[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR381.91]

[Page 464-465]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 381_POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart K_Post Mortem Inspection; Disposition of Carcasses and Parts
 
Sec. 381.91  Contamination.

    (a) Carcasses of poultry contaminated by volatile oils, paints, 
poisons, gases, scald vat water in the air sac system, or other 
substances which

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render the carcasses adulterated shall be condemned. Any organ or other 
part of a carcass which has been accidentally multilated in the course 
of processing shall be condemned, and if the whole carcass is affected, 
the whole carcass shall be condemned.
    (b)(1) Any carcass of poultry accidentally contaminated during 
slaughter with digestive tract contents shall not be condemned if 
promptly reproc essed under the supervision of an inspector and 
thereafter found not to be adulterated. Contaminated surfaces that are 
cut shall be removed only by trimming. Contaminated inner surfaces that 
are not cut may be cleaned by trimming alone, or at an approved 
reprocessing station away from the main processing line, by any method 
that will remove the contamination, such as vacuuming, washing, and 
trimming, singly or in combination. All visible specks of contamination 
must be removed, and if the inner surfaces are reprocessed other than 
soley by trimming, all surfaces of the carcass shall be treated with 
chlorinated water containing 20 ppm available chlorine.
    (2) An area will be designated as an approved reprocessing station 
only if the Administrator determines that reprocessing operations can be 
conducted in that area in accordance with all of the requirements of 
this part, and that the reprocessing methods to be utilized are capable 
of removing all visible specks of contamination on the inner surface of 
a carcass. Requests for such approval shall be submitted to the 
inspector in charge and shall describe the proposed area, proposed 
methods of reprocessing, and proposed equipment to be utilized. Whenever 
the Administrator finds that reprocessing operations cannot be conducted 
in such area in accordance with all of the requirements of this part or 
that the reprocessing methods utilized are not capable of removing all 
visible specks of contamination on the inner surface of a carcass, he 
may withdraw approval of such area, effective upon oral or written 
notification, whichever is earlier, to the operator of the 
establishment. In the event of oral notification, a written confirmation 
thereof shall be given to the operator as promptly as circumstances 
permit. The notification shall specify the reasons for such withdrawal 
and shall afford the operator of the establishment an opportunity to 
present his views. In any instance where there is a conflict as to the 
facts, a hearing shall be held to resolve such conflict.

[37 FR 9706, May 16, 1972, as amended at 43 FR 12847, Mar. 28, 1978]