HAR §4-45-22. §4-45-22 Testing

(a) Any person seeking or receiving registration of any processed poultry waste product shall test that product, at a laboratory approved by the department, utilizing methods of sampling and analysis as set forth in "Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1985" or other methods designated by the board in specific cases. (b) The sample shall be representative and of sufficient size so as to provide meaningful and statistically reliable data to carry out the purpose of the sampling and analysis. The sample shall be drawn by the testing laboratory, a party approved by the department, or the department. The department may provide the sampling service during normal business hours, to the extent that inspection personnel is available and a twenty-four hour minimum advanced notice is given. The charges for this service shall be as prescribed in section 4-45-16. (c) Testing of processed poultry waste products shall consist of analyses to show that the product meets the quality standards in section 4-45-21 and to test for potential hazardous substances as follows: (1) Drugs suspected or known to be used in the feed or as a therapeutic treatment of poultry; (2) Pesticides used on the poultry, facilities, and wastes for pest control; (3) Pathogenic organisms to include Salmonella and E. Coli; (4) The heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, bismuth, and antimony; (5) Parasitic larva or ova; and (6) Aflatoxins. (d) Initial testing, prior to registration and sale of the processed poultry waste product, shall be conducted on three sequential production runs to establish that the processed poultry waste product is consistently within the specified limitations of sections 4-45-21 and 4-45-22(c). (e) Following the initial sequential testing, periodic analyses shall be conducted on production runs not less than once each calendar quarter. However: (1) Less frequent testing may be allowed by written permission from the department when the analytical results show continued uniformity and a consistent margin of 45-18 §4-45-23 compliance; or (2) More frequent tests may be required by written notice from the department when the results of testing under this section or under section 4-45-18 show a wide range, or show levels close to the established quality standards in sections 4-45-21 and 4-45-22(c). (f) Sequential testing, required by subsection (d), shall again be required when the periodic analyses required by subsection (e), or other information available to the manufacturer of the processed poultry waste product, indicates that: (1) The processed poultry waste product is not within the limitations of section 4-45-21 or 4-45-22(c); (2) Changes are made in the manufacturing process; (3) New or expanded sources of the raw ingredients are used; or (4) Changes have occurred in the drugs or pesticides used by the suppliers of the raw ingredients. (g) Any processed poultry waste product that does not meet quality standards for the product specified in sections 4-45-21 and 4-45-22(c) shall be further processed until standards are met, diverted to non-feed uses, or destroyed. [Eff 5/29/81; am and comp 1/16/84; am and comp MAR 24 1996 ] (Auth: HRS §144-10) (Imp: HRS §§144-6, 144-8, and 144-9)