Subject to the provisions of section seven of this article, the basic purpose of this article is to provide for the inspection, labeling and disposition of animals, poultry, carcasses, meat products and poultry products which are to be sold or offered for sale through commercial outlets for human consumption, the licensing of commercial slaughterers, custom […]
In addition to any other prohibitions contained in this article, it shall be unlawful: (a) For any person to operate any establishment under state inspection which is not clean and sanitary; (b) To slaughter any adulterated animal or poultry intended to be sold or offered for sale through a commercial outlet or distributor; (c) To […]
(a) Criminal penalties. (1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall for the first offense be fined not less than two hundred nor more than $1,000 and upon conviction of each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than $400 nor […]
If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be severable.
Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article: (a) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of West Virginia; (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture of the State of West Virginia and duly authorized representatives; (c) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or […]
(a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this article and for this purpose is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate reasonable rules and to employ or contract with such persons as may be appropriate. All rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. Such rules […]
(a) No commercial slaughterer, custom slaughterer, commercial processor, custom processor or distributor shall operate an establishment unless he or she shall first have obtained a license from the commissioner, which license remains unsuspended and unrevoked. Application for such license shall be made on forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by the fee […]
The commissioner may at any time enter upon and inspect any establishment, place, premises or conveyance, either private or public, where animals or poultry are slaughtered or carcasses, meat products or poultry products are processed, handled, stored, transported, distributed, sold or offered for sale, for the purpose of examining such animals or poultry, carcasses, meat […]
(a) The commissioner shall provide antemortem and postmortem inspection of all animals and poultry which are to be sold or offered for sale through a commercial outlet, establishment or distributor. (b) The commissioner shall provide reinspection of carcasses, meat products and poultry products during further processing which have previously been inspected. (c) All inspections under […]
The provisions of this article shall not apply to any slaughterhouse or processing plant operating under the federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, or approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(a) In order to accomplish the objectives of this article, the commissioner may by reasonable rules exempt from inspection: (1) Any commercial dealer, provided all carcasses, meat products or poultry products sold or offered for sale by such dealer were slaughtered and/or processed in commercial establishments under state inspection or have been inspected and passed […]
(a) When any person is entitled to a hearing before the commissioner as authorized in this article, the commissioner shall hold such hearing and all of the pertinent provisions of article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code shall apply to and govern such hearing and the administrative procedures in connection with and following such hearing, […]
