R58-11-2. Definitions

  (1) "Adulterated" means as defined in Section 4-32-3(1).

  (2) "Bill of Sale for Hides" means a hide release or some other formal means of transferring the title of hides.

  (3) "Business" means an individual or organization receiving remuneration for services.

  (4) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or his representative.

  (5) "Custom Slaughter-Release Permit" means a permit that will serve as a brand inspection certificate and will allow animal owners to have their animals farm custom slaughtered.

  (6) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

  (7) "Detain or Embargo" means the holding of a food or food product for legal verification of adulteration, misbranding or proof of ownership.

  (8) "Emergency Slaughter" means for the purpose of this chapter that Emergency Slaughter is no longer allowed for non-ambulatory injured cattle. Non-ambulatory disabled cattle that cannot rise from a recumbent position or cannot walk, including, but not limited to, those with broken appendages, severed tendons or ligaments, nerve paralysis, fractured vertebral column or metabolic conditions, are not allowed to be slaughtered for food.

  (9) "Farm Custom Slaughtering" means the slaughtering, skinning and preparing of livestock and poultry by humane means for the purpose of human consumption which is done at a place other than a licensed slaughtering house by a person who is not the owner of the animal.

  (10) "Food" means a product intended for human consumption.

  (11) "Immediate Family" means persons living together in a single dwelling unit and/or their sons and daughters.

  (12) "License" means a license issued by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to allow farm custom slaughtering.

  (13) "Licensee" means a person who possesses a valid farm custom slaughtering license.

  (14) "Misbranded" means as defined in Section 4-32-3(27).

  (15) "Owner" means a person holding legal title to the animal.

  (16) "Sanitary Standards, Practices",

  (a) Sanitary operating conditions: All food-contact surfaces and non-food-contact surfaces of an exempt facility are cleaned and sanitized as frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and the adulteration of product. Cleaning compounds, sanitizing agents, processing aids, and other chemicals used by an exempt facility are safe and effective under the conditions of use. Such chemicals are used, handled, and stored in a manner that will not adulterate product or create insanitary conditions. Documentation substantiating the safety of a chemical's use in a food processing environment are available to inspection program employees for review. Product is protected from adulteration during processing, handling, storage, loading, and unloading and during transportation from exempt establishments.

  (b) Grounds and pest control: The grounds of exempt operation are maintained to prevent conditions that could lead to insanitary conditions or adulteration of product. Plant operators have in place a pest management program to prevent the harborage and breeding of pests on the grounds and within the facilities. The operator's pest control operation is capable of preventing product adulteration. Management makes every effort to prevent entry of rodents, insects, or animals into areas where products are handled, processed, or stored. Openings (doors and windows) leading to the outside or to areas holding inedible product have effective closures and completely fill the openings. Areas inside and outside the facility are maintained to prevent harborage of rodents and insects. The pest control substances used are safe and effective under the conditions of use and are not applied or stored in a manner that will result in the adulteration of product or the creation of insanitary conditions.

  (c) Sewage and waste disposal: Sewage and waste disposal systems properly remove sewage and waste materials--feces, feathers, trash, garbage, and paper--from the facility. Sewage is disposed of into a sewage system separate from all other drainage lines or disposed of through other means sufficient to prevent backup of sewage into areas where product is processed, handled, or stored. When the sewage disposal system is a private system requiring approval by a State or local health authority, upon request, the management must furnish to the inspector a letter of approval from that authority.

  (d) Water supply and water, ice, and solution reuse: A supply of running water that complies with the National Primary Drinking Water regulations (40 CFR part 141) at a suitable temperature and under pressure as needed, is provided in all areas where required (for processing product; for cleaning rooms and equipment, utensils, and packaging materials; for employee sanitary facilities, etc.). If a facility uses a municipal water supply, it must make available to the inspector, upon request, a water report, issued under the authority of the State or local health agency, certifying or attesting to the potability of the water supply. If a facility uses a private well for its water supply, it must make available to the inspector, upon request, documentation certifying the potability of the water supply that has been renewed at least semi-annually.

  (e) Facilities: Maintenance of facilities during slaughtering and processing is accomplished in a manner to ensure the production of wholesome, unadulterated product.

  (f) Dressing rooms, lavatories, and toilets: Dressing rooms, toilet rooms, and urinals are sufficient in number ample in size, conveniently located, and maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair at all times to ensure cleanliness of all persons handling any product. Dressing rooms, lavatories, and toilets are separate from the rooms and compartments in which products are processed, stored, or handled.

  (g) Inedible Material Control: The operator handles and maintains inedible material in a manner that prevents the diversion of inedible animal products into human food channels and prevents the adulteration of human food.

  (17) Commerce: Means the exchange transportation of poultry product between states, U.S. territories (Guam, Virgin Islands of the United States, and American Samoa), and the District of Columbia.