(a)

1. (1) Any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product found by an inspector to be unwholesome or adulterated in an official establishment shall be condemned.

2. (2) Condemned meat or meat food products:

   1. (A) Shall be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector; or
   2. (B) If the meat or meat food product may be made wholesome and unadulterated by reprocessing, the meat or meat food product may be reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and may not be subject to destruction if the meat or meat food product are then found by an inspector to be wholesome and unadulterated.

(b)

1. (1) An official establishment may appeal an inspector’s finding of condemnation.
2. (2) The meat or meat food product subject to condemnation shall be conspicuously marked and segregated pending the completion of inspection appeal.
3. (3) The official establishment shall provide its request for inspection appeal in writing to the department within forty-eight (48) hours of the initial finding of condemnation.
4. (4) The finding from the inspection appeal shall be the final finding, superseding the initial finding of condemnation.
5. (5) If on inspection appeal the meat or meat food product is condemned, the meat or meat food product will be subject to 20 CAR § 940-104, without further opportunity for appeal.