Section 189A.18 – Humane slaughter practices.
189A.18 Humane slaughter practices. Every establishment subject to the provisions of this chapter engaged in the slaughter of bovine, porcine, caprine, or ovine animals or farm deer shall slaughter all such animals in an approved humane slaughtering method. For purposes of this section, an approved humane slaughtering method shall include and be limited to slaughter […]
Section 189A.19 – Bribery.
189A.19 Bribery. Any person who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the secretary, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said officer or employee in the […]
Section 189A.4 – Exemptions.
189A.4 Exemptions. In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, the secretary may exempt the following types of operations from inspection: 1. Slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of the person’s own raising exclusively for use by the person and members of the person’s household, and the person’s nonpaying guests […]
Section 189A.5 – Veterinarians and inspectors.
189A.5 Veterinarians and inspectors. 1. The secretary shall administer this chapter and may appoint a person to act as the secretary’s designee in the administration of this chapter. a. The secretary shall employ veterinarians licensed in the state of Iowa as veterinary inspectors. b. The secretary is also authorized to employ as meat inspectors other […]
Section 189A.6 – Health examination of employees.
189A.6 Health examination of employees. The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require an employee of an establishment to submit […]
Section 189A.7 – Powers of secretary of agriculture.
189A.7 Powers of secretary of agriculture. In order to accomplish the objective stated in section 189A.3 the secretary may: 1. Remove inspectors from any establishment that fails to destroy condemned products as required under section 189A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”. 2. Refuse to provide inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment for […]
Section 189A.8 – Prohibited acts.
189A.8 Prohibited acts. 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as […]
Section 189A.9 – Hours of operation.
189A.9 Hours of operation. 1. The secretary may require operations at licensed establishments to be conducted during reasonable hours. The owner or operator of each licensed establishment shall keep the secretary informed in advance of intended hours of operation. 2. A charge shall be made for overtime inspection in excess of eight hours per day […]
Section 189A.10 – Fraudulent practices.
189A.10 Fraudulent practices. 1. A person commits a fraudulent practice as defined in section 714.8 if the person does any of the following: a. Slaughters livestock or poultry or prepares an article produced from livestock or poultry which is capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing the article solely for intrastate commerce, […]
Section 189A.1 – Title.
189A.1 Title. This chapter shall be known as the “Meat and Poultry Inspection Act”. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.1]