§ 20-60-306. Acceptance service — Cost
The cost of providing the acceptance service and ensuing certification shall be borne and paid by the seller, slaughterer or processor, or vendor or merchant requesting the service at such rate as the Secretary of the Department of Health may determine as being necessary to defer the cost of this service.
§ 20-60-307. Appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
§ 20-60-204. Exceptions
(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall, by rule and under such conditions as to labeling, sanitary standards, practices, and procedures as he or she may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this subchapter: (A) Livestock producers with respect to livestock carcasses and parts thereof, and meat food products, processed by them […]
§ 20-60-305. Acceptance service — Availability
The acceptance service shall be made available to all official establishments operating under the direct supervision of the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health under the provisions of the Arkansas Meat and Meat Products Inspection Act, § 20-60-201 et seq.
§ 20-60-205. Penalties
(a) Any person who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both imprisonment and fine: (1) If the violation is committed after one […]
§ 20-60-206. Secretary of the Department of Health — Powers and duties
(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall promulgate such rules and appoint such veterinarians and other qualified personnel as are necessary to carry out the purposes or provisions of this subchapter. The rules shall be in conformity with the rules and regulations under the Federal Meat Inspection Act as now in effect […]
§ 20-60-207. Compliance with subchapter required
No establishment in this state shall slaughter any livestock or process any livestock carcasses, or parts thereof, or meat food products for human consumption except in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.
§ 20-60-208. Application for license or exemption
(a) Applications for inspection or exemption shall be made on forms furnished by the Secretary of the Department of Health. (b) A license shall be good for one (1) year, or any quarter thereof, expiring on December 31 of the year it is issued. (c) Applicants for licenses shall be required to obtain a license […]
§ 20-60-209. Inspection and sanitary practices required
(a) Each official establishment at which livestock are slaughtered or livestock carcasses or parts thereof or meat food products are processed for intrastate commerce shall have the premises, facilities, and equipment inspected and shall be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are required by rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of […]
§ 20-60-210. Inspection procedures
(a) For the purpose of preventing the entry into or movement in intrastate commerce of any livestock carcass, part thereof, or meat food product which is unwholesome or adulterated and is intended for or capable of use as human food, the Secretary of the Department of Health shall, where and to the extent considered by […]