§ 96-Q — Unmarked and unlabeled meat

§ 96-q. Unmarked and unlabeled meat. Inasmuch as it cannot be\ndetermined for certain by any presently known method of inspection\nwhether meat is unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit or\nunsafe for food unless the organs and other tissues of an animal are\ninspected when slaughtered, or whether meat, meat by-products or meat\nfood products are unsound, unhealthful and unwholesome or contain dyes,\nchemicals, preservatives or ingredients which render such products\nadulterated unless inspected where processed, and as uninspected meat,\nmeat by-products and meat food products may be unfit or unsafe for human\nconsumption, the commissioner shall seize and destroy for food purposes\nany meat, meat by-product or meat food product that does not bear an\nofficial inspection legend affixed pursuant to a federal inspection;\nprovided nothing herein shall affect the possession by a custom\nslaughterer or custom processor, or the possession and transportation by\nthe owner of custom slaughtered meat or farm dressed meat when meats are\nidentified as such in accordance with rules and regulations duly\npromulgated pursuant to the federal meat inspection act and all acts\namendatory thereof; and provided, further, nothing herein shall affect\nthe transportation of dead animals, properly identified, condemned\ncarcasses and parts of carcasses, and other condemned or inedible\nproduct or material to rendering plants.\n