3-2081. Licenses for sale or exchange of meat or poultry; fee; records kept by licensee; expiration of license; violation; classification A. A person, firm or corporation that engages in the business of meat or poultry processing, wholesaling, storing in or for intrastate commerce, transporting in intrastate commerce, distributing, jobbing or brokering other than canned meat […]
3-2082. Brand inspection of hides; violation; classification A. The meat of livestock shall not be possessed, sold, offered for sale, given or exchanged unless the whole hide of the animal has been inspected for marks and brands and the meat thereof stamped as provided in this section, unless such hide inspection and meat stamping is […]
3-2083. Authority of inspector to search for and seize unstamped meat Inspectors may stop and search without warrant any vehicle, and may search without warrant any container which the inspector suspects contains unstamped meat, and if any is found it shall be taken by the inspector. Unless proof is submitted within twenty-four hours after such […]
3-2084. Detention of product Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, 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, goat or equine is found by any […]
3-2085. Condemnation of product A. Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat or equine, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in this state after […]
3-2086. Transfer of license without fee If any person acquires a business licensed pursuant to this chapter to wholesale meat, with the goodwill of the business, and continues to operate the business in substantially the same manner, in the same location and under the same firm name, the division may transfer the license to the […]
3-2087. Sales to state institutions Meat of the carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, goats or swine for human consumption shall not be served in or sold to any state institution unless the carcasses or part of carcasses bear the inspection stamp " Arizona inspected and passed" or bear the inspection stamp of […]
3-2088. Requirements for processed, blended or prepared meat and meat food products; violation; classification A. The director shall adopt rules fixing and establishing the contents of processed meats and meat food products including the percentage of meats and nonmeat ingredients which may be contained in processed meats, but the percentage of meats prescribed by rule […]
3-2089. Vehicles Every vehicle used by any slaughterer, meat or poultry processor, wholesaler, jobber or peddler in the transporting of dressed carcasses of animals intended for human consumption, parts thereof, meats or meat food products shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, shall comply with the minimum requirements of the director and shall […]
3-2090. Exemptions A. Retailers selling meat or meat food products to the ultimate consumer shall be exempt from the provisions of section 3-2088. The department of health services shall regulate the sale of meat and meat food products on the retail level pursuant to section 36-136. B. Slaughtering or processing establishments operating under the supervision […]
3-2091. Nonlimitation of sale A. Slaughtering establishments with state meat inspection service and with an assigned establishment number, and meat processors with an assigned establishment number, may sell their meat or meat food products any place within the state without regard to the laws and ordinances of any city or town relating to inspection of […]
3-2092. Violation; classification Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific criminal classification is not prescribed is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
3-2093. Reporting violations Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the director for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his views orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in […]
3-2094. Inspections The division may conduct such inspections as it deems necessary to discover illegal meat or illegal meat food products and such inspections as it deems necessary in counties where the associate director determines that an adequate sanitary inspection is not conducted.
3-2095. Investigation of violations A. The division may conduct investigations as deemed necessary to determine whether any person has violated any provision of or rule issued under this chapter. B. Any person may request a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10 on a notice of violation of this chapter or any rule […]
3-2096. Disciplinary actions A. The associate director may suspend or revoke any license, permit, establishment number or meat inspection service granted under this chapter for any of the following reasons: 1. Violation of this chapter. 2. Violation of any rule issued pursuant to this chapter, including any existing federal meat inspection regulation incorporated by reference […]
3-2097. Prosecution of violations The attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurs may prosecute any violation reported pursuant to this chapter. The city attorney may prosecute misdemeanor violations of this chapter in the city where the violation occurred.
3-2098. Suspension, revocation or wrongful closure; review or special action; compensation A. A meat processor, meat wholesaler or jobber or a slaughterer whose license is suspended or revoked, or whose place of business or any portion thereof is closed by order of the director may seek a special action or a review by a court […]
