[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2007]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR354.241]



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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

 

     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 

                               AGRICULTURE

 

PART 354_VOLUNTARY INSPECTION OF RABBITS AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS THEREOF

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Sec. 354.241  Cleaning of rooms and compartments.



    Rooms, compartments, or other parts of the official plant shall be 

kept clean and in sanitary condition.

    (a) All blood, offal, rabbits or parts of rabbits too severely 

damaged to be salvaged and all discarded containers and other materials 

shall be completely disposed of daily.

    (b) All windows, doors, and light fixtures in the official plant 

shall be kept clean.

    (c) All docks and rooms shall be kept clean and free from debris and 

unused equipment and utensils.

    (d) Live rabbit receiving docks and receiving rooms shall be of such 

construction as readily to permit their thorough cleaning, and such 

docks and rooms should be kept clean at all times.

    (e) Floors in live rabbit holding rooms shall be cleaned with such 

regularity as may be necessary to maintain them in a sanitary condition.

    (f) The killing and skinning room shall be kept clean and free from 

offensive odors at all times.

    (g) The walls, floors, and all equipment and utensils used in the 

killing and skinning room shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned after 

each day's operation.

    (h) The floor in the killing and skinning rooms shall be cleaned 

frequently during killing and skinning operations and be kept reasonably 

free from accumulated blood, offal, water, and dirt.

    (i) All equipment in the toilet room and locker room, as well as the 

room itself, shall be kept clean, sanitary, and in good repair.

    (j) Cooler and freezer rooms shall be free from objectionable odors 

of any kind and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition (including, 

but not being limited to, the prevention of drippings from refrigerating 

coils onto products).