PART IV. INSPECTION, LABELING, SANITATION, AND EXEMPTIONS

 

[§161-21]  Ante-mortem inspection.  Forthe purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce of poultry or poultryproducts which are adulterated, the board shall cause to be made, by veterinariansand poultry inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination andinspection of all poultry, before they are allowed to enter into any poultryslaughtering, packing, poultry-canning, or similar establishment in this Statein which slaughtering and processing of poultry or poultry products areconducted solely for intrastate commerce; and all poultry found on suchinspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart from all otherpoultry and slaughtered or otherwise disposed of as provided in the rules andregulations, and when so slaughtered, the carcasses of the poultry shall besubject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rulesand regulations to be prescribed by the board. [L 1969, c 212, §13]