Sec. 5.
The director shall provide for the ante-mortem inspection of all meat animals slaughtered in any slaughterhouse or edible rendering establishment, excepting those meat animals slaughtered under the direct supervision of the United States department of agriculture, before they are slaughtered. Separate facilities shall be provided for confining and conducting the inspection of meat animals deemed unfit for immediate slaughter. If any person is about to slaughter any meat animal which the department believes may be affected with disease, the director shall notify the person in charge of the animals to refrain from slaughtering them until the ante-mortem examination is completed. Any person slaughtering meat animals after such notification by the director upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1965, Act 280, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
Last modified: October 10, 2016