Maine § 22 §2512 Powers and duties of the commissioner

Maine Statutes

§ 22 §2512 — Powers and duties of the commissioner

Maine § 22 §2512

Title 22HEALTH AND WELFARE

Part 5FOODS AND DRUGS

Ch. 562-APREPARATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 22, § 22 §2512 (2026).

Text

The commissioner shall implement a meat and poultry products inspection and licensing program that imposes and enforces requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least as stringent as those imposed and enforced under the federal acts with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is designated as the state agency to administer this chapter and to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the state meat inspection program.

1.Duties. The commissioner shall:

2.Powers. The commissioner may:

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The commissioner shall implement a meat and poultry products inspection and licensing program that imposes and enforces requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least as stringent as those imposed and enforced under the federal acts with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is designated as the state agency to administer this chapter and to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the state meat inspection program.
1.
Duties.
The commissioner shall:
2.
Powers.
The commissioner may:

Legislative History

PL 1999, c. 777, §1 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 20, §E1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 451, §G1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 354, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5 (REV). PL 2019, c. 73, §2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 633, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 64, §§12-16 (AMD).