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4-32-4. Meat establishment license -- Slaughtering livestock except in licensed meatestablishment prohibited -- Exceptions -- Violation a misdemeanor.
(1) A person may not, except in a licensed meat establishment, slaughter animals forhuman consumption or assist other persons in the slaughter or processing of animals except asotherwise provided in Subsection (2), (3), or (4).
(2) A person who raises an animal or an employee of that person may slaughter an animalwithout a farm custom slaughter license if:
(a) (i) the animal is slaughtered on property owned by the person; and
(ii) (A) slaughtering or processing animals is not prohibited by local ordinance; and
(B) any hide, viscera, blood, or other tissue is disposed of by removal to a renderingfacility, landfill, or by burial, as allowed by law;
(b) the meat or poultry product derived from the slaughtered animal is consumedexclusively by the person or the person's immediate family, regular employees of the person, ornonpaying guests; and
(c) the meat or poultry product is marked "Not For Sale."
(3) Farm custom slaughter may be performed by a person who holds a valid farm customslaughter license.
(4) A retail establishment that processes meat or poultry products primarily for sale toindividual consumers at the retail establishment is exempt from provisions requiring licensing ofa meat establishment if:
(a) the retail establishment is not engaged in slaughter operations;
(b) the retail establishment sells the processed meat and poultry products only toindividual consumers at the retail establishment, or to restaurants or institutions for use in mealsserved at those restaurants or institutions;
(c) the retail establishment's sales of processed meat and poultry products to restaurantsor institutions do not exceed the federal adjusted dollar limitation, or 25 percent by dollar volumeof all meat sales from the retail establishment, whichever is less;
(d) the retail establishment receives meat only from a meat establishment licensed underthis chapter or inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture under 21 U.S.C.Sections 451 to 695;
(e) the operator of the retail establishment does not sell, to any person other than anindividual consumer, any meat or poultry product that is cured, smoked, seasoned, canned, orcooked at the retail establishment;
(f) the retail establishment does not sell any meat or poultry product that is cured,smoked, seasoned, canned, or cooked at the retail establishment at a location other than the retailestablishment; and
(g) the operator of the retail establishment does not sell, to any person other than anindividual consumer, any meat product made by combining meat from different animal species atthe retail establishment.
(5) Any person who violates this section, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (6),is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(6) Any person who offers for sale or sells any uninspected meat or poultry product isguilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 242, 2010 General Session
Amended by Chapter 324, 2010 General Session