Minnesota Administrative Rules

1545.0910 SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS.

Notwithstanding the provisions of parts 1545.0900 and 1545.1000, where the operations are conducted on a limited scale, the slaughtering and dressing including the removal of hides, pelts, and feathers may be permitted in the same room in which eviscerating, cutting, wrapping, and packaging is done, provided:

A.

each individual operation otherwise shall meet sanitation requirements;

B.

operations are segregated to permit their conduct in a sanitary manner;

C.

a sufficient time lag is allowed between each type of operation so that proper sanitation can be provided or the size of the processing room is large enough to permit all operations to be conducted at the same time without any possibility of contaminating the dressed poultry or meat.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 31.54

Published Electronically:

August 28, 2002