Sec. 3.
(1) A person shall not establish, conduct, maintain, or operate a slaughterhouse or edible rendering establishment without a license from the department. After July 1, 1969, a person shall not establish, conduct, maintain, or operate a wholesale fabricating, processing, or storage establishment handling meat products without a license from the department. A licensee of meat products licensed under this act shall not be required to be licensed by a local unit of government to operate under this act or under any district, county, city, township, or village ordinance. After July 1, 1969, a person licensed under this act is not required to obtain a license under Act No. 228 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 289.581 to 289.592 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The products of a licensee under this act, inspected and approved in accordance with the requirements of this act, shall be permitted for sale in all local government jurisdictions in this state and may be transported and sold anywhere in this state without restriction.
(2) A person conducting operations of types traditionally conducted at retail outlets is exempt from the licensing requirements of this act.
History: 1965, Act 280, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 166, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 328, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1974
Last modified: October 10, 2016