La. Admin. Code tit. 49 § I-980

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-980 - Trichinae in Pork Prohibited [Formerly 49:3.2002]

A. Inasmuch as it cannot certainly be determined, by any present known method of inspection, whether the muscle tissue of pork contains trichinae, and inasmuch as live trichinae are dangerous to health, no article of a kind prepared customarily to be eaten without cooking shall contain any muscle tissue of pork unless the pork has been subjected to a temperature sufficient to destroy all live trichinae, or such other treatment as may be prescribed by the department.

La. Admin. Code tit. 49, § I-980

Adopted by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, September 1968.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 40, as amended.