19.4.1.6.8 Evisceration Standards Decision Tree

Step 1: Process Evaluation

With Process Evaluation under Normal Level Sampling, done every hour for 32 or 50 carcasses, there are two possibilities:

1. Accepted Sample, which leads to Continue Process Evaluation under Normal Level Sampling, which returns you to the beginning of the Process Evaluation.
2. Rejected Sample: Advise the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and implement corrective measures which leads to the second step, Corrective Measure Evaluation.

Step 2: Corrective Measure Evaluation

With Corrective Measure Evaluation, within 10 minutes (the approximate delay required in order to evaluate the effect of the corrective measures at the Evisceration Standards station) and 32 or 50 carcasses, there are two possibilities:

1. Accepted Sample: After one (1) accepted sample, discontinue corrective measure evaluations and return to "Process Evaluation"
2. Rejected Sample (see Note below): Perform a Carcass Dressing Standard Process Evaluation for defect groups Food Safety-1 (faecal contamination) and Food Safety-2 (ingesta contamination). Follow the Carcass Dressing Standard Decision Tree.

Note: after three (3) consecutive rejected samples at Corrective Measure Evaluation:

• Inform plant manager and Veterinarian in Charge;
• Veterinarian in Charge and Operator to decide if operations can continue;
• Assess why previous corrective actions were not effective and develop an action plan.

The Meat Inspection Regulations have precedence over this decision tree.