PART VI. INSPECTION SERVICE, WITHDRAWAL AND COMPENSATION

 

§159-46  Inspection; overtime compensation. All animals slaughtered by any slaughterhouse duly licensed under this partshall be inspected by an inspector duly authorized by the department, both beforeand after slaughtering, and no animal shall be slaughtered, or after slaughterbe sold, transported, offered for sale or transportation, or received fortransportation in commerce unless the slaughtering thereof or the use thereofin commerce, after slaughtering, is approved by an inspector.

The management of any processing establishment,slaughterhouse, or the owner of any animal to be slaughtered requiring theservices of an inspector in excess of eight consecutive hours on any workday,or in excess of forty hours in any workweek, or on legal holidays, shall pay tothe department for overtime inspection services, the current state overtimerate for each hour of work performed by the inspector.

The department shall pay the inspector for allovertime inspection services performed; provided that the party requesting orrequiring the overtime inspection services shall sufficiently in advance of theovertime period arrange with the department for the services. [L 1969, c 214,pt of §1; am L 1990, c 139, §11; am L 1991, c 88, §1]