Sec. 6.
(1) The director shall provide postmortem inspection of all meat animals slaughtered in any slaughterhouse or edible rendering establishment and reinspection of all meat animals, meat or meat products prepared in any slaughterhouse, edible rendering establishment, or wholesale fabricating, processing and storage establishment, excepting those meat animals slaughtered under the direct supervision of the United States department of agriculture or large wild game animals inspected at the time of processing at an official establishment. Carcasses and parts of carcasses found to be sound, healthful, wholesome and properly labeled upon inspection or reinspection as provided in this act shall be approved and properly identified by authorized personnel of the department. Each carcass or part of a carcass which is found on postmortem inspection or reinspection to be unsound, diseased or otherwise unfit for human consumption or not properly labeled shall be retained or condemned and conspicuously identified by the inspector at the time of inspection or reinspection and disposed of in the manner prescribed by the department.
(2) The state share of expenditures for the federal-state cooperative reinspection program shall not exceed the share contributed by the federal government.
History: 1965, Act 280, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 166, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971
Last modified: October 10, 2016