§ 26-2-133. Identification of Carcasses, Meat, or Meat Food Products Not Intended for Human Use
No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any animal, carcasses, or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of […]
§ 26-2-81. Powers of Commissioner; Access to Documentary Evidence and Witnesses; False Reports; Failure to File Reports
The Commissioner shall also have power: To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person, firm, or corporation subject to this article and the relation thereof to other persons, firms, and corporations; and To require, by regulation, persons, firms, and corporations […]
§ 26-2-107. Labeling of Meat, Meat Food Products, and Carcasses; Standards and Definitions; Use of False or Misleading Labels or Containers
When any meat or meat food product which has been inspected as provided for in Code Sections 26-2-102 through 26-2-106, and marked as “Inspected and Passed” shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection under this article is maintained, the person, firm, […]
§ 26-2-82. Administrative Penalties; Judicial Review
The Commissioner, in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, may issue an administrative order imposing a penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation whenever the Commissioner, after a hearing, determines that any person has violated this article or any regulations or orders promulgated under this article. […]
§ 26-2-108. Sanitary Inspections of Slaughter and Packing Establishments; Sanitation Regulations; Labeling Adulterated Meat and Meat Food Products
The Commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection as may be necessary to inform himself or herself about the sanitary conditions of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines […]
§ 26-2-83. Withdrawal of Meat Inspection Service
The Commissioner is authorized to refuse to provide or to withdraw inspection service under Code Sections 26-2-100 through 26-2-115 and to revoke or suspend any license issued by the Department of Agriculture to any person, firm, or corporation subject to this article who shall violate any of the laws of this state pertaining to the […]
§ 26-2-109. Inspection of Animals and Food Products Thereof Slaughtered and Prepared at Nighttime
The Commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments described in this part. Such inspection shall be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime, when the slaughtering of […]
§ 26-2-84. Detention of Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products Suspected of Being Adulterated or Misbranded; Removal of Official Marks
Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbit, goat, or equine is found […]
§ 26-2-110. Slaughter, Preparation, Sale, or Transportation of Animals, Meat, or Meat Food Products Generally
No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of any such animals: Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food, at […]
§ 26-2-85. Seizure and Condemnation of Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Release Bond; Costs
Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbit, goat, or equine, that is being transported or is held for sale in this state after such transportation, […]