18 AAC 32.685. Official mark of inspection and labeling

(a) The department will place the official inspection legend brand upon carcasses and parts of carcasses that have been inspected and passed. The department will keep custody of the official inspection legend brand.

(b) The department will use an official inspection legend brand that

(1) is 1 3/4 inches wide by 1 1/4 inches tall; and

(2) consists of the permit number issued by the department under 18 AAC 32.605 and the words "Alaska" and "Inspected & Passed," as shown in the following illustration:

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(c) The operator shall provide ink of food-grade quality for the application of the department's official inspection legend brand.

(d) The operator of a slaughtering or processing facility shall ensure that

(1) each shipping container and package of food product is labeled with a reduced-size reproduction of the official inspection legend brand; the reduced-size reproduction must be legible and in proportion to the official inspection legend brand as described in (b) of this section; however, if the whole carcass is shipped, and if the department has placed the official inspection legend brand on the carcass, the carcass may be considered the shipping container for purposes of this paragraph, and the operator is not required to label the carcass with the reduced-size reproduction; and

(2) each packaged food is additionally labeled with

(A) the word, "reindeer," the common name of the product, and the net weight of the product;

(B) the name and address of the operator;

(D) the common and usual name of each food ingredient in order of that food ingredient's preponderance by weight in the product; spices, flavorings, and colorings may be designated without naming each one, but each artificial flavoring or chemical preservative must be specifically identified; and

(E) one of the following product holding statements as necessary:

(i) "KEEP FROZEN," if keeping the product frozen is required to prevent growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms or deterioration of the product;

(ii) "KEEP REFRIGERATED," if keeping the product refrigerated is required to prevent growth of infectious or toxigenic microorganisms or deterioration of the product.

(e) The operator of a slaughtering or processing facility may not label a food product as "reindeer sausage" unless at least 51 percent of the meat ingredients is reindeer meat. A food product that contains at least five percent, but less than 51 percent reindeer meat must be labeled as "[product name] with reindeer meat." A food product that contains less than five percent reindeer meat may not be labeled as containing reindeer meat except in the list of ingredients.

History: Eff. 9/6/2003, Register 167

Authority: AS 03.05.011

Editor's note: An operator who processes reindeer sausage that contains more than three percent skeletal muscle from, or more than 30 percent fat from, a species other than reindeer may also be subject to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection and that operator should contact USDA.

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