Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2517-D – Rental of a licensed slaughterhouse
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1. Contract slaughtering. A commercial slaughterhouse licensed under section 2514 or a custom slaughterhouse registered under section 2514?A, but not engaging in the custom slaughter of poultry, may enter into a contract with a poultry producer who otherwise meets the requirements of the exemption for poultry producers that slaughter or process 20,000 or fewer poultry under the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 United States Code § 464(c)(3) to rent that slaughterhouse to the poultry producer for the slaughter and processing of the poultry producer’s poultry.
Poultry slaughtered and processed under the rental contract must be slaughtered and processed by the poultry producer.
A poultry producer that otherwise meets the requirements of the 20,000 or fewer poultry exemption, and having the intent to rent a slaughterhouse that is currently used by another poultry producer that meets the requirements of the exemption, must obtain approval from the commissioner in accordance with the requirements of the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator.
[PL 2021, c. 64, §24 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2517-D
- Commercial slaughterhouse: means a person engaged in the business of slaughtering livestock or poultry other than as a custom slaughterhouse. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Custom slaughterhouse: means a person who maintains a registered establishment under this chapter for the purposes of slaughtering livestock or poultry for another person's exclusive use by that person and members of that person's household and that person's nonpaying guests and employees, and who is not engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products or any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, poultry or other designated animals useable as human food. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511
- Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511Poultry: means a domesticated bird, whether live or dead. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511 Poultry producer: means a person who raises poultry offered for sale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511 Poultry Products Inspection Act: means the federal Act so entitled, approved August 28, 1957, 71 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2511 United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Restrictions on point of sale. Poultry slaughtered and processed under this section may not be offered for sale or transportation in interstate commerce.
[PL 2013, c. 252, §5 (NEW).]
3. Labeling. Packaging for poultry slaughtered and processed under this section must bear the name and address of the renting poultry producer and the statement “Exempted P.L. 90-492.”
[PL 2013, c. 252, §5 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2013, c. 252, §5 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 64, §24 (AMD).