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Address: 403 South Custer Ave, New Holland, PA 17557
Establishment No.: p01325

USDA Inspection Report: 12 Apr 2011

Code: 04C04
Violation: 381.76(b)

Citation: At approximately 1344 hours, I was performing a prechill finished standards test for Line # [redacted] I had a subgroup total of 46 on the page with the processing noncomformances, which exceeds the subgroup limit of 30. I notified [redacted] (Evis supervisor) of the noncompliance and he notified the QA technician that a retest was needed for Line # [redacted] The QA technician did a retest at 1406 hours, with a subgroup total of27, which exceeds the tolerance total of 25. The first retest in postchill with prechill criteria was taken at 1428 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 15. The QA technician in Evis did another retest at 1414 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 13. But failed the next retest with a subgroup total of 29 at 1423 hours.. The QA technician took the next two retest at 1434 hours and 1441 hours and passed with subgroup totals of 19 and 22.. The next retest in chilling was taken at 1445 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 13. The next three retest were taken at 1514 hours, 1541 hours, and 1611 hours and passed with subgroup totals of 22,14, and 22. The last retest in chilling was taken at 1643 hours (check was 2 minutes over the cannot exceed 30 minute between check regulation due to computer software programming) and passed with a subgroup total of 15. No product was retained. At approximately 1907 hours, I was performing my second prechill finished standards test for Line # [redacted] I had a subgroup total of 32 on the page with the processing noncomformances, which exceeds the subgroup limit of 30. I notified [redacted] (Evis supervisor) of the noncompliance and he notified the QA technician that a retest was needed for Line # [redacted].The QA technician did a retest at 1928 hours, with a subgroup total of 27, which exceeds the tolerance total of 25. The first retest in postchill with prechill criteria was taken at 2000 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 25. The QA technician in Evis did another retest at 1937 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 23. The chilling QA technician did another retest at 2022 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 17. The next two retest were taken at 2052 hours and 2124 hours( check 2 minutes late due to computer problems), and passed with subgroup totals of 20 and 21. The last retest was taken at 2141 hours and passed with a subgroup total of 19. There was no product retained.

Regulation:

381.76(b)(1) There are five systems of postmortem inspection: Streamlined Inspection System (SIS) and the New Line Speed (NELS) Inspection System, both of which shall be used only for broilers and cornish game hens; the New Turkey Inspection (NTI) System, which shall be used only for turkeys; Traditional Inspection; and Ratite Inspection.

 

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