<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="4-5a-105"><effdate>5/8/2018</effdate><histories><history>Enacted by Chapter <modchap sess="2018GS">377</modchap>, 2018 General Session</history><modyear>2018</modyear></histories><catchline>Limitations.</catchline><subsection number="4-5a-105(1)">
This chapter does not apply to the sale of:
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raw dairy or raw dairy products; or</subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(1)(b)">
meat products, with the following exceptions:<subsection number="4-5a-105(1)(b)(i)">
the sale of poultry and poultry products if the producer:
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slaughters no more than 1,000 birds per year in accordance with the United States Department of Agriculture 1,000 bird exemption; and</subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(1)(b)(i)(B)">
follows the United States Department of Agriculture's, Food Safety and Inspection Service document titled "Guidance for Determining Whether A Poultry Slaughter or Processing Operation is Exempt from Inspection Requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act"; and</subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(1)(b)(ii)">
the sale of domesticated rabbit meat, pending approval from the United States Department of Agriculture that the state's role in meat inspection is preserved.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(2)">
Nothing in this chapter:
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means that the department relinquishes its authority to administer the state's program at a standard level at least equal to the standards imposed under the Federal Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act;</subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(2)(b)">
shall be construed to impede the Department of Health in an investigation of foodborne illness;</subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(2)(c)">
prohibits a state agency from providing assistance, consulting, or inspecting when requested by a producer; or</subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(2)(d)">
affects the authority of the Department of Health or the Department of Agriculture and Food to certify, license, regulate, or inspect food or food products that are not exempt from certification, licensing, regulation, or inspection as described in this chapter.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="4-5a-105(3)">
The department may not, by rule, impose an additional limit, requirement, or restriction on a producer selling food or a food product under this chapter.</subsection></section>
