§ 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 […]
§ 20-60-211. Withdrawal and denial of inspection
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health may withdraw or otherwise deny inspection under this subchapter with respect to any establishment for such period as he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter for any violation of the subchapter or any requirements thereunder by the operation of the establishment. (b) […]
§ 20-60-212. Cost
(a) The cost of inspection rendered under this subchapter shall be borne by this state. The cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this subchapter at such rates as the Secretary of the Department of Health may determine shall be borne and paid by the establishments. An inspector […]
§ 20-60-213. Labeling and marking
(a) (1) Each shipping container of any meat or meat food product, inspected under the authority of this subchapter and found to be wholesome and not adulterated, shall at the time the product leaves the official establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, the official inspection mark and the approved plant number of the official establishment […]
§ 20-60-214. Prohibited acts
The following acts or the causing thereof within this state are prohibited: (1) The processing for, or the sale or offering for sale, transportation, or delivery or receiving for transportation, in intrastate commerce, of any livestock carcass or part thereof, or meat food product unless the article has been inspected for wholesomeness and unless the […]
§ 20-60-215. Records
(a) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this subchapter, persons engaged in this state in the business of processing for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping, or receiving in commerce livestock slaughtered for human consumption or meat or meat food products, or holding articles so received, shall maintain the records as the Secretary of […]
§ 20-60-201. Title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Meat and Meat Products Inspection Act”.