§159-51 Interstate and federal compacts. (a) The board is hereby designated as the state agency which is responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture under section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the board is directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in administering the meat inspection program of this State […]
§159-52 Penalties; prosecution. (a) Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, or meat or meat product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines or any product exempted from the definition of a meat or meat product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine is found by […]
§159-53 Construction. The licenses required by this chapter shall be in addition to any other licenses required by law. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to persons, establishments, animals, and meat or meat products regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in section 408 of the Federal Meat […]
§159-54 Enforcement. (a) Inspectors shall enforce this chapter and related rules adopted by the department. (b) Inspectors shall be provided with suitable badges or insignia of office by the department, and shall have power to detain or impound meat or meat product that is in violation of this chapter. The division head of the division […]
§159-55 Citation and summons. (a) There shall be printed a form of citation and summons for use in citing violators warning the person to appear and answer the charge against the person at a certain place and at a time within seven days after the citation. The citation and summons shall be so designed to […]
§159-56 Administration of oath. When a complaint is made to any prosecuting officer of the violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant thereto, the division head or the division head’s designee who issued the citation and summons shall subscribe to the complaint under oath. [L 1986, c 206, pt of §1]
§159-57 Failure to obey summons. (a) Any person who fails to appear at the place and time specified in the citation and summons issued to that person by the division head or the division head’s designee upon the person’s citation for violation of the meat inspection laws or rules shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]
