1. (a) Products passed for cooking, pork that has been refrigerated to destroy trichinae, and beef that is to be refrigerated to destroy cysticerci may be shipped loose from one official establishment to any other official establishment for further handling in railroad cars, trucks or other means of conveyance sealed with the official seal of the Department, if in the case of railroad cars the receiving establishment has railroad facilities for unloading the products directly into the establishment.

2. (b) When such restricted product is shipped from one official establishment to another official establishment in the same railroad car or other means of conveyance with other product, such restricted product shall be packed in individual closed containers and the containers shall be sealed in accordance with § 1.333(g) (relating to treatment by refrigerating), and marked “Pa. passed for cooking” or “pork product

   degrees F. days refrigeration” or “beef passed for refrigeration,” as the case may be. In addition, a “Pa. Retained” tag shall be securely affixed to each container of product passed for cooking and of beef passed for refrigeration. The means of conveyance shall not be sealed unless at least 25% of the other product in the vehicle is unmarked.

Cross References

This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 1.141 (relating to general requirements); and 7 Pa. Code § 1.231 (relating to marking of outside containers—general).