§ 15-17-5-4 — Duties of board

To accomplish the objectives of this chapter,
the board or an agent of the board may do the following:
(1) Require by rules the following:
(A) Antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection of
livestock and poultry slaughtered for distribution as human
food.
(B) Except for the operations of establishments exempt under
section 11 of this chapter, the quarantine, segregation, and
inspection of livestock and poultry slaughtered, and of livestock
products and poultry products processed or prepared for
distribution at all establishments in Indiana.
(2) Require by rules the following:
(A) The identification of livestock and poultry for inspection
purposes.
(B) The marking and labeling of livestock products, poultry
products, livestock and poultry product containers, or both the
product and containers as:
(i) "Indiana Inspected and Passed" if the products are found
upon inspection to be not adulterated;
(ii) "Indiana Inspected and Condemned" if the products are
found upon inspection to be adulterated; or
(iii) "Not for Sale" if the products are produced under an
exemption from inspection.
(C) The destruction for food purposes of all condemned
products under the supervision of an inspector.
(3) Prohibit the entry into official establishments of livestock
products and poultry products not prepared under federal
inspection or inspection under this chapter and further limit the
entry of the products and other materials into official
establishments under conditions that the board considers
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
(4) Require by rules that when livestock products and poultry
products leave official establishments, the products bear directly
on the products or on the containers, or both, as the board
requires, all information necessary to prevent a product from
being misbranded, and that all labeling and containers to be used
for the products when sold or transported in commerce be
approved by the board to ensure that the products comply with
this chapter.
(5) Investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment and
withdraw or refuse to provide inspection service at an
establishment where the sanitary conditions are such as to make
adulterated any livestock products or poultry products prepared
or handled at the establishment.
(6) Adopt rules concerning sanitation for all establishments,
including custom slaughterers or processors, engaged in the
slaughtering of livestock or poultry or preparing meat food
products or poultry products capable of use as human food.
(7) Require by rules that the following persons keep records that
fully and correctly disclose all transactions involving meat food
products and poultry products:
(A) Persons in the business of slaughtering livestock or poultry
or preparing, freezing, packaging, labeling, buying, selling (as
dealers, wholesalers, or other similar persons), transporting, or
storing any livestock products or poultry products for human or
animal food.
(B) Persons in business as renderers or in the business of
buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or
diseased livestock or poultry, or parts of the carcasses of
animals, including poultry, that died other than by slaughter.
The board shall adopt rules that require persons described under
clauses (A) and (B) to give the state veterinarian access to the
places of business, an opportunity at all reasonable times to
examine the facilities, inventory, and records, an opportunity to
copy the records, and an opportunity to take reasonable samples
of the inventory.
(8) If necessary to permit interstate shipment, enter into reciprocal
agreements with states adjoining Indiana and the United States
Department of Agriculture concerning the inspection of livestock,
poultry, and other animals.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.