3-2088

3-2088. Requirements for processed, blended or
prepared meat and meat food products; violation;
classification

A. The director shall adopt rules fixing and establishing the contents of processed
meats and meat food products including the percentage of meats and nonmeat ingredients
which may be contained in processed meats, but the percentage of meats prescribed by rule
to be contained in processed meats and meat food products shall not exceed the maximum
percentages prescribed by the United States department of agriculture. A processed meat
product fabricated from two or more ingredients shall bear a list of the ingredients
giving the common or usual names of the ingredients arranged in the order of their
predominance. A person who violates a rule adopted under this subsection is guilty of a
class 3 misdemeanor.

B. The director may prescribe by rule conditions under which carcasses, parts of
carcasses, meat and meat food products of any livestock that are capable for use as human
food shall be stored or otherwise handled by a person, firm or corporation engaged in the
business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transporting such articles if the
director deems the action to be necessary to assure that the articles will not be
adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer.

C. All processed, blended or otherwise prepared meat or meat food products which
are packed in any can, pot, tin, box, canvas or other receptacle or covering constituting
an immediate or true container, shall be labeled. Plain wrappings used solely to protect
the product against spoiling during delivery and storage need not bear a label. Labels
shall contain, prominently and informatively, the following:

1. The true name of the product.

2. The word "ingredients" followed by a list of the ingredients when the product is
fabricated from two or more different types of meat or meat food products.

3. The name and place of business of the manufacturer or distributor.

4. An accurate statement of the quantity of contents.

5. The inspection number and stamp of the slaughtering establishment operating
under state meat inspection service or the inspection number and stamp of the meat
processor operating with an assigned establishment number.

D. There shall be no preservatives used in any meat or meat food products unless
such preservatives have been approved by the United States department of
agriculture. Specifically, all sulfates and sulfites are prohibited from use in any meat
or meat food products.

E. Any artificial coloring which is used by a processor of any meat or meat food
product shall have been approved by the United States department of agriculture.

F. Meats and meat food products shall not be adulterated or misbranded.

G. No meat or meat food product which has not been inspected shall be mixed in any
way with any meat or meat food product which has been inspected when such meats or meat
food products are offered for sale.

H. The provisions of this section shall apply to any person who slaughters, mixes,
blends, cans, cures or otherwise prepares meat or meat food products. It shall include
slaughterers, meat processors, wholesalers, retailers, jobbers, lockerplants, peddlers
and sausage makers.