427:1 Declaration of Policy. – Meat and meat food products are an important element in our state’s total food supply. To protect the health and welfare of consumers, meat, and meat food products produced and distributed in the state should be wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Allowing the sale or distribution […]
427:1-a Applicability. – I. The purposes and requirements of this chapter may be fulfilled for both intrastate and interstate distribution and sale of meat and meat products by adhering to the requirements of the USDA detailed in 21 U.S.C. chapters 10 and 12. II. The purposes of this chapter may be fulfilled for intrastate […]
427:10 Commercial Control. – No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to livestock, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals: I. Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishments preparing such articles solely […]
427:11 Misuse of Official Identification Marks. – I. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as […]
427:12 Repealed by 2011, 130:11, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. –
427:13 Separate Slaughtering. – When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this subdivision, animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, […]
427:14 Inspectors; Certification and Duties. – I. No person shall practice as a meat inspector in this state, except as permitted in RSA 427:2-a, without certification issued under this subdivision. The commissioner shall certify any person who receives a passing score on a meat inspector examination approved by the commissioner and pays all required […]
427:14-a Periodic Review; Establishments, Inspectors. – I. The commissioner may direct certified meat inspectors designated by the department to periodically review registered establishments to assure that the provisions of this subdivision are complied with and that the public health, safety, and welfare are protected. II. Any periodic review shall include an examination of the […]
427:14-b Disciplinary Action, Certified Meat Inspectors. – I. The commissioner may undertake disciplinary proceedings: (a) Upon his or her own initiative; or (b) Upon written complaint of any person which charges that an establishment or a person certified by the commissioner has committed misconduct under paragraph II and which specifies the grounds therefor. II. […]
427:15 Bribery; Penalties. – I. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed […]
427:16 Repealed by 2017, 145:17, VIII, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. –
427:17 Repealed by 2011, 130:11, II, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. –
427:18 Denatured or Humanly Inedible Meat. – I. Inspection shall not be provided under RSA 427:1-16 at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals which are not intended for use as human food. II. Such articles shall, however, prior to their […]
427:19 Records. – I. The following records shall be made available for review by an authorized designee of the commissioner: the numbers and kinds of livestock slaughtered; quantities and types of products prepared; names and addresses of the owners of the livestock; bills of sale, invoices, bills of lading, receiving and shipping papers which […]
427:2 Definitions. – As used in this subdivision, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the following meanings stated below: I. " Commissioner " means the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food or his or her delegate. II. " Firm " means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization. III. " […]
427:2-a Exemptions. – I. The provisions of this subdivision requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not apply to: (a) The slaughtering by any person of animals of his or her own raising, and the […]
427:20 Registration. – I. No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or for commerce, as an establishment, unless, when required by rules of the commissioner, he or she has registered with the commissioner his or her name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names […]
427:21 Dead or Diseased Animals. – No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or […]
427:22 Repealed by 2011, 130:11, III, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. –
427:23 Revocation or Suspension of Inspection Service. – I. The commissioner may for a period of time or indefinitely, as he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subdivision, refuse to register, revoke, or suspend a registration of an establishment when he or she determines that such applicant or registrant is […]
