[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR314.1]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 314_HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF CONDEMNED OR OTHER INEDIBLE 
PRODUCTS AT OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 314.1  Disposition of condemned products at official establishments
having tanking facilities; sealing of tanks.

    (a) Carcasses, parts of carcasses, and other products condemned at 
official establishments having facilities for tanking shall, except as 
provided in paragraph (c) of this section or elsewhere in this part, be 
disposed of by tanking as follows:
    (1) The lower opening of the tank shall first be sealed securely by 
a Program employee, except when permanently connected with a blow line; 
then the condemned products shall be placed in the tank in his presence, 
after which the upper opening shall also be sealed securely by such 
employee, who shall then see that the contents of the tank are subjected 
to sufficient heating for sufficient time to effectively destroy the 
contents for human food purposes.
    (2) The use of equipment such as crushers or hashers for pretanking 
preparation of condemned products in the inedible products department 
has been found to give inedible character and appearance to the 
material. Accordingly, if condemned products are so crushed or hashed, 
conveying systems, rendering tanks, and other equipment used in the 
further handling of crushed or hashed material need not be locked or 
sealed during the tanking operations. If the rendering tanks or other 
equipment contain condemned material not so crushed or hashed, the 
equipment shall be sealed as prescribed in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section. If the crushed or hashed material is not rendered in the 
establishment where produced, it shall be denatured as provided for in 
Sec. 314.3 before leaving such establishment.

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    (b) The seals of tanks shall be broken only by a Program employee 
and only after the contents of the tanks have been treated as provided 
in paragraph (a) of this section. The rendered fat derived from 
condemned material shall be held until a Program employee shall have had 
an opportunity to determine whether it conforms with the requirements of 
this section. Samples shall be taken by Program employees as often as is 
necessary to determine whether the rendered fat is effectually 
denatured.
    (c) Carcasses of animals condemned under Sec. 309.3 of this 
subchapter may be disposed of as provided in Sec. 314.3, in lieu of 
tanking, with the approval of the inspector.