# Eliminating Unnecessary Requirements for Hog Carcass Cleaning
> **Food Safety and Inspection Service** · Final rule. · Published 2019-02-07 · Effective 2019-04-08 · 84 FR 2430
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-01345
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Food Safety and Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 2430
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 310
- **Publication date:** 2019-02-07
- **Effective date:** 2019-04-08
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. FSIS-2018-0005
## Abstract

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations by removing the provision requiring the cleaning of hog carcasses before any incision is made preceding evisceration. Other regulations require carcass cleaning, the maintenance of sanitary conditions, and the prevention of hazards reasonably likely to occur in the slaughter process. Removal of this unnecessary provision will enable official establishments to adopt more efficient, effective procedures under other regulations to ensure that carcasses and parts are free of contamination.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/07/2019-01345/eliminating-unnecessary-requirements-for-hog-carcass-cleaning)
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