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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 41 - Torts » Article 10 - Food Donors Liability » Section 41-10-5 – Donated game meat products.

A. Wild game meat products may be donated by hunters, taken to a commercial meat processor for preparation and delivery to charitable, religious or other nonprofit organizations and served for human consumption at no charge if transported, stored and processed according to procedures established by the department of environment.

B. For purposes of this section, “wild game” means deer, elk, antelope, caribou, ibex, oryx and Barbary sheep.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 78, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 1997, ch. 78 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, is effective on June 20, 1997, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.