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SECTION 21-11-3

   § 21-11-3  License required for processingand packing houses. – No person, firm, association, or corporation shall operate within this stateany establishment for the purpose of slaughtering any animal for humanconsumption, or for canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, orhandling the carcass of any animal or part of the carcass, or for themanufacturing of any meat product or meat food product, until that person,firm, association, or corporation shall have obtained a license from thedepartment of health. This section shall not apply to a retail market offeringfor sale only those primal parts commonly known in the trade as sides,quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, tongues, livers, or similar parts,or meat, meat products, or meat food products, which have been obtained fromthe establishment of a person, firm, association, or corporation licensed inaccordance with provisions of this section, nor to any retail market where meatprocessing consists solely of grinding meat for sale on the premises.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-21 > Chapter-21-11 > 21-11-3

SECTION 21-11-3

   § 21-11-3  License required for processingand packing houses. – No person, firm, association, or corporation shall operate within this stateany establishment for the purpose of slaughtering any animal for humanconsumption, or for canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, orhandling the carcass of any animal or part of the carcass, or for themanufacturing of any meat product or meat food product, until that person,firm, association, or corporation shall have obtained a license from thedepartment of health. This section shall not apply to a retail market offeringfor sale only those primal parts commonly known in the trade as sides,quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, tongues, livers, or similar parts,or meat, meat products, or meat food products, which have been obtained fromthe establishment of a person, firm, association, or corporation licensed inaccordance with provisions of this section, nor to any retail market where meatprocessing consists solely of grinding meat for sale on the premises.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-21 > Chapter-21-11 > 21-11-3

SECTION 21-11-3

   § 21-11-3  License required for processingand packing houses. – No person, firm, association, or corporation shall operate within this stateany establishment for the purpose of slaughtering any animal for humanconsumption, or for canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, orhandling the carcass of any animal or part of the carcass, or for themanufacturing of any meat product or meat food product, until that person,firm, association, or corporation shall have obtained a license from thedepartment of health. This section shall not apply to a retail market offeringfor sale only those primal parts commonly known in the trade as sides,quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, tongues, livers, or similar parts,or meat, meat products, or meat food products, which have been obtained fromthe establishment of a person, firm, association, or corporation licensed inaccordance with provisions of this section, nor to any retail market where meatprocessing consists solely of grinding meat for sale on the premises.