3-2043. Assignment of inspectors
Slaughtering establishments granted state meat inspection service shall notify the
chief veterinary meat inspector of their hours of slaughter, and the chief veterinary
meat inspector shall assign inspectors to said establishments to conduct meat
inspection. The chief veterinary meat inspector may assign one inspector to conduct
inspection at two or more slaughtering establishments having state meat inspection
service where the animals slaughtered are less than one hundred head per week at each
establishment. The hours of the day and the days of the week shall be satisfactorily
arranged with the slaughtering establishments so that the inspector is present at each
establishment during all periods of slaughter. Slaughtering establishments wishing to
slaughter in excess of eight hours in any one day or slaughter on holidays or Sundays may
do so, and the chief veterinary meat inspector shall assign an inspector to conduct meat
inspection. Slaughtering establishments shall pay fees to the department when such
services are provided commensurate with actual wages incurred. No slaughtering
establishment with state meat inspection service is permitted to slaughter any cattle,
sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines unless there is an assigned inspector
on the premises of the establishment during all periods of slaughter.
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