9 C.F.R. § 381.65 Operations and procedures, generally.
Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products
(a) Operations and procedures involving the processing, other handling, or storing of any poultry product must be strictly in accord with clean and sanitary practices and must be conducted in a manner that will result in sanitary processing, proper inspection, and the production of poultry and poultry products that are not adulterated. (b) Poultry must be slaughtered in accordance with good commercial practices in a manner that will result in thorough bleeding of the carcasses and ensure that breathing has stopped prior to scalding. Blood from the killing operation must be confined to a relatively small area. (c) When thawing frozen ready-to-cook poultry in water, the establishment must use methods that prevent adulteration of, or net weight gain by, the poultry. (d) The water used in washing the poultry must be permitted to drain freely from the body cavity. (e) Poultry carcasses contaminated with visible fecal material shall be prevented from entering the chilling tank. (f) Detached ova may be collected for human food and handled only in accordance with 9 CFR 590.44 and may leave the establishment only to be moved to an official egg product processing plant for processing. Ova from condemned carcasses must be condemned and treated as required in §381.95. [66 FR 1771, Jan. 9, 2001; 66 FR 19714, Apr. 17, 2001]
Title 9: Animals and Animal Products
PART 381—POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS
Subpart I—Operating Procedures
§ 381.65 Operations and procedures, generally.
