§ 40:941 — Handling of meat not slaughtered under license prohibited; exceptions;

§941. Handling of meat not slaughtered under license prohibited; exceptions;
penalty
A. No butcher or purveyor of food products intended for human
consumption shall, directly or indirectly, purchase, trade, handle, or sell, in any
manner, the carcass or any part thereof of any animal not slaughtered for
human consumption by a licensed butcher or in a licensed slaughterhouse,
packing house, or abattoir.
B. This Section does not apply to persons slaughtering for human
consumption their own animals on their own farm, plantation, or agricultural
premises; or to individuals slaughtering their own animals for the occasional
sale of meat as an incident to some other business, where these individuals are
not otherwise required by law to have a license for the slaughtering or butcher
business.
C. This Section does not apply to the slaughtering of alligators or
nutria, or the field dressing of wild game, which shall be governed by
regulations promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Health, with the
concurrence of both the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and the
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
D. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than
thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1995, No. 352, §1, eff. June 16, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 158, §1.