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H.B. 108

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MEAT INSPECTION AMENDMENTS

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2010 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: John G. Mathis

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Senate Sponsor: Kevin T. Van Tassell

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill addresses meat inspection provisions.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    provides for the adoption of various federal meat and poultry related provisions by
             13      reference;
             14          .    addresses the Department of Agriculture's adoption of emergency rules;
             15          .    changes terminology concerning livestock, meat and poultry products, meat
             16      establishments, and similar terms;
             17          .    defines other terms;
             18          .    makes changes necessary to effectuate changes in terminology;
             19          .    provides exceptions from licensing requirements for various meat and poultry
             20      related activities;
             21          .    addresses the licensing of a meat establishment;
             22          .    requires a farm custom slaughter license holder to provide the age of a slaughtered
             23      animal; and
             24          .    makes technical changes.
             25      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             26          None
             27      Other Special Clauses:


             28          None
             29      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             30      AMENDS:
             31          4-32-2, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1979, Chapter 2
             32          4-32-3, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             33          4-32-4, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1997, Chapter 302
             34          4-32-5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             35          4-32-6, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1979, Chapter 2
             36          4-32-7, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             37          4-32-8, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 144
             38          4-32-11, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 144
             39          4-32-12, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1990, Chapter 144
             40          4-32-13, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             41          4-32-16, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1979, Chapter 2
             42          4-32-17, as enacted by Laws of Utah 1979, Chapter 2
             43          4-32-18, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             44          4-32-20, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             45          4-32-21, as last amended by Laws of Utah 1987, Chapter 161
             46          4-32-22, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 179
             47      ENACTS:
             48          4-32-2.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             49          4-32-2.2, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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             51      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             52          Section 1. Section 4-32-2 is amended to read:
             53           4-32-2. Purpose declaration.
             54          (1) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a meat and poultry [products] inspection
             55      [programs] program in the state at least equal to [those] the programs imposed under the
             56      Federal Meat Inspection Act [and], the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the
             57      Humane Slaughter Act.
             58          (2) The commissioner [is directed to] shall administer and enforce this chapter to


             59      accomplish this purpose.
             60          Section 2. Section 4-32-2.1 is enacted to read:
             61          4-32-2.1. Adoption of federal provisions.
             62          (1) The following federal laws, regulations, and standards are adopted by reference:
             63          (a) 9 C.F.R. Part 300 through Part 500;
             64          (b) the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.;
             65          (c) the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.; and
             66          (d) the Humane Slaughter Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.
             67          (2) Changes to the federal laws, regulations, and standards referenced in Subsection (1)
             68      are considered incorporated as those changes are made.
             69          Section 3. Section 4-32-2.2 is enacted to read:
             70          4-32-2.2. Emergency rules.
             71          The department may make emergency rules concerning the meat and poultry inspection
             72      program only in accordance with Section 63G-3-304 .
             73          Section 4. Section 4-32-3 is amended to read:
             74           4-32-3. Definitions.
             75          As used in this chapter:
             76          (1) "Adulterated" means any [livestock product] meat or poultry product that:
             77          (a) bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it
             78      injurious to health, but, if the substance is not an added substance, the [livestock] meat or
             79      poultry product [shall not be] is not considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity
             80      of the substance in or on the [livestock] meat or poultry product does not ordinarily render it
             81      injurious to health;
             82          (b) bears or contains, by reason of the administration of any substance to the [livestock
             83      or poultry] animal or otherwise, any added poisonous or added deleterious substance [which]
             84      that in the judgment of the commissioner makes the [livestock] meat or poultry product unfit
             85      for human food;
             86          (c) contains, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and [such] that
             87      commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical that is unsafe within the meaning of 21
             88      U.S.C. Sec. 346a;
             89          (d) bears or contains any food additive that is unsafe within the meaning of 21 U.S.C.


             90      Sec. 348;
             91          (e) bears or contains any color additive that is unsafe within the meaning of 21 U.S.C.
             92      Sec. 379e; provided, that a [livestock product which] meat or poultry product that is not
             93      otherwise considered adulterated under [Subsections] Subsection (1)(c)[,] or (d)[, or (e)] of this
             94      section [shall nevertheless be] is considered adulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food
             95      additive, or color additive is prohibited in official establishments by [rules of the department]
             96      federal law, regulation, or standard;
             97          (f) consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for
             98      any other reason unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food;
             99          (g) has been prepared, packaged, or held under unsanitary conditions if [it] the meat or
             100      poultry product may have become contaminated with filth, or if it may have been rendered
             101      injurious to health;
             102          (h) is in whole or in part the product of an animal that [has died otherwise] died other
             103      than by slaughter;
             104          (i) is contained in a container that is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
             105      deleterious substance that may render the meat or poultry product injurious to health;
             106          (j) has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation [was in
             107      conformity] conforms with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Sec. 348;
             108          (k) has a valuable constituent in whole or in part omitted, abstracted, or substituted; or
             109      if damage or inferiority is concealed in any manner; or if any substance has been added, mixed,
             110      or packed with the meat or poultry product to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality
             111      or strength, or to make it appear better or of greater value; or
             112          (l) is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used in the margarine
             113      consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
             114          (2) "Animal" means a domesticated or captive mammalian or avian species.
             115          [(2)] (3) "Animal food manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of
             116      preparing animal food derived from [livestock] animal carcasses or parts or products of [such]
             117      the carcasses.
             118          (4) "Ante mortem inspection" means an inspection of a live animal immediately before
             119      slaughter.
             120          [(3)] (5) "Broker" means any person engaged in the business of buying [or selling


             121      livestock or livestock products on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of
             122      livestock or livestock products other than for such] and selling meat or poultry products other
             123      than for the person's own account.
             124          [(4)] (6) "Capable of use as human food" means any [livestock] animal carcass, or part
             125      or product of a carcass, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by rules of the
             126      department to deter its use as human food[, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans].
             127          (7) "Commissioner" includes a person authorized by the commissioner to carry out this
             128      chapter's provisions.
             129          [(5)] (8) "Container" or "package" means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other
             130      receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
             131          (9) "Custom exempt processing" means processing meat or wild game as a service for
             132      the person who owns the meat or wild game and uses the meat and meat food products for the
             133      person's own consumption, including consumption by immediate family members and
             134      non-paying guests.
             135          (10) "Custom exempt slaughter":
             136          (a) means slaughtering an animal as a service for the person who owns the animal and
             137      uses the meat and meat products for the person's own consumption, including consumption by
             138      immediate family members and non-paying guests; and
             139          (b) includes farm custom slaughter.
             140          [(6)] (11) "Director of meat inspection" means a licensed graduate veterinarian whose
             141      duties and responsibilities are specified by the commissioner.
             142          [(7) "Domesticated elk" shall have the meaning as defined in Section 4-39-102 .]
             143          (12) "Diseased animal":
             144          (a) means an animal that:
             145          (i) is diagnosed with a disease not known to be cured; or
             146          (ii) has exhibited signs or symptoms of a disease that is not known to be cured; and
             147          (b) does not include an otherwise healthy animal that suffers only from injuries such as
             148      fractures, cuts, or bruises.
             149          [(8)] (13) "Farm custom slaughter" means custom exempt slaughtering of [livestock or
             150      poultry] an animal for an owner without inspection.
             151          (14) "Farm custom mobile unit" means a portable slaughter vehicle or trailer that is


             152      used by a farm custom slaughter licensee to slaughter animals on the animal owner's property.
             153          [(9)] (15) "Farm custom slaughter [permit] license" means a [permit] license issued by
             154      the department to allow farm custom slaughter.
             155          [(10)] (16) "Farm custom slaughter tag" means a tag [which] that specifies the animal's
             156      identification and certifies its ownership, which is issued by the department through a brand
             157      inspector to the owner of the animal before it is slaughtered.
             158          (17) "Federal acts" means:
             159          (a) the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq;
             160          (b) the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.; and
             161          (c) the Humane Slaughter Act, 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.
             162          [(11)] (18) "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act" means the act so entitled, approved
             163      June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040) (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), and any amendments to it.
             164          [(12) "Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the act so entitled approved March 4, 1907
             165      (34 Stat. 1260), as amended by the Wholesome Meat Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; the term
             166      "federal Poultry Products Inspection Act" means the act so entitled approved August 28, 1957
             167      71 Stat. 441, as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act, 82 Stat. 791 21 U.S.C. 451
             168      et seq.; and the term "federal acts" means these two federal acts.]
             169          [(13)] (19) "Immediate container" means any consumer package, or any other container
             170      in which [livestock] meat or poultry products not consumer packaged, are packed.
             171          [(14)] (20) "Inspector" means a licensed veterinarian or competent lay person working
             172      under the supervision of a licensed graduate veterinarian.
             173          [(15)] (21) "Label" means a display of printed[,] or graphic matter upon any [livestock]
             174      meat or poultry product or the immediate container, not including package liners, of any such
             175      product.
             176          [(16)] (22) "Labeling" means all labels and other printed[,] or graphic matter:
             177          (a) upon any [livestock] meat or poultry product or any of its containers or wrappers; or
             178          (b) accompanying a [livestock] meat or poultry product.
             179          [(17) "Livestock" means any cattle, domesticated elk, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
             180      mules or other equines, whether living or dead.]
             181          [(18) "Livestock product" means any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food
             182      product of any livestock.]


             183          (23) "Licensee" means a person who holds a valid farm custom slaughter license.
             184          (24) "Meat" means the edible muscle and other edible parts of an animal, including
             185      edible:
             186          (a) skeletal muscle;
             187          (b) organs;
             188          (c) muscle found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart, or esophagus; and
             189          (d) fat, bone, skin, sinew, nerve, or blood vessel that normally accompanies meat and is
             190      not ordinarily removed in processing.
             191          (25) "Meat establishment" means a plant or fixed premises used to:
             192          (a) slaughter animals for human consumption; or
             193          (b) process meat or poultry products for human consumption.
             194          [(19)] (26) "Meat [food] product" means any product capable of use as human food
             195      that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other part of the carcass of any [cattle, sheep,
             196      swine, or goats, excepting products that contain meat or other parts of such carcasses in
             197      relatively small proportion or that historically have not been considered by consumers as
             198      products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from definition as a meat food
             199      product by the commissioner. Meat food product as applied to food products of equines shall
             200      have a meaning comparable to that provided in this subsection with respect to cattle, sheep,
             201      swine, and goats] non-avian animal.
             202          [(20)] (27) "Misbranded" means any [livestock product] meat or poultry product that:
             203          (a) bears a label that is false or misleading in any particular;
             204          (b) is offered for sale under the name of another food;
             205          (c) is an imitation of another food, unless the label bears, in type of uniform size and
             206      prominence, the word "imitation" followed by the name of the food imitated;
             207          (d) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading;
             208          (e) does not bear a label showing:
             209          (i) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and
             210          (ii) an accurate statement of the quantity of the product in terms of weight, measure, or
             211      numerical count; provided, that under this Subsection [(20)] (27)(e), exemptions as to
             212      [livestock] meat and poultry products not in containers may be established by rules of the
             213      department and that under this Subsection [(20)] (27)(e)(ii), reasonable variations may be


             214      permitted, and exemptions for small packages may be established for [livestock] meat or
             215      poultry products by rule of the department;
             216          (f) does not bear any word, statement, or other information required by or under
             217      authority of this chapter to appear on the label or other labeling is not prominently placed with
             218      such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the
             219      labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary
             220      individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;
             221          (g) is a food for which a definition and standard of identity or composition has been
             222      prescribed by rules of the department under Section 4-32-7 if the food does not conform to
             223      [such] the definition and standard and the label does not bear the name of the food and any
             224      other information that is required by the rule;
             225          (h) is a food for which a standard of fill has been prescribed by rule of the department
             226      for the container and the actual fill of the container falls below that prescribed unless its label
             227      bears, in [such] a manner and form as [such rules specify] the rule specifies, a statement that it
             228      falls below [such] the standard;
             229          (i) is a food for which no standard or definition of identity has been prescribed under
             230      Subsection [(20)] (27)(g) unless its label bears:
             231          (i) the common or usual name of the food, if there be any; and
             232          (ii) if it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each
             233      such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized by the
             234      department, be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings without naming each; provided,
             235      that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this Subsection [(20)] (27)(i)(ii) is
             236      impracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by
             237      rule;
             238          (j) is a food that purports to be or is represented to be for special dietary uses, unless its
             239      label bears [such] information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as
             240      the department, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States,
             241      prescribes by rules as necessary to inform purchasers as to its value for [such] special dietary
             242      uses;
             243          (k) bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical
             244      preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact; provided, that to the extent that


             245      compliance with the requirements of this subsection are impracticable, exemptions shall be
             246      prescribed by rules of the department; or
             247          (l) does not bear directly thereon and on its containers, as the department may prescribe
             248      by rule, the official inspection legend and establishment number of the official establishment
             249      where the product was prepared, and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, [such] other
             250      information as the department may require by [rules] rule to assure that [it] the meat or poultry
             251      product will not have false or misleading labeling and that the public will be informed of the
             252      manner of handling required to maintain it in a wholesome condition.
             253          [(21)] (28) "Official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by rules of the
             254      department for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this
             255      chapter.
             256          [(22)] (29) "Official device" means any device prescribed or authorized by the
             257      commissioner for use in applying any official mark.
             258          [(23)] (30) "Official establishment" means any establishment at which inspection of the
             259      slaughter of [livestock] animals or the preparation of [livestock] meat or poultry products is
             260      maintained under the authority of this chapter.
             261          [(24)] (31) "Official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by rules of the
             262      department showing that a [livestock] meat or poultry product was inspected and passed in
             263      accordance with this chapter.
             264          [(25)] (32) "Official mark" means the official legend or any other symbol prescribed by
             265      rules of the department to identify the status of any [livestock or livestock] animal carcass or
             266      meat or poultry product under this chapter.
             267          [(26) "Permittee" means a person who holds a valid farm custom slaughter permit.]
             268          [(27)] (33) "Pesticide chemical," "food additive," "color additive," and "raw
             269      agricultural commodity," have the same meanings for purposes of this chapter as ascribed to
             270      them in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq.
             271          (34) "Post mortem inspection" means an inspection of a slaughtered food animal's
             272      carcass after slaughter.
             273          [(28)] (35) "Poultry" means any domesticated bird, whether living or dead.
             274          [(29)] (36) "Poultry product" means any product capable of use as human food that is
             275      made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass, excepting products that contain poultry


             276      ingredients in relatively small proportion or that historically have not been considered by
             277      consumers as products of the poultry food industry, and that are exempted from definition as a
             278      poultry product by the commissioner.
             279          [(30)] (37) "Prepared" means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut
             280      up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
             281          (38) "Process" means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or
             282      prepare meat or poultry products.
             283          [(31)] (39) "Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of rendering
             284      [livestock] animal carcasses, or parts or products of [such] animal carcasses, except rendering
             285      conducted under inspection or exemption under this chapter.
             286          [(32)] (40) "Slaughter" means:
             287          (a) the killing of [livestock or poultry] an animal in a humane manner including
             288      skinning[,] or dressing[,]; or
             289          (b) the process of performing any of the specified acts in preparing [livestock or
             290      poultry] an animal for human consumption.
             291          [(33) "Slaughterhouse" or "custom slaughterhouse" means any building, plant, or
             292      establishment used for the purpose of killing, dressing, or processing, whether such dressing or
             293      processing is in conjunction with a killing operation or is a separate business, livestock or
             294      livestock products or poultry or poultry products offered for sale or to be used for human
             295      consumption.]
             296          [(34) "Slaughtering of livestock or poultry as a business" means the slaughtering of
             297      livestock or poultry for the owner or caretaker of the livestock or poultry by a person who is
             298      not a full-time employee of the owner or caretaker of such livestock or poultry.]
             299          (41) "Wild game" means an animal, the products of which are food that is not
             300      classified as a domesticated food animal, captive game animal, or captive game bird, including
             301      the following when not domesticated:
             302          (a) deer;
             303          (b) elk;
             304          (c) antelope;
             305          (d) moose;
             306          (e) bison;


             307          (f) bear;
             308          (g) rabbit;
             309          (h) squirrel;
             310          (i) raccoon; and
             311          (j) birds.
             312          Section 5. Section 4-32-4 is amended to read:
             313           4-32-4. Meat establishment license -- Slaughtering livestock except in licensed
             314      meat establishment prohibited -- Exceptions -- Violation a misdemeanor.
             315          (1) [No person shall operate a slaughterhouse in this state without a license issued by
             316      the department, nor shall any person] A person may not, except in a licensed [slaughterhouse,
             317      slaughter livestock as a business] meat establishment, slaughter animals for human
             318      consumption or assist other persons in the slaughter [of livestock] or processing of animals
             319      except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2) [or], (3), or (4).
             320          (2) [Except as provided in Subsection (3), a] A person who raises [his own livestock]
             321      an animal or an employee of that person may slaughter [livestock] an animal without a farm
             322      custom slaughter [permit] license if:
             323          (a) (i) the [livestock] animal is slaughtered on property owned by [that] the person; and
             324          (ii) (A) slaughtering or processing animals is not prohibited by local ordinance; and
             325          (B) any hide, viscera, blood, or other tissue is disposed of by removal to a rendering
             326      facility, landfill, or by burial, as allowed by law;
             327          (b) the [livestock] meat or poultry product derived from the slaughtered animal is
             328      consumed exclusively by [that] the person or [his] the person's immediate family, regular
             329      employees of [that] the person, or nonpaying guests; and
             330          (c) the [livestock] meat or poultry product is marked "Not For Sale."
             331          [(3) Domesticated elk may only be slaughtered as provided in this chapter and in
             332      Chapter 39 of this title.]
             333          [(4)] (3) Farm custom slaughter may be performed by a person who holds a valid farm
             334      custom slaughter [permit] license.
             335          (4) A retail establishment that processes meat or poultry products primarily for sale to
             336      individual consumers at the retail establishment is exempt from provisions requiring licensing
             337      of a meat establishment if:


             338          (a) the retail establishment is not engaged in slaughter operations;
             339          (b) the retail establishment sells the processed meat and poultry products only to
             340      individual consumers at the retail establishment, or to restaurants or institutions for use in
             341      meals served at those restaurants or institutions;
             342          (c) the retail establishment's sales of processed meat and poultry products to restaurants
             343      or institutions do not exceed the federal adjusted dollar limitation, or 25 percent by dollar
             344      volume of all meat sales from the retail establishment, whichever is less;
             345          (d) the retail establishment receives meat only from a meat establishment licensed
             346      under this chapter or inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture under 21 U.S.C.
             347      Sections 451 to 695;
             348          (e) the operator of the retail establishment does not sell, to any person other than an
             349      individual consumer, any meat or poultry product that is cured, smoked, seasoned, canned, or
             350      cooked at the retail establishment;
             351          (f) the retail establishment does not sell any meat or poultry product that is cured,
             352      smoked, seasoned, canned, or cooked at the retail establishment at a location other than the
             353      retail establishment; and
             354          (g) the operator of the retail establishment does not sell, to any person other than an
             355      individual consumer, any meat product made by combining meat from different animal species
             356      at the retail establishment.
             357          (5) Any person who violates this section, except as otherwise provided in Subsection
             358      [(5)] (6), is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
             359          (6) Any person who offers for sale or sells any uninspected [livestock] meat or poultry
             360      product is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
             361          Section 6. Section 4-32-5 is amended to read:
             362           4-32-5. Meat establishment and farm custom slaughter licenses -- Application --
             363      Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.
             364          (1) A person may not operate a meat establishment in the state without a meat
             365      establishment license issued by the department.
             366          [(1)] (2) (a) Application for a license to operate a [slaughterhouse] meat establishment
             367      shall be made to the department upon [forms] a form prescribed and furnished by [it] the
             368      department.


             369          (b) Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and the
             370      payment of an annual license fee determined by the department according to Subsection
             371      4-2-2 (2), the commissioner, if satisfied that the public convenience and necessity will be
             372      served, shall issue a license allowing the applicant to operate a [slaughterhouse] meat
             373      establishment through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, subject to
             374      suspension or revocation for cause.
             375          (c) A [slaughterhouse] meat establishment license is annually renewable on or before
             376      December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual license renewal fee in an amount
             377      determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-2 (2).
             378          [(2)] (3) (a) Application for a farm custom slaughter [permit] license to engage in the
             379      business of slaughtering livestock shall be made to the department on [forms] a form
             380      prescribed and furnished by [it] the department.
             381          (b) Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and
             382      payment of a [permit] license fee in an amount determined by the department according to
             383      Subsection 4-2-2 (2), the commissioner shall issue a [permit] license allowing the applicant to
             384      engage in farm custom slaughtering.
             385          (c) A farm custom slaughter [permit] license is annually renewable on or before
             386      December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual renewal [permit] license fee in an
             387      amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-2 (2).
             388          Section 7. Section 4-32-6 is amended to read:
             389           4-32-6. Duties of person who holds a farm custom slaughter license.
             390          Each person who holds a farm custom slaughter [permit] license shall:
             391          (1) keep accurate records of each animal slaughtered including the name, address, and
             392      telephone number of each person for whom [livestock] the animal is slaughtered, a full
             393      description of each animal slaughtered including age, brands, marks, or other identifying
             394      marks, proof of ownership, destination of the carcass for processing, and the date of slaughter;
             395          (2) require that each animal presented for slaughter bear a farm custom slaughter tag;
             396          (3) render the animal to be slaughtered insensible to pain by captive bolt, gunshot,
             397      electric shock, or other humane means before it is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; and
             398          (4) stamp and tag the carcass of any slaughtered animal "Not For Sale."
             399          Section 8. Section 4-32-7 is amended to read:


             400           4-32-7. Mandatory functions, powers, and duties of department prescribed.
             401          The department shall make rules pursuant to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
             402      Rulemaking Act, [regarding] concerning the following functions, powers, and duties, in
             403      addition to those specified in Title 4, [Chapter 1,] Utah Agricultural Code, for the
             404      administration and enforcement of this chapter:
             405          (1) The department shall require antemortem and postmortem inspections, quarantine,
             406      segregation, and reinspections by inspectors appointed for those purposes with respect to the
             407      slaughter of [livestock and poultry] animals and the preparation of [livestock] meat and poultry
             408      products at official establishments, except as provided in Subsection 4-32-8 (13).
             409          (2) The department shall require that:
             410          (a) [livestock and poultry] animals be identified for inspection purposes;
             411          (b) [livestock] meat or poultry products, or their containers be marked or labeled as:
             412          (i) "Utah Inspected and Passed" if, upon inspection, the products are found to be
             413      unadulterated; and
             414          (ii) "Utah Inspected and Condemned" if, upon inspection, the products are found to be
             415      adulterated; and
             416          (c) condemned animal carcasses or products, which otherwise would be used for
             417      human consumption, be destroyed under the supervision of an inspector.
             418          (3) The department shall prohibit or limit [livestock] meat products, poultry products,
             419      or other materials not prepared under inspection procedures provided in this chapter, from
             420      being brought into official establishments.
             421          (4) The department shall require that labels and containers for [livestock] meat and
             422      poultry products:
             423          (a) bear all information required [under] by Section 4-32-3 if the product leaves the
             424      official establishment; and
             425          (b) be approved [prior to] before sale or transportation.
             426          (5) For official establishments required to be inspected under Subsection (1), the
             427      department shall:
             428          (a) prescribe sanitary standards;
             429          (b) require [experts in sanitation or other competent investigators to investigate
             430      sanitary conditions] sanitary inspections; and


             431          (c) refuse to provide inspection service if the sanitary conditions allow adulteration of
             432      any [livestock] meat or poultry product.
             433          (6) (a) The department shall require that any person engaged in a business referred to in
             434      Subsection (6)(b) [shall]:
             435          (i) keep accurate records disclosing all pertinent business transactions;
             436          (ii) allow inspection of the business premises at reasonable times and examination of
             437      inventory, records, and facilities; and
             438          (iii) allow [inventory] samples to be taken [after payment of their fair market value].
             439          (b) Subsection (6)(a) [shall refer] applies to any person who:
             440          (i) slaughters [livestock or poultry] animals;
             441          (ii) prepares, freezes, packages, labels, buys, sells, transports, or stores any [livestock]
             442      meat or poultry products for human or animal consumption;
             443          (iii) renders [livestock or poultry] animals; or
             444          (iv) buys, sells, or transports any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased [livestock or
             445      poultry] animals, or parts of their carcasses that died by a method other than slaughter.
             446          (7) (a) The department shall:
             447          (i) adopt by reference rules and regulations under federal acts with changes that the
             448      commissioner considers appropriate to make the rules and regulations applicable to operations
             449      and transactions subject to this chapter; and
             450          (ii) promulgate any other rules considered necessary for the efficient execution of the
             451      provisions of this chapter, including rules of practice providing an opportunity for hearing in
             452      connection with the issuance of orders under Subsection (5) or under Subsection 4-32-8 (1), (2),
             453      or (3) and prescribing procedures for proceedings in these cases.
             454          (b) These procedures [shall] do not preclude requiring that a label or container be
             455      withheld from use, or inspection be refused under Subsections (1) and (5), or Subsection
             456      4-32-8 (3), pending issuance of a final order in the proceeding.
             457          (8) (a) To prevent the inhumane slaughtering of [livestock and poultry] animals,
             458      inspectors shall be appointed to examine and inspect methods of handling and slaughtering
             459      [livestock and poultry] animals.
             460          (b) Inspection of [new] slaughtering establishments may be refused or temporarily
             461      suspended if [livestock or poultry] animals have been slaughtered or handled by any method


             462      not in accordance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978, Public Law 95-445.
             463          (c) Before slaughtering an animal in accordance with requirements of Kosher, Halal, or
             464      a religious faith's requirements that discourage stunning of the animal, the person slaughtering
             465      the animal shall file a written request with the commissioner.
             466          (9) (a) The department shall require [all livestock and poultry] an animal showing
             467      symptoms of disease during antemortem inspection, performed by an inspector appointed for
             468      that purpose, to be set apart and slaughtered separately from other livestock and poultry.
             469          (b) When slaughtered, the carcasses of livestock and poultry [shall be] are subject to
             470      careful examination and inspection in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner.
             471          Section 9. Section 4-32-8 is amended to read:
             472           4-32-8. Discretionary functions, powers, and duties of commissioner prescribed.
             473          The commissioner may:
             474          (1) remove inspectors from any official establishment that fails to:
             475          (a) destroy condemned products pursuant to Subsection 4-32-7 (2); or
             476          (b) comply with any other [requirements of this chapter] of this chapter's requirements;
             477          (2) refuse to provide inspection for any official establishment for any cause specified in
             478      Section 401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or Section 18 of the federal Poultry Products
             479      Inspection Act;
             480          (3) withhold the use of labels and containers if the labeling is false or misleading or the
             481      containers are misleading in size or form;
             482          (4) prescribe the type size and style to be used for labeling:
             483          (a) information;
             484          (b) definitions; and
             485          (c) standards of identity, composition, or container fill;
             486          (5) prescribe conditions for the storage and handling of [livestock] meat and poultry
             487      products by any person who sells, freezes, stores, or transports these products to prevent them
             488      from becoming adulterated or misbranded;
             489          (6) require that equines be slaughtered and prepared in official establishments separate
             490      from those where other [livestock is] animals are slaughtered or their products are prepared;
             491          (7) require that the following people register the name and address of each place of
             492      business and all trade names:


             493          (a) broker;
             494          (b) renderer;
             495          (c) animal food manufacturer;
             496          (d) wholesaler;
             497          (e) public warehouseman of [livestock] meat or poultry products; or
             498          (f) anyone engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting any:
             499          (i) dead, dying, disabled, or diseased [livestock or poultry] animals; or
             500          (ii) parts of [livestock or poultry] animal carcasses that died other than by slaughter;
             501          (8) make inspections of official establishments at night, as well as during the day, if
             502      [livestock, poultry, or livestock] animals or meat and poultry products are slaughtered and
             503      prepared for commercial purposes in those establishments at night;
             504          (9) divide the state into inspection districts and designate killing days and partial
             505      killing days for each official establishment;
             506          (10) cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in the
             507      administration of this chapter and accept federal assistance and use funds appropriated for the
             508      administration of this chapter to pay the state's proportionate share of the cooperative program;
             509          (11) recommend the names of officials and employees of the department to the
             510      Secretary of Agriculture of the United States for appointment to the advisory committees
             511      provided for in the federal acts;
             512          (12) serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with the Secretary of
             513      Agriculture under paragraph (c) of Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Section
             514      5(c) of the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, unless the governor selects another
             515      representative; and
             516          (13) exempt from inspection:
             517          (a) the slaughter and processing of [livestock and poultry] an animal by any person
             518      who raises [livestock or poultry] an animal for [his] the person's own use, members of [his] the
             519      person's household, [his] employees, or nonpaying guests;
             520          (b) custom exempt slaughter and processing operations;
             521          [(b)] (c) farm custom slaughter performed by a [permittee;] licensee; and
             522          [(c)] (d) any other operation, if the exemption:
             523          (i) furthers the purposes of this chapter; and


             524          (ii) conforms to federal acts[; and].
             525          [(14) exempt from this chapter the processing of wild game if it:]
             526          [(a) is not processed in the same room and at the same time that inspected and
             527      approved livestock and poultry products are being processed; and]
             528          [(b) is stored in a separate cooler from inspected and passed products.]
             529          Section 10. Section 4-32-11 is amended to read:
             530           4-32-11. Preparation and slaughter of livestock, poultry, or livestock and poultry
             531      products -- Adulterated or misbranded products -- Violation of rule or order.
             532          (1) [No livestock, poultry, or livestock] An animal or meat or poultry product[, which]
             533      that may be used for human consumption shall not be:
             534          (a) slaughtered or prepared unless it is done in compliance with [the requirements of
             535      this chapter] this chapter's requirements;
             536          (b) sold, transported, offered for sale or transportation, or received for transportation, if
             537      it is adulterated or misbranded, unless it has been inspected and approved; or
             538          (c) subjected to any act while being transported or held for sale after transportation
             539      [which results] resulting in one of [these] the products becoming adulterated or being
             540      misbranded.
             541          (2) [No person shall] A person may not violate any rule or order of the commissioner
             542      under Subsection 4-32-7 (3) or (6), or Subsection 4-32-8 (3), (5), (7), or (14).
             543          Section 11. Section 4-32-12 is amended to read:
             544           4-32-12. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or
             545      certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.
             546          (1) [No person shall] A person may not cast, print, lithograph, or make any device or
             547      label containing or bearing any official mark or simulation of a mark, or any form or simulation
             548      of an official certificate unless authorized by the commissioner.
             549          (2) [No person shall] A person may not:
             550          (a) forge any official device, mark, or certificate;
             551          (b) use any official device, mark, or certificate without the authorization of the
             552      commissioner;
             553          (c) alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
             554          (d) fail to use, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate as


             555      required by this chapter;
             556          (e) knowingly possess any of the following, if it bears any unauthorized, counterfeit,
             557      simulated, forged, or altered official mark:
             558          (i) an official device;
             559          (ii) a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;
             560          (iii) a device;
             561          (iv) a label;
             562          (v) a carcass of any animal, including poultry; or
             563          (vi) a part or product of any animal, including poultry;
             564          (f) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate, or nonofficial or
             565      official certificate;
             566          (g) knowingly represent that any [livestock] meat or poultry product has been inspected
             567      and approved, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has not; or
             568          (h) use to [his] the person's advantage or reveal any information acquired under the
             569      authority of this chapter relating to any matter entitled to protection as a trade secret unless the
             570      information is:
             571          (i) revealed to an authorized government representative; or
             572          (ii) ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding.
             573          Section 12. Section 4-32-13 is amended to read:
             574           4-32-13. Meat or poultry products to be marked or labeled -- Meat or poultry
             575      products not intended for human food -- Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.
             576          (1) [No person shall] A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation,
             577      or receive for transportation, any animal carcasses [of horses, mules, or other equines] or parts
             578      of such carcasses, or the meat or meat [food] products, unless they are plainly and
             579      conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by rules adopted by the
             580      department to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.
             581          (2) [No person shall] A person may not buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or
             582      transportation, or receive for transportation any [livestock products] meat or poultry products
             583      that are not intended for human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as
             584      required by the rules of the department or are naturally inedible by humans.
             585          (3) [No] A person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting dead,


             586      dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died
             587      otherwise than by slaughter, [shall] may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation,
             588      or receive for transportation [such] the animals or parts of carcasses unless [such] the
             589      transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules adopted by the department to
             590      assure that [such] the animals or parts of carcasses will be prevented from being used for
             591      human food.
             592          Section 13. Section 4-32-16 is amended to read:
             593           4-32-16. Detention of animals or meat or poultry products -- Removal of official
             594      marks.
             595          (1) Whenever any [livestock] meat or poultry product or any product exempted from
             596      the definition of a [livestock] meat or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased
             597      [livestock or poultry] animal, is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner,
             598      and there is reason to believe that it is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as
             599      human food, or that it has not been inspected and passed, or that it has been or is intended to be
             600      distributed in violation of this chapter, it may be detained by [such] the representative pending
             601      action under Section 4-32-17 , and [shall] may not be moved by any person from the place at
             602      which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative.
             603          (2) All official marks may be required by [such] the representative described in
             604      Subsection (1) to be removed from [such] a product or animal described in Subsection (1)
             605      before [it] the product is released.
             606          Section 14. Section 4-32-17 is amended to read:
             607           4-32-17. Quarantine authorized -- Conditions giving rise to quarantine.
             608          (1) Any [livestock] meat or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased
             609      [livestock or poultry] animal that is being transported or is held for sale in this state, and that:
             610          (a) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or
             611      received for distribution in violation of this chapter[, or];
             612          (b) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded[,]; or
             613          (c) in any other way [is in violation of] violates this chapter, shall be seized and
             614      quarantined.
             615          (2) Quarantined animals or products shall be condemned and destroyed, except that the
             616      owner of [such] the quarantined animals or products may request a hearing within five days,


             617      and the commissioner shall, within five days after [such] the request, conduct a hearing to
             618      decide whether the quarantined animals or products shall be condemned.
             619          (3) The commissioner's decision [shall be] under Subsection (2) is final, and all
             620      condemned animals or products shall forthwith be destroyed or denatured in the presence of the
             621      commissioner or an inspector.
             622          [(2)] (4) This section [shall in no way derogate from] does not limit the authority for
             623      condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.
             624          Section 15. Section 4-32-18 is amended to read:
             625           4-32-18. Rules for the construction and operation of meat establishments
             626      authorized.
             627          (1) For the purposes of administering this chapter and qualifying [slaughterhouses]
             628      meat establishments for licenses, the department [has authority to] may adopt sanitary
             629      inspection rules and regulations, and all other necessary rules, including those pertaining to the
             630      construction, equipment, and facilities of [slaughterhouses] meat establishments.
             631          (2) The rules shall[, so far as practical,] conform with the regulations promulgated
             632      under the federal acts.
             633          Section 16. Section 4-32-20 is amended to read:
             634           4-32-20. Suspension or revocation -- Grounds.
             635          The department may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in
             636      writing of any person, investigate or cause to be investigated the operation of any
             637      [slaughterhouse] meat establishment, and may suspend or revoke the license of the
             638      [slaughterhouse] meat establishment upon any of the following grounds:
             639          (1) the license was obtained by any false or misleading statement;
             640          (2) for slaughtering any [livestock or poultry without inspection (antemortem and
             641      postmortem)] animal without an antemortem and a postmortem inspection, or for processing
             642      any [livestock] meat or poultry or products of either that have not been inspected and passed,
             643      (or exempted) and so identified;
             644          (3) the advertising or publicizing of any false or misleading statements that pertain to
             645      the slaughtering, processing, or distribution of [livestock or livestock products or poultry]
             646      animals or meat or poultry products;
             647          (4) the failure to maintain refrigeration, sanitation, or dispose of waste as required by


             648      rules of the department; or
             649          (5) the failure to comply with rules of the department pertaining to the disposal of
             650      carcasses or parts of carcasses that have been determined to be unfit for human consumption.
             651          Section 17. Section 4-32-21 is amended to read:
             652           4-32-21. Denial of application for farm custom slaughter license -- Venue for
             653      judicial review.
             654          (1) Any applicant[,] whose application for a license to operate a [slaughterhouse] meat
             655      establishment or to obtain a farm custom slaughter [permit] license is denied[,] may file a
             656      request for agency action with the department, requesting a hearing on the issue of denial.
             657          (2) (a) Any person who is aggrieved by an order issued under this section may obtain
             658      judicial review.
             659          (b) Venue for judicial review of informal adjudicative proceeding is in the district court
             660      in the county in which the alleged unlawful activity occurred or, in the case of an order denying
             661      a license application, in the county where the applicant resides.
             662          (3) The attorney general's office shall represent the department in any original action or
             663      any appeal under this section.
             664          Section 18. Section 4-32-22 is amended to read:
             665           4-32-22. Animals slaughtered or the meat and poultry products not intended for
             666      human use -- No inspection -- Products to be denatured or otherwise identified.
             667          Inspection [shall] may not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the
             668      slaughter of [livestock or poultry] animals or the preparation of any [livestock products] meat
             669      or poultry products that are not intended for use as human food, but [such] the products shall be
             670      denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by rules of the department [prior to] before their
             671      offer for sale or transportation.




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