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2-17-28
Section 2-17-28 Exemption of meat, etc., inspected and passed by United States Department of
Agriculture. Any meat or meat food products or poultry or poultry food products which have
been inspected and passed by inspectors of the United States Department of Agriculture shall
be exempt from the meat and poultry inspection provisions of this chapter unless such products
are further processed, in which event they shall be subject to all other provisions and requirements
of this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §15; Acts 1971, No. 2252, p. 3622, §6; Acts
1975, No. 550, §1.)...
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2-17-1
Section 2-17-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama or his duly authorized
representative. (2) FIRM. Any partnership, association or other unincorporated business organization.
(3) MEAT BROKER. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling
carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
horses, mules or other equines or poultry on commission or otherwise negotiating purchases
or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person,
firm or corporation. (4) POULTRY. Any live or slaughtered domesticated bird. (5) RENDERER.
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or
products of the carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,...
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2-17-10
Section 2-17-10 Labeling of cans, pots, etc., containing meat, meat food products, or poultry
food products; misbranding of products, or poultry food products; misbranding of carcasses,
etc.; establishment of definitions and standards; use of false or misleading names, labeling,
etc. (a) When any meat or meat food product or poultry food product prepared for intrastate
commerce which has been inspected as provided in this chapter and marked "Alabama inspected
and passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle
or covering in any establishment where inspection under this chapter is maintained, the person,
firm, or corporation preparing the product shall attach a label to the can, pot, tin, canvas,
or other receptacle or covering, which label shall state that the contents thereof have been
"Alabama inspected and passed" under this chapter, and no inspection and examination
of meat or meat food products or poultry food products deposited or enclosed in...
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2-17-5
Section 2-17-5 Applicability of provisions as to inspection and examination of carcasses, etc.;
limitation of entry of carcasses, etc., into establishments inspected under chapter. (a) The
provisions of Sections 2-17-3 and 2-17-4 shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses
of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry or the meat or
meat products thereof capable of use as human food which may be brought into any slaughtering,
meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment where inspection under
this chapter is maintained, and such examination and inspection shall be had before the said
carcasses or part thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are
to be treated and prepared for meat food products or poultry food products; and the foregoing
provisions shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any
such slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar...
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2-17-13
Section 2-17-13 Slaughter, sale, offer for sale, transportation, etc., of animals, carcasses,
food products, etc., in violation of provisions of chapter or regulations promulgated by commissioner.
No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules or other equines or poultry or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food
products or poultry food products of any such animals: (1) Slaughter any such animals or birds
or prepare any such articles which are capable of being used as human food at any establishment
preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements
of this chapter; (2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation
in intrastate commerce any such articles which are capable of use as human food and are adulterated
or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation or
receipt for transportation or any...
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2-17-25
Section 2-17-25 Designation and powers of commissioner as state agency for cooperating with
Secretary of Agriculture; jurisdiction of commissioner exclusive as to activities covered
by chapter; cooperation with other governmental branches and agencies. (a) The commissioner
is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the
Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of the federal Meat Inspection
Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and such agency is hereby directed to
cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering
the meat and poultry inspection program of this state under this chapter to assure that its
requirements will be at least equal to those imposed by the applicable provisions of the federal
Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and in developing and
administering the program of this state under this chapter in such...
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2-18-3
Section 2-18-3 Department may enter into contracts to perform grading at poultry slaughtering,
dressing or processing plants; collection of fees by department and disposition thereof. The
Department of Agriculture and Industries, acting by and through the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is also
authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, corporation
or association engaged in slaughtering, dressing, processing or marketing poultry or poultry
products whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries, on terms and conditions mutually
agreed upon between the parties to such a contract, shall perform poultry meat grading at
poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants to the end that poultry slaughtered, dressed
or processed at such plants shall meet the requirements of any rules, regulations, specifications
or standards adopted and promulgated under the...
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2-17-2
Section 2-17-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of policy; purpose and construction
of chapter generally; adoption and promulgation of regulations promulgated under certain federal
acts. (a) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total supply
of food. It is essential to the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be
protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome,
not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded
meat or meat food products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome,
not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products and result in
sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products as well
as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, misbranded or deceptively packaged articles
can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the...
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2-17A-4
Section 2-17A-4 Inspections voluntary unless otherwise provided by Congress; other statutes
relative to inspections not affected by chapter. The provisions of this chapter authorizing
the inspection of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products shall not be construed to make
such inspection mandatory. Inspection services shall be on a voluntary basis upon request
of a person, firm, corporation or association desiring such inspection. In the event the Congress
of the United States at any time in the future requires compulsory inspection of rabbit meat
and rabbit meat food products, then the provisions and requirements of this chapter for inspection
of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products shall become mandatory and otherwise in compliance
with such congressional act. This chapter shall not affect, restrict, limit or modify the
power and duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to provide and require mandatory
inspection for slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,...
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2-17-27
Section 2-17-27 Exemption of certain activities from provisions of chapter by commissioner;
applicability of certain provisions of chapter. (a) The commissioner shall, by regulation
and under such conditions as to sanitary standards, practices, procedures and reasonable volume
limitations as he may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this chapter: (1) The
slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising and the preparation by him and transportation
of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry food
products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying
guests and employees; (2) The slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising and
the preparation by him and transportation of the carcasses or parts thereof, not to include
meat food products or poultry food products, where such are sold directly to household consumers
or restaurants, hotels and boardinghouses for use in their...
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