§ 20-60-302 — Policy - Definitions

Arkansas § 20-60-302

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 20

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(a) (1) Meat and meat food products are purchased by numerous agencies administered and operated by the State of Arkansas. (2) Meat and meat food products are procured by competitive bidding methods and in accordance with official published specifications. (b) It is declared to be the policy of this state to grant authority to the Department of Agriculture to provide an acceptance service designed to assure state institutional users of meat and meat food products that the meats and meat food products they purchase comply with the provisions and detailed specifications approved by the Office of State Procurement. (c) As used in this subchapter: (1) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses; (2) "Meat" means any edible part of the carcass of any livestock; and (3) "Meat food product" means any food or food product intended for use as human food that is derived or prepared, in whole or in part, from any portion of any livestock, unless exempted by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture upon the determination of the secretary that the food or food product: (A) Contains only a minimal amount of meat and is not represented as a meat food product; or (B) Is for medicinal purposes and is advertised only to the medical profession.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2021, No. 418,§ 3, eff. 3/23/2021. Acts 1971, No. 468, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2019.