1.Public Health

What are the two exemptions of Wholesome Meat Act 1967

Custom slaughter

Farm slaughter

Custom Slaughter is subject to periodic what?

Sanitation and equipment inspection

Custom slaughter is establishments slaughtering meat for consumption by?

animal owner

immediate family

non-paying guests

Farm Slaughter 

refers to the slaughtering of animals on a farm for personal use without commercial purposes, typically for the farmer's household and their guests.

CANNOT be sold or traded

Slaughter definition

killing of animals specifically intended for human consumption

Federal Slaughter Facility/ Commercial facility/packing plant/ abattoir

USDA approved facility for slaughtering of animals intended for human consumption

Custom slaughter

State licensed slaughter facility that does not have a state or federal inspector on duty. Custom slaughter operations slaughter or process uninspected meat for persons usually farmers that contract them to slaughter or process an animal for their own personal use. Meat is cut packaged and labeled “not for sale”

Carcass

dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered for food

Dressing

removal of hide, appendages and viscera

Stunning

Methods used to render animals unconscious prior to slaughter in meat produced for human consumption

Disposition

To judge or declare fit or unfit or unwholesome for use for human consumption usually by official inspection an animal inspected at ante-mortem or carcass at post mortem inspection

Aesthetics

A visually beautiful/pleasing appearance

Food producing animals 

Meat or milk producing: swine, ruminants, poultry, fish or bees. Some countries equine

FSIS Food safety inspection service within USDA

Oversees federal meat and poultry inspection and egg products

USDA APHIS

authority over approval and use(safety) of biologics in animals (Vaccines, diagnostics)

FSIS tag US Rejected

applied to unacceptable equipment or posted at facilities (includes livestock pens examined antemortem)

Enforced by notice that carries warning shall not be used until rendered clean or acceptable for release by inspector

FSIS tag US Retained

Tag applied to unacceptable meat, poultry, and or meat poultry containing products

US retained tags are located where

4 retained tags

1-carcass 2-head 3-viscera 4-kept for reference by USDA

FDA food and Drug administration of DHHS

safety of human food supply (seafood, SHELL eggs, milk)

CVM Center for veterinary medicine within the FDA

approval and use of animal drugs + ensure producers do not violate residue tolerations in foods for human consumption

Enforces penalties for drug violations

Pet foods are subject to general __ rules on labeling and composition requirements

FDA

Preventive Controls for Human food

Human food facilities registered with the FDA must implement a written plan that identifies hazards and outlines appropriate preventive controls 

Preventive controls for Animal food

Animal food facilities registered with FDA as for human food 

Food defense (international adulteration)

food facilities registered with the FDA must develop a plan that assesses contamination vulnerabilities and document a mitigation strategy for each vulnerability

EPA Environmental protection agency

if pesticide residues found in meat and poultry are determined to be due to environmental contamination, EPA works with FDA and FSIS to correct the program of use by the producer

EPA must ensure that pesticides are..

used according to label instructions but FDA has final authority for residue violation

What are the two key agencies involved in the Seafood inspection program

1. FDA-mandatory

2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s(NOAA) National marine fisheries service (NMFS) voluntary program. NOAA part of dept of commerce

The FDA runs a mandatory fish inspection program for who?

all seafood processors and realtors both domestic and international

Sea food processors are required to implement a program called

Hazard analysis Critical Control Point

NOAA Fisheries Seafood inspection program

offers a voluntary fee-for-service seafood inspection program and works with FDA to ensure safe high quality seafood and is paid for by processor

Offers grading standards

USDA-FSIS inspects which types of fish mandated by law in the federal meat inspection act

Siluriformes including catfish, basa, swai and others

US CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does what

Conducts food borne illness investigations including seafood

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with FDA does what

Sets standards for acceptable levels of contaminants in recreational fish

State and Local oversight

Each state has regulations to ensure safety of seafood products harvested processed distributed and sold at retail

Work with FDA to conduct HACCP inspections