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NH Rev Stat § 426-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:3 - Funding of Program.

[RSA 426-A:3 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:3 Funding of Program. –||The commissioner is authorized to receive and expend federal funds appropriated for administration of this chapter.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:4 - Farm Inspections.

[RSA 426-A:4 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:4 Farm Inspections. –||I. The department may inspect a farm during reasonable hours for the purpose of determining compliance with:||(a) The federal standards for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption, in accordance 21 C.F.R. Part 112; and||(b) Rules adopted under this chapter.||II. This section shall not limit the commissioner's authority to respond when an imminent health hazard is suspected in order to protect public health.||III. Upon successful inspection, the commissioner may issue a certificate at the request of the farm to include the name of the farm, date and place of inspection, and other information in compliance with the rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A.||IV. Failure to comply with the requirements of 21 C.F.R. Part 112, issued under section 419 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, is a prohibited act under section 301 (vv) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.||V. A farm that is eligible for a qualified exemption in accordance with Part 112.5 shall establish and keep records as required pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act, 21 C.F.R. Part 112.7.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:5 - Records.

[RSA 426-A:5 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:5 Records. –||The owner or operator of a produce farm shall maintain records required by the federal Food Safety Modernization Act, rules adopted thereunder, and rules adopted under this chapter pursuant to RSA 541-A and shall make those records available to the department upon request.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:6 - Rulemaking.

[RSA 426-A:6 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:6 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the administration of this chapter.|||Source. 2018, 323:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 426-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 426-A - Produce Safety|Section 426-A:7 - Produce; Stop Sale.

[RSA 426-A:7 repealed by 2018, 323:28, effective June 30, 2026.]|    426-A:7 Produce;  Stop Sale. –||When the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe produce is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any of the rules adopted under this chapter, the commissioner or agent may issue and serve a written "stop sale, use or removal" order upon the owner or custodian of any such produce. The produce shall not be sold, used or removed until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and the produce has been released by the commissioner or the violation has been otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter by a court of competent jurisdiction.|||Source. 2021, 21:2, eff. May 6, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:1 - Declaration of Policy.

    427:1 Declaration of Policy. –||Meat and meat food products are an important element in our state's total food supply. To protect the health and welfare of consumers, meat, and meat food products produced and distributed in the state should be wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Allowing the sale or distribution of meat and meat food products that fail to meet this standard would not only endanger the public health, but also disadvantage those livestock producers and meat processors who maintain proper standards. It is hereby found that in order to protect the health and welfare of consumers and maintain the state's infrastructure for producing high quality livestock and meat, it is appropriate that the commissioner, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), regulate livestock production and meat processing.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2017, 145:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:1-a - Applicability.

    427:1-a Applicability. –||I. The purposes and requirements of this chapter may be fulfilled for both intrastate and interstate distribution and sale of meat and meat products by adhering to the requirements of the USDA detailed in 21 U.S.C. chapters 10 and 12.||II. The purposes of this chapter may be fulfilled for intrastate sale of meat by adhering to the provisions of this subdivision if authorized by the USDA.||III. The purposes of this chapter may be fulfilled for interstate sale of meat by adhering to the provisions of this subdivision if authorized by the USDA, pursuant to all constraints established by the USDA.|||Source. 2000, 142:1, eff. July 22, 2000. 2008, 57:1, eff. July 20, 2008. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. 2017, 145:2, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:3 - Meat Inspection Program Established.

    427:3 Meat Inspection Program Established. –||I. There is created within the department of agriculture, markets, and food, division of animal industry, a meat inspection program which is charged with the enforcement of this subdivision. The state veterinarian shall be the chief of said service. There is hereby established the full-time classified position of meat inspection program administrator. The meat inspection program administrator shall be under the direction and supervision of the state veterinarian and shall enforce the provisions of this subdivision.||II. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4, eff. July 23, 1995. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. 2021, 19:7, I, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:4 - Examination and Inspection.

    427:4 Examination and Inspection. –||For the purpose of preventing the use in commerce of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall certify meat inspectors to conduct:||I. An examination and inspection of all livestock before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering establishment in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are conducted solely for commerce:||(a) All livestock found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other livestock; and||(b) When so slaughtered, the carcasses of said livestock shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A.||II. A postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all livestock capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, establishment in this state in which such articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce, and interstate commerce when authorized. After the examination:||(a) The carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled, as "New Hampshire Inspected and Passed" and all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled as "New Hampshire Inspected and Condemned";||(b) All carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector;||(c) Said inspectors, after the first inspection, shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect the carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether, since the first inspection, the same have become adulterated. If any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector; and||(d) The commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof when the requirements of either subparagraph II(b) or (c) have not been observed.||III. An examination and inspection of all meat food products prepared in any slaughtering establishment, where such articles are prepared solely for commerce.||IV. The slaughter of certain poultry under RSA 427:2-a shall be exempted from this section.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. 2017, 145:14, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:5 - Coverage of Inspection Provisions.

    427:5 Coverage of Inspection Provisions. –||I. The provisions of RSA 427:4 shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of livestock or the meat or meat products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may be brought into any slaughtering establishment, where inspection under this subdivision is maintained. The provisions of RSA 427:4 may be voluntarily applied to those species that are capable of use as human food though not included in the definition of livestock in this subdivision. An animal owner may elect to adhere to these provisions with the concurrence of the commissioner. Once such animals have entered an inspected establishment, they shall adhere to the same standards and requirements as all livestock in the establishment.||II. Such examination and inspection shall be had before the carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department where they are to be treated and prepared for meat food products.||III. The provisions of RSA 427:4 shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any such slaughtering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained.||IV. The commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this subdivision is maintained.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:6 - Access to Premises.

    427:6 Access to Premises. –||For the purposes of any examination and inspection:||I. Certified meat inspectors shall have access, by day or night, whether the establishment is operating or not, to every part of establishments subject to the provisions of this subdivision, provided that they have the written authorization of the commissioner for such access.||II. Said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as "New Hampshire Inspected and Passed" all such products found to be not adulterated.||III. Said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "New Hampshire Inspected and Condemned" all such products found adulterated, and all such condemned meat food products shall be destroyed for food purposes.||IV. Said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "New Hampshire Inspected; Results Pending," all such food products that have been inspected but for which final test results have not been received.||V. The commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:8 - Sanitation Requirements.

    427:8 Sanitation Requirements. –||I. Certified meat inspectors shall inspect all slaughtering establishments in which livestock are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared solely for commerce as may be necessary to inform the inspector concerning the sanitary conditions of them.||II. Where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered adulterated, said meat or meat food products shall be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "New Hampshire Inspected and Condemned."|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:9 - Times of Examination and Inspection.

    427:9 Times of Examination and Inspection. –||A certified meat inspector shall be present in all establishments at any time during which livestock are slaughtered for the purposes of commerce, except exempted slaughter of certain poultry under RSA 427:2-a.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. 2017, 145:15, eff. Aug. 15, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:10 - Commercial Control.

    427:10 Commercial Control. –||No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to livestock, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals:||I. Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishments preparing such articles solely for commerce except in compliance with the requirements of this subdivision.||II. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce:||(a) Any such articles which:||(1) Are capable of use as human food, and||(2) Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or||(b) Any articles required to be inspected under this subdivision, unless they have been so inspected and passed, by a certified state meat inspector or a federal meat inspector.||III. Do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.||IV. In addition, no person, firm, or corporation shall with respect to poultry, meat, or meat products of any such animals:||(a) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, or from an establishment, any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with rules adopted by the state veterinarian, except as may be authorized by rules of the commissioner.||(b) Use to his or her own advantage, or reveal to other than authorized representatives of the state or any other government, in their official capacity, or as ordered by a court in any judicial proceeding, any information acquired under the authority of this subdivision concerning any matter which is entitled to protection as a trade secret.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:11 - Misuse of Official Identification Marks.

    427:11 Misuse of Official Identification Marks. –||I. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the commissioner.||II. No person, firm, or corporation shall:||(a) Forge any official device, mark, or certificate.||(b) Without authorization from the commissioner, use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.||(c) Contrary to the rules adopted by the commissioner, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate.||(d) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or his or her representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark.||(e) Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the rules adopted by the commissioner.||(f) Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted under this subdivision when, in fact, it has not been so inspected and passed or exempted.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:12 - Repealed by 2011, 130:11, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.

    427:12 Repealed by 2011, 130:11, I, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. –|
NH Rev Stat § 427:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:13 - Separate Slaughtering.

    427:13 Separate Slaughtering. –||When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this subdivision, animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:14 - Inspectors; Certification and Duties.

    427:14 Inspectors;  Certification and Duties. –||I. No person shall practice as a meat inspector in this state, except as permitted in RSA 427:2-a, without certification issued under this subdivision. The commissioner shall certify any person who receives a passing score on a meat inspector examination approved by the commissioner and pays all required fees. The commissioner may require supervision for a probationary period for new certificate holders pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A.||II. Fees, fines, and administrative charges established for the certification program and the auditing program shall be deposited in the general fund.||III. Said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat product therefrom, prepared in any such establishment until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated.||IV. The inspectors shall perform such other duties as are provided by this subdivision and by rules adopted by the commissioner.||V. All inspections and examinations made under this subdivision shall be made as described in the rules adopted by the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2011, 130:2, eff. Aug. 5, 2011. 2017, 145:16, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2021, 19:8, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 427:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 427 - Livestock and Meat Inspection|Section 427:14-a - Periodic Review; Establishments, Inspectors.

    427:14-a Periodic Review;  Establishments, Inspectors. –||I. The commissioner may direct certified meat inspectors designated by the department to periodically review registered establishments to assure that the provisions of this subdivision are complied with and that the public health, safety, and welfare are protected.||II. Any periodic review shall include an examination of the establishment's sanitation practices; sanitation of the areas where meat products are prepared, stored, and displayed; the adequacy of any refrigeration system used for meat food products; labeling; and meat food products for wholesomeness and adulteration. In addition, the inspector conducting the periodic review may conduct any other examination necessary to assure compliance with this chapter.||III. The inspector may issue a stop sale or use order for any violation of this chapter, or of the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. Any person receiving a stop sale or use order shall immediately remove the meat, or meat food product from sale, or shall immediately cease to use any equipment or area as directed by the order until the order is lifted. The inspector may lift a stop sale or use order once he or she has determined that the violation has been corrected. Any person receiving a stop sale or use order may appeal the decision to the commissioner within 5 days of receiving the order.||IV. After discovery of a violation of this chapter, or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner may take any additional action against the establishment or a certified meat inspector which he or she deems appropriate, including instituting a disciplinary proceeding and causing a civil, equitable, or criminal court proceeding to be brought against the establishment or inspector.|||Source. 2011, 130:3, eff. Aug. 5, 2011.|