Organs or parts of carcasses infested with hydatid cysts (echinococcus)
shall be condemned.
e. Livers infested with flukes or fringed tapeworms shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-98]
Carcasses of animals too emaciated or anemic to provide wholesome
meat, and carcasses which show a slimy degeneration of the fat or
a serous infiltration of the muscles, shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-99]
Carcasses of animals in advanced stages of pregnancy (showing signs of parturition), and carcasses of animals which have within 10 days given birth to young and in which there is no evidence of septic infection, may be passed for cooking and handled as provided in Section
13:7-111 of these Revised General Ordinances or they shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-100]
When it is necessary for humane reasons to slaughter an injured
animal at night or on a Sunday or a holiday when the inspector cannot
be obtained, the carcass and all parts shall be kept for inspection,
with the head and all viscera except the stomach, bladder and intestines
held by their natural attachments. If all parts are not so kept for
inspection, the carcasses shall be condemned. If on inspection of
a carcass slaughtered in the absence of an inspector, any lesion or
condition is found indicating that the animal was sick or diseased,
or if there is lacking evidence of the condition which rendered emergency
slaughter necessary, the carcass shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-101]
Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids and lambs are unwholesome
and shall be condemned if:
a. The meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby,
tears easily and can be perforated with the fingers; or,
b. Its color is grayish red; or,
c. Good muscular development as a whole is lacking, especially noticeable
on the upper shank of the leg, where small amounts of serous infiltrates
or small edematous patches are sometimes present between the muscles;
or,
d. The tissue when which later develops as the fat capsule of the kidneys
is edematous, dirty yellow, or grayish red, tough and intermixed with
islands of fat.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7:102]
All unborn and stillborn animals shall be condemned and no hide
or skin thereof shall be removed from the carcass within a room in
which edible products are handled.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-103]
All animals which have been suffocated in any way and hogs which
have entered the scalding vat alive shall be condemned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-104]
a. Livers affected with carotenosis shall be condemned.
b. Cattle livers and calf livers showing the conditions sometimes designated
as "telangiectatic," "sawdust," or "spotted" shall be disposed of
as follows:
1. When any or all of the conditions are extensive and involve 1/2 or
more of an organ, the whole organ shall be condemned.
2. When any or all of the conditions are slight in an organ, the whole
organ shall be passed without a restriction.
3. When any or all of the conditions involve the whole organ, and are
less severe than extensive, but more severe than slight, the whole
organ shall be cooked.
4. When any or all of the conditions are less severe than extensive,
but more severe than slight in a portion of any organ, while in the
remainder of the organ the conditions are slight, the remainder shall
be passed without restriction and the other portion shall be cooked.
5. When any or all of the conditions are extensive and involve less
than 1/2 of the organ, while in the remainder of the organ the conditions
are slight, the remainder shall be passed without restriction and
the other portion shall be condemned.
6. When any or all of the conditions are extensive and involve less
than 1/2 of the organ, while in any or all of the remainder of the
organ the conditions are more severe than slight, yet less severe
than extensive, all of the remainder shall be cooked and the other
portion shall be condemned.
c. Livers and parts of livers which are required to be cooked shall
be held and cooked in the establishment where produced. They shall
be cooked sufficiently to impart a cooked appearance throughout the
liver. After cooking, the liver may be released for any purpose.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-105]
a. Any carcass affected with vesicular exanthema or vesicular stomatitis
shall be condemned if the condition is acute or if the extent of the
condition is such that it affects the entire carcass or there is evidence
of absorption or secondary change.
b. Any carcass affected with vesicular exanthema or vesicular stomatitis,
to a lesser degree than in paragraph a of this section, may be passed
after removal and condemnation of the affected parts, if the carcass
is otherwise in good condition.