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New York State Department of Agriculture & MarketsDivision of Food Safety & Inspection
www.agmkt.state.ny.us
Poultry-Small Animal Slaughterhouse
Inspections and Exempt
Establishment Reviews
Clarence Davis, Supervising Food Inspector [email protected]
March 10, 2009 Albany, New York
Exemptions Retail Exemption - household consumers,
hotels, restaurants and institutions. Producer/Grower or Other Person (PGOP)
20,000 Limit - household consumers, restaurants, hotels and boarding houses.
Producer/Grower 20,000 Limit - distributor, hotel, restaurant, retail store, institution, or small enterprise.
Small Enterprise 20,000 Limit - dressed poultry may be purchased and distributed as carcasses and whose processing is limited to cutting up of inspected or exempted poultry products.
Exemptions
Producer/grower 1,000 Limit:250 turkeys or1,000 birds of all other species
Marketed at:On-farm standsRoadside standsFarmers markets
No inspection or license required
Safe handling instructions modified per 9 CFR 381.125(b)(2)(ii) as product is not USDA inspected.
Producer’s name. Producer’s address. The statement “Exempt
P.L. 90-492. Adhered to the package
as a label or a wing tag.
Labeling Requirements for Producer/Grower Wholesales to Retail Stores
Amendments to Article 5-A
Subdivision 96-b - In a city with a population of one million or more, the Commissioner shall not license any person, firm, partnership or corporation to operate any place or establishment where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food within a 1,500 food radius of a residential dwelling.
Effective August 5, 2008 Effective until 2012.
Amendments to Article 5-A
Amendment to Article 5-A,Section 96-C
Posting of inspection results required
Effective November 4, 2008.Amendment to Article 5-A, Section 96-f(2)
5-A License shall be revoked upon establishing failure of three consecutive inspections.
Effective January 2, 2009.
What are the Issues?
Overcrowding. Inadequate number of
storage cages. Improper use of
shipping crates. Improper storage of
shipping crates.
What are the Issues? Insanitary holding
cages. Improper processing
equipment. Equipment in good
repair. Unclean food contact
equipment. Inadequate
handwashing facilities.
What are the Issues?
Improper product
Storage
VerminFliesCockroachesRodents
Inspection Frequency
82 live poultry markets in New York City.Inspected monthly.Re-inspected within 10 days.
55 poultry & small animal slaughterhouses on Long Island and Upstate NY.Inspected 3 times yearly.Re-inspected within 10 days.
Seasonal operations once before and once after opening.
USDA EXEMPT ESTABLISHMENT
USDA Exempt Establishment Review
A custom exempt establishment is a facility where an individual can bring his or her animal, alive or slaughtered, for further processing.
The processed products are to be used by the owner, members of his or her household, non-paying guests and employees.
Processed products cannot be sold.
USDA Exempt Establishment Review)
All products must be marked “Not for Sale” with food grade ink.
Packaged products must be labeled “Not for Sale”.
Carcass and processed products are exempted from USDA inspection.
USDA Exempt Establishment Review
Division of Food Safety and
Inspection conducts reviews
of custom exempt
establishments under a
Cooperative Agreement with
USDA.
USDA Exempt Establishments
Exempt establishment reviews are conducted in accordance with FSIS Directive 5930.1, Revision 3.
Exempt Establishment Reviews are conducted on an annual basis.
114 Upstate New York.44 New York City area.
USDA Exempt Establishment Reviews
Reviews are scored “Acceptable” or “Unacceptable”.
Reports scored “Unacceptable” are jointly reviewed with USDA to determine if follow up is necessary.
Follow up review is conducted within 10 days if there is a likelihood of product contamination, rodent or insect infestation.
30 days for recordkeeping, sewage and waste issues.
What are the Issues?
Lack of certificates of water potability.Inadequate recordkeeping.Insanitary conditions and equipment.Marking and labeling.Product contamination.Deficiencies are corrected during the
review when possible.
Questions?
Clarence Davis
Division of Food Safety And Inspection
NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets
518-457-8835