Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4213 – Appointments and regulations
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4213
- commissioner: means the "Commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
- label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any article. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
- meat food product: means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, poultry or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from definition as a meat food product by the commissioner under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of such carcasses contained in such product are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as meat food products. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
- prepared: means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats, meat food products and poultry products thereof and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which said meat, meat food products and poultry products hereinbefore described are prepared, and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product or poultry product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have been inspected and found to be not adulterated, and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this Chapter and by rules and regulations to be prescribed by said commissioner and said commissioner shall, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this Chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this Chapter shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said commissioner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.
Acts 1968, No. 376, §12. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.