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Chapter 603 — Meat Sellers and Slaughterers
MEAT SELLERS AND SLAUGHTERERS
603.010 Definitions
603.015 Policy
603.025 Licenses required; application; term; renewal; surety bond; fee; rules
603.027 Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules
603.031 Additional users of establishment; fees; rules
603.034 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; multiple activities; license exemption
603.038 Licensing exemption for certain poultry processors
603.045 Custom slaughter and processing regulations
603.055 Equipment and facilities requirements
603.059 Unclean slaughterhouses prohibited
603.065 Slaughter methods
603.075 Brand inspection service fee
603.085 Rulemaking authority
603.095 Disposition of funds received by department
603.200 Payment by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest; definitions
603.992 Penalties
603.995 Civil penalties; rules; disposition of penalty moneys
603.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) “Custom processing establishment” means a stationary establishment wherein slaughtered meat animals or meat, caused to be delivered by the owners thereof, are prepared for compensation, payment or remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner thereof or to the order of the owner.
(2) “Custom slaughtering establishment” means a mobile or stationary establishment wherein meat animals, caused to be delivered by the owners thereof, are slaughtered for compensation, payment or remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner thereof or to the order of the owner.
(4) “Equipment” means all machinery, fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, implements and apparatus used in and about an establishment.
(5) “Establishment” means:
(6) “Meat animal” means any vertebrate animal, except fish and aquatic mammals, not otherwise prohibited by law for sale for human consumption.
(7) “Meat or meat product” means any edible muscle, except any muscle found in the lips, snout or ears, of meat animals, which is skeletal or found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus, with or without any accompanying and overlying fat, and any portion of bone, skin, sinew, nerve or blood vessels normally accompanying the muscle tissue and not separated from it in the process of dressing or as otherwise prescribed by the department.
(8) “Meat seller establishment” means an establishment wherein meat products are sold, offered or held for sale, but which are not prepared other than to be ground, seasoned, salted, frozen, boned, cut up, wrapped or packed.
(9) “Nonslaughtering processing establishment” means any building, structure or vehicle wherein the activities of a slaughterhouse, custom slaughtering establishment or custom processing establishment or of an animal food slaughtering establishment or animal food processing establishment under ORS chapter 619 are not performed, but wherein meat products are prepared.
(10) “Poultry” means chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and all other domesticated fowls or birds.
(11) “Prepared” means ground, seasoned, canned, cooked, salted, frozen, smoked, cured, pickled, packed, boned, dried, cut up, wrapped or otherwise manufactured or processed.
(12) “Slaughterhouse” means an establishment wherein meat animals are slaughtered.
(13) “Unwholesome” means all meats or meat products that are diseased, contaminated, including drug or chemical residue, putrid, unsound, unhealthful or unfit for food. [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955 c.724 §1; 1959 c.239 §1; 1961 c.164 §1; 1969 c.565 §1; 1973 c.175 §3; 1975 c.304 §1; 1993 c.162 §1; 1995 c.79 §320; 2003 c.14 §360]
603.015 Policy. The purpose and intent of ORS 599.205 and this chapter is to protect the livestock industry of this state against theft of meat animals and, giving cognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, to provide the State Department of Agriculture with the means to complement the enforcement of that Act by authorizing the department to take necessary and proper measures for the protection of the health and welfare of Oregon consumers. Such measures should include the prevention of sale and distribution of unwholesome meat and meat products, the exercising of quality controls and supervision, the establishment of general sanitary and safeguard provisions and the identification of meat animals and meat products. [1973 c.175 §2; 1981 c.248 §26]
603.020 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §2; 1969 c.565 §2; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.025 Licenses required; application; term; renewal; surety bond; fee; rules. (1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or expose for sale meat products or engage in any other activity described or identified in subsection (4) of this section without first obtaining and maintaining a license for that activity from the State Department of Agriculture. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Renewal applications must be postmarked before the expiration date to be timely.
(6) The department may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for establishments licensed under this section. The department may determine the license fee for an establishment based upon the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. In establishing the amount of the license fee for an establishment, the State Department of Agriculture shall use the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that establishment within Oregon during the prior calendar year or, if the establishment maintains sales and service records on a fiscal basis, the prior fiscal year. If the establishment applying for an original license or for a renewal license cannot provide the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services for a full calendar year, the department shall base the fee on estimated annual gross sales and services by the establishment. If an establishment whose previous year’s fee was determined using an estimated gross sales and services figure applies for renewal of that license, the fee for the previous license year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the establishment.
(7) Except as provided in this subsection, the department may not adopt a rule under this section to establish a license fee that is more than three percent higher than the license fee charged during the preceding year for an establishment of the same type and having the same volume of gross sales and services. When adopting a rule establishing a license fee, notwithstanding the three percent limit, the department may round the fee amount to the next higher whole dollar amount. Fee schedules adopted under this section may not change the amount of the same license fee more frequently than once each year. [1973 c.175 §4; 1975 c.703 §1; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §1; 1991 c.331 §92; 1991 c.632 §1; 1997 c.631 §505; 2005 c.735 §§1,2; 2007 c.768 §§19,20; 2012 c.64 §1]
Note: The amendments to 603.025 by section 36, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, become operative July 1, 2019. See section 45, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
603.025. (1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or expose for sale meat products or engage in any other activity described or identified in subsection (4) of this section without first obtaining and maintaining a license for that activity from the State Department of Agriculture. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Renewal applications must be postmarked before the expiration date to be timely.
603.027 Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025 (2), whenever any business licensed pursuant to the requirements of ORS 603.025 (4)(a) is transferred by sale or otherwise, the person to whom the license was issued may apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a refund of that portion of the license fee applicable to the then unexpired portion of the license period. The person to whom the business is transferred shall not be required to pay a license fee that exceeds the amount of any refund to which the transferor is entitled pursuant to this subsection.
(2) Application for the refund referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be made at such time and in such manner as the department by rule may prescribe. [1975 c.188 §2]
603.030 [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955 c.712 §20; 1955 c.724 §3; 1957 c.65 §1; 1961 c.425 §11; 1969 c.565 §3; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.031 Additional users of establishment; fees; rules. (1) The State Department of Agriculture may issue licenses under this chapter to one or more additional users of a custom processing establishment, custom slaughtering establishment, meat seller establishment, nonslaughtering processing establishment or slaughterhouse that is licensed primarily for operation by another person. A license issued to an additional user of an establishment described in this subsection shall cover all operations at that establishment by the person licensed. Regardless of the number of persons licensed to use an establishment described in this subsection, the department may not recognize more than one person as the primary operator of the establishment.
(2) The department may assess a license fee to an additional user of an establishment described in this section, calculated as provided in rules adopted under ORS 603.025. In calculating license fees as provided under ORS 603.025, the establishment’s annual gross dollar volume of sales and services for an additional user of the establishment is independent of the establishment’s annual gross dollar volume of sales for any other user or the primary operator of the establishment.
(4) The department may adopt rules to determine the responsibilities of an establishment’s primary operator and additional users of the establishment under ORS 603.034, 603.045 (6), 603.055 and 603.059 and rules adopted under ORS 603.055 and 603.085.
(5) A recognized primary operator of an establishment shall notify the department upon the expiration or termination of the rental or lease of the establishment by an additional user of the establishment. The renting or leasing of an establishment to a person licensed by the department as an additional user of the establishment or the expiration or termination of use by a person licensed as an additional user of the establishment does not, by itself, constitute the transfer of a business for purposes of ORS 603.027. [2007 c.645 §2; 2012 c.64 §19]
603.033 [1955 c.724 §5; 1965 c.483 §7; 1967 c.392 §1; 1969 c.565 §4; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.034 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; multiple activities; license exemption. (1) In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license to any applicant or licensee whose establishment construction, equipment or sanitation does not meet the requirements of the State Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, or of ORS 599.205 and this chapter, or of the rules promulgated thereunder.
(4) ORS 599.205 and this chapter shall not require a person to obtain a license to slaughter on the person’s own premises a meat animal, owned by the person, for the person’s consumption or for consumption by members of the person’s household, nonpaying guests or employees. [1973 c.175 §5; 1975 c.703 §2; 1981 c.248 §27; 1991 c.331 §93; 2007 c.645 §3]
603.035 [1953 c.692 §5; repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.038 Licensing exemption for certain poultry processors. (1) As used in this section, “poultry” means live or dead chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl or other domesticated birds.
(3) The exemption described in this section is in addition to any exemption that a person may claim under ORS 603.034 (4) for the slaughtering and processing of poultry for personal use. [2011 c.119 §1]
Note: 603.038 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 603 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
603.040 [Amended by 1953 c.692 §6; 1955 c.724 §6; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.045 Custom slaughter and processing regulations. A custom slaughtering establishment or a custom processing establishment shall:
(2) Mark, tag or otherwise identify all individually wrapped packages or containers of meat or meat products slaughtered or prepared for the owner of a meat animal, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the State Department of Agriculture, so as to protect the people of this state from the purchase, use or consumption of uninspected or unwholesome meat or meat products. In addition to such marking, tagging and identifying as the department may prescribe, each such package or container shall be marked with the words “Not Inspected” and “Not For Sale” in letters at least three-eighths inch in size.
(c) The name and address of the person to whom the meat products of each such animal were delivered upon completion of the slaughter and the date thereof. [1973 c.175 §6; 1977 c.758 §1]
603.050 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §7; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.055 Equipment and facilities requirements. Each establishment, other than those subject to ORS 603.045, shall maintain and only utilize an establishment and equipment in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture. [1973 c.175 §7]
603.059 Unclean slaughterhouses prohibited. No owner or occupier of premises where animals are slaughtered shall permit the same to remain unclean, to the extent that it constitutes a health hazard. [Formerly 433.710]
603.060 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §8; 1959 c.239 §2; 1967 c.396 §2; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
603.065 Slaughter methods. (1) Cattle, equines, sheep or swine shall be slaughtered by a licensee and handled in connection with slaughter, by any method which:
(2) No licensee engaged in the slaughter of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 §11]
603.070 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §9; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
603.075 Brand inspection service fee. The State Department of Agriculture may impose on any establishment required by the laws of this state to have brand inspection the service fee established under ORS 604.046 (2). Such fee is appropriated as set forth in ORS chapter 604. Notwithstanding ORS 604.046 (2), the department may waive the service fee under circumstances the department deems appropriate. [1973 c.175 §8; 1975 c.574 §1; 1981 c.248 §19; 2007 c.229 §7]
603.080 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §10; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
603.085 Rulemaking authority. In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183 the State Department of Agriculture may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce ORS 599.205 and this chapter, including but not limited to:
(3) The establishment of the major phases of processing and forms of the certificates and tags required by ORS 603.045 (3) and (4). [1973 c.175 §9; 1981 c.248 §28]
603.090 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.091 [1959 c.565 §16; 1969 c.565 §5; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.095 Disposition of funds received by department. Except as provided in ORS 603.075, all moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 599.269 and this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering ORS 599.269, ORS chapters 604, 616 and 619 and this chapter and for the purpose of administering such provisions of ORS chapters 162, 164 and 607 as apply to theft of livestock. [1973 c.175 §10; 1975 c.574 §1a; 1979 c.499 §17; 1981 c.248 §32; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §2]
603.100 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.101 [1959 c.565 §17; 1969 c.565 §6; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.110 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.120 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §11; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.130 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.140 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §12; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.150 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §13; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.160 [Repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.170 [Repealed by 1955 c.724 §17]
603.172 [1965 c.483 §6; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
603.180 [Repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.190 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §14; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.200 Payment by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest; definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(d) “Processor” means a person required to obtain a license described in ORS 603.025 (4)(b) to (e). [1975 c.703 §10; 2012 c.64 §35]
Note: 603.200 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 603 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
603.310 [1961 c.407 §§1,2; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.320 [1961 c.407 §3; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.990 [Subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.565 §19; repealed by 1973 c.175 §15]
603.992 Penalties. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, violation of this chapter, or rules promulgated thereunder, is a misdemeanor.
(3) Violation of ORS 603.059 is a Class D violation. If the nuisance is not removed within five days after the first offense, it is considered a second offense, and every like neglect of each succeeding five days thereafter is considered an additional offense. [1973 c.175 §12; 1981 c.248 §29; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §3; 2001 c.104 §237]
603.995 Civil penalties; rules; disposition of penalty moneys. (1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 603.992, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter or of rules adopted under this chapter. For the purposes of this section, each day a violation continues after the period of time established for compliance shall be considered a separate violation unless the department finds that a different period of time is more appropriate to describe a specific violation event.
(4) Moneys received by the department from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Account. [2009 c.175 §5]