PART III. LICENSING

 

§161-11  Certificate of sanitation.  Theboard may issue certificates of sanitation to poultry slaughterhouses andpoultry processors which are subject to this chapter and which meet minimumsanitary specifications required for (1) the slaughtering of poultry for use ofthe poultry or poultry products in intrastate commerce, and (2) for theprocessing, transporting, storing, and handling of poultry or poultry productsin intrastate commerce.  The board may adopt rules subject to chapter 91governing the minimum sanitary specifications and prescribing forms, requiringreports, and providing for periodic renewals of certificates of sanitation.

Notwithstanding any requirement under thischapter or the rules adopted under this chapter which require the renovation orupgrading of the physical facilities of poultry slaughterhouses or poultryprocessors in order to obtain a certificate of sanitation, the board, as ofJuly 1, 1970, shall continue to issue certificates of sanitation to poultryslaughterhouses and poultry processors now licensed by the State, and shallallow them to continue their operations; provided that the facilities of thepoultry slaughterhouses and poultry processors shall be sanitary and that theproducts which emerge from their respective operations are wholesome, notadulterated, and fit for human consumption; and provided further that upon thesale or transfer of any of the foregoing businesses, the person to whom thebusiness is transferred shall be required to meet all of the requirements ofthis chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. [L 1969, c 212, §7; am L1993, c 92, §3]