Meat Inspection Flashcards
Lecture 23 - 4/4/25
What does BOAH stand for?
Board of Animal Health
Guiding Principles of BOAH
- Access
- Expertise
- Outreach
- Representation
- Responsiveness
Primary Missions of BOAH
- Animal Health
- Food safety
- Emergency Preparedness
- Animal care (new)
What is the MPI Division of BOAH?
Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
Moved from Indiana State Department of Health in 1996
What animals does the MPI apply to?
Federal: Cattle, swine, sheep, etc
Indiana: + bison, farmed cervidae (deer)
Rabbits are voluntary
What is the state retail inspection law?
It is a law that requires products to be inspected
What is the exception to the rule that products cannot enter interstate commerce?
Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS)
What are the inspection systems offered in Indiana?
- Official State Inspection
- State Custom-Exempt
- Federal Inspection direct or via CIS program
Subtypes of Official State Inspection
- Official slaughter/processing
- Cooperative Interstate Shipping Program
- Combination/Curtis Amendment
- Custom-exempt Slaughter/Processing
Difference between Official Slaughter Inspection and Official Processing Inspection
Slaughter inspection:
MPI must be continuously present, each animal individually inspected, HACCP
Processing inspection:
MPI visits once per day, HACCP, proper labeling
Does slaughter require inspection? Processing?
Slaughter: yes
Processing: when applying mark of inspection
Types of Inspection Legends
BOAH inspection: shaped like indiana, only on state-inspected product
CIS inspection: circular, federal level
FSIS
Food Safety Inspection Service
a division of USDA
What is Sanitation Performance Standards
established for OVERALL plant sanitation
operates under FSIS
What happens if facility fails sanitation performance standards?
inspector applies an Indiana Rejected Tag
What are some of the things that the Sanitation Performance Standards looks at?
- Plumbing and sewage
- Facilities, equipment, utensils
- Pest/rodent control
- Construction materials
- Lighting
- Condensation control
According to Humane Handling Laws, what are ante-mortem requirements for food and water?
Water must always be available
If animal is there for longer than 24 hours then they require access to feed and room to lie down
What are “downers”
cattle that cannot stand or walk on own
they are not eligible for slaughter in an inspected plant
What are Custom-Exempt facilities?
Processing plants where regular people can bring in an animal they own, have it processed, and then take it home to eat
What does inspection look like for Custom-Exempt facilities?
- Still checked for sanitation, hygiene
- MPI not routinely present
- Product and animals not inspected
Rules for catering events?
Must use inspected, labeled meat
What is needed to sell meat in Indiana?
- Utilize an inspected facility
- Mark of inspection label required
- Sell packages intact
- have processor label with net weight
- Private label (optional) applied by processor
- May sell out of own freezer - “freezer beef”
- Verify local ordinances
True/False: individuals that grow/raise poultry can sell them
True: they can sell them frozen
Rules of labels
- Must be pre-approved by BOAH
- Must accurately reflect the product
- May be applied only by official establishment
Labels vs private labels
Labels by BOAH
Private labels by private companies (optional)
What are product formulations?
It is the other ingredients included in meat (ie. cures, spices, etc)
must be reviewed by BOAH
Rules around organic labeling
Standards set by USDA
1. No antibiotics/hormones
2. Limited pesticides/fertilizers
3. Traceable throughout the process
What are the Big Eight Allergens?
- Peanuts
- Tree nuts
- Soybeans
- Wheat gluten
- Milk
- Eggs
- Fish
- Shellfish
What bacteria did they discuss?
- E. coli O157:H7
- Salmonella
- Listeria monocytogenes
