Putting Glass Walls on Iowa Slaughterhouses So We Can See Behind Closed Doors from FAUN Friends Of Animals United
OSI I ndustries, LLC

Address: 21876 N. Highway 59, Oakland, IA 51560
Establishment No.: m104i

USDA Inspection Report: 7 Oct 2011

Code:  01802
Violation:  416.4(a ), 416.1, 416.13(a), 416.13(c), 416.4(b)

Citation: On October 7, 2011 at approximately 0540 hours, while verifying the adequacy of the establishment's Sanitation SOP (Pre-operational Sanitation) for the third floor Bacon department (specifically line 2) and the procedures specified therin during the performance of Pre-operational Sanitation Inspection Verification, after the establishment's pre-operational inspection and release of equipment/areas for production but prior to the start of production, the following non-compliance(s) were observed by FSIS personnel: 1.) Fat build-up, from the previous day's production, was observed on the west half of the production belt roller bars of line #2 located under the north end of production belt #2 inside the cook room. 2.) Fat build-up, from the previous day's production, was observed on the frame work a long the northwest end of prod uction belt #2. 3.) One whole slice of roasted bacon, from the previous days production, wasobserved on top of the frame work at the southwest end of production belt #2. This does not meet regulatory requirement(s) including but not limited to 9 CFR 416.1,416.4(a),416.4(b), 416.13(a ), and 416.13(c). This also does not meet the establishment's own SSOP [redacted] or Zone/Dept/Are. - Bacon Third Floor production area, dated 5/17/10, which states: [redacted]." and [redacted]." Regulatory control was initiated per 9 CFR 500.2 by applying U.S. Reject tag #827057430 to production line #2.) [redacted] was visually shown the non-compliance as described above and verbally notified of the basis for this NR.[redacted] initiated immediate corrective action by instructing the sanitation person nel to rewash and re-sanitize the production belt roller bars and all affected frame at the northwest and southwest ends of production belt #2. Allo areas were re-inspected by FSIS personnel prior to being released for production. You are hereby notified of your right to appeal this decision as delineated by 9 CFR 306.5.

Regulation:

416.4(a ) All food-contact surfaces, including food-contact surfaces of utensils and equipment, must be cleaned and sanitized as frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and the adulteration of product.

416.1 Each official establishment must be operated and maintained in a manner sufficient to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and to ensure that product is not adulterated.

416.13(a) Each official establishment shall conduct the pre-operational procedures in the Sanitation SOP’s before the start of operations.

416.13(c) Each official establishment shall monitor daily the implementation of the procedures in the Sanitation SOP’s.

416.4(b) Non-food-contact surfaces of facilities, equipment, and utensils used in the operation of the establishment must be cleaned and sanitized as frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and the adulteration of product.

 

Next Report: USDA Inspection Report: 2 Nov 2011

Return to: Iowa Slaughterhouses
Return to: Slaughterhouses