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MT Code § 81-9-227 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-227. Application for state meat inspection service -- assignment of establishment number

  81-9-227. Application for state meat inspection service -- assignment of establishment number. (1) Any meat establishment or mobile slaughter facility operator licensed under 81-9-201 may apply to the board for state meat and poultry inspection service. The application must include:   (a) the name and address of the establishment or, in the case of a mobile slaughter facility, the name and address of the owner of the mobile slaughter facility and a description of any mobile unit to be used as part of the mobile slaughter facility;   (b) the type of establishment, whether mobile or in a fixed location;   (c) a complete description of the facilities and equipment;   (d) the day of the week and hours of the day when the establishment is in operation; and   (e) other information required by the chief.   (2) (a) The chief, upon receipt of the application, shall inspect the applicant's facilities and equipment, including any mobile unit to be used as part of a mobile slaughter facility. If the establishment or mobile slaughter facility is found to be clean and sanitary and if it meets the requirements of 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236, the board shall authorize the granting of state meat inspection service to the applicant. The board shall then assign an official establishment number to the approved establishment or mobile slaughter facility to be used to mark the meat of the carcasses and parts of carcasses that are offered for sale.   (b) In the case of mobile slaughter facilities, a separate establishment number is required for each mobile unit owned and operated by the applicant. The board shall assign an official establishment number to each approved mobile unit, which must be used to mark the meat of carcasses and parts of carcasses that are offered for sale from that mobile unit.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 494, L. 2005.
MT Code § 81-9-228 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-228. Inspection stamps

  81-9-228. Inspection stamps. (1) The board shall provide meat inspection stamps to all official establishments, including mobile slaughter facilities, which must contain the words "Montana Inspected and Passed". The inspection stamps must be designed by the board so as to be not in conflict with inspection stamps of the U.S. department of agriculture.   (2) Approved official establishments may use symbols of the inspection stamps on the processed meats and meat food products they offer for sale if they are in compliance with the provisions of 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236.   (3) The meat inspection stamps must at all times be under the jurisdiction of the chief.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 77, Ch. 83, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 494, L. 2005.
MT Code § 81-9-229 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-229. Assignment of inspectors

  81-9-229. Assignment of inspectors. (1) The chief shall assign inspectors to each official establishment and may assign one inspector to two or more establishments.   (2) No establishment may slaughter or process cattle, buffalo, horses, sheep, swine, goats, or poultry unless an assigned inspector is present. The hours of the day and days of each week, including holidays or weekends, when the establishment is slaughtering or processing meat must be satisfactorily arranged between the chief and each establishment. Establishments shall pay overtime fees to the board when services are rendered in excess of 8 hours a day or on holidays or weekends.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 416, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-230 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-230. Antemortem and postmortem inspection required

  81-9-230. Antemortem and postmortem inspection required. (1) Official establishments must have an antemortem inspection. The inspector assigned to each establishment shall examine each animal immediately prior to slaughter to eliminate all unfit animals and segregate for more thorough examination all animals suspected of being affected with a condition that might influence their disposition on postmortem inspection. The unfit animals may not enter the slaughtering facilities of the plant. The suspected animals that are permitted to be slaughtered after inspection must be handled separately from the regular kill and given a special postmortem examination.   (2) Official establishments must have a postmortem inspection. The postmortem inspection must be made at the time the animals are slaughtered. The inspectors shall examine the cervical lymph glands, the skeletal lymph glands, the viscera and organs, with their lymph glands, and all exposed surfaces of the carcasses of all cattle, buffalo, horses, sheep, swine, and goats. The examination must be conducted in the slaughtering facilities of the establishment during the slaughtering operations.   (3) The chief or any of the chief's inspectors may have a laboratory designated by the board make pathogenic examination of animals or animal parts for completion of antemortem or postmortem inspection.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2692, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 416, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-231 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-231. Condemnation and appeal

  81-9-231. Condemnation and appeal. The inspector at an official establishment shall condemn all diseased or otherwise unfit carcasses and parts of carcasses, including the viscera. The condemned parts must be removed from the slaughtering facilities of the plant in equipment designated for that purpose and must be destroyed for food purposes under the supervision of the inspector. If an establishment wishes to appeal a decision of an inspector as to carcasses or parts of carcasses that have been condemned, the establishment may appeal the decision to the chief or any veterinarian the chief may designate. If the establishment is not satisfied and wishes to make a further appeal, it may submit an appeal to the board, whose decision is final unless the person aggrieved, within 10 days after the date of the decision, appeals to the district court of the district in which the licensed premises are located.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 577, L. 1987.
MT Code § 81-9-232 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-232. Regulation of equine carcasses or products

  81-9-232. Regulation of equine carcasses or products. (1) Equines and their carcasses, parts of carcasses, and meat food products must be slaughtered and prepared in establishments separate from establishments where cattle, buffalo, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts of carcasses, or meat food products are prepared.   (2) The board may by rule otherwise limit the entry of equine carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat food products, and other materials into any establishment where inspection under 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236 is maintained under conditions it may prescribe to ensure that allowing the entry of the articles into inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 7, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 48, L. 2013.
MT Code § 81-9-233 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-233. Cooperation with state and federal authorities

  81-9-233. Cooperation with state and federal authorities. (1) In carrying out the provisions of 81-9-216 through 81-9-220, 81-9-226 through 81-9-234, and 81-9-236, the chief shall consult with the department of environmental quality and any appropriate state laboratory in matters relating to the potability of water, to sewage systems, and to other sanitary conditions of slaughtering and meat processing establishments that might endanger public health.   (2) The board is designated as the agency responsible for cooperating with the U.S. secretary of agriculture in receiving advisory assistance in developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training, and financial assistance for administration of the program.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 350, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 550, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, L. 2019.
MT Code § 81-9-234 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-234. Violations -- penalties

  81-9-234. Violations -- penalties. (1) Except as provided in 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236, no person may:   (a) slaughter livestock or poultry or prepare livestock products or poultry products for human consumption;   (b) sell or transport adulterated, misbranded, condemned, or uninspected meats, livestock products, or poultry products;   (c) falsely represent that an article has been inspected and passed or is exempted under 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236 or knowingly make a false statement in any certificate provided for by rules prescribed by the board;   (d) sell or transport slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed;   (e) fail to keep any records required by 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236;   (f) forge an official stamp, mark, or certificate;   (g) use, alter, deface, detach, or destroy an official stamp, mark, or certificate without authorization;   (h) fail to use or fail to detach, deface, or destroy an official stamp, mark, or certificate contrary to rules prescribed by the board;   (i) knowingly possess a counterfeit certificate, stamp, or label or the carcass or parts of the carcass of an animal bearing a counterfeit or improperly altered official mark;   (j) sell or transport an equine carcass or parts thereof unless they are conspicuously marked or otherwise identified to show the kind of animal from which they were derived;   (k) buy, sell, or transport livestock products or poultry products not intended for human food unless they are naturally inedible by humans or are denatured or identified as required by rules prescribed by the board;   (l) engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals or parts of the carcasses of animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, or buy, sell, or transport dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry or the products of such livestock or poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter unless in accordance with rules adopted under 81-9-302 to assure that such livestock or poultry or the unwholesome parts or products thereof will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.   (2) A person who violates 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236 or rules adopted under 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236 for which no other criminal penalty is provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. If the violation involves intent to defraud or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person is guilty of a felony and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 577, L. 1987.
MT Code § 81-9-235 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-235. Repealed

  81-9-235. Repealed. Sec. 2, Ch. 86, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 577, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2693, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-236 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-236. Injunction

  81-9-236. Injunction. In addition to remedies provided in 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236, the board is authorized to apply to the district court for and the court shall have jurisdiction, upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating a provision of 81-9-216 through 81-9-220 and 81-9-226 through 81-9-236, whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 577, L. 1987.
MT Code § 81-9-237 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-237. through 81-9-239 reserved

  81-9-237 through 81-9-239 reserved.
MT Code § 81-9-240 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-240. Equine slaughter or processing facilities -- no injunction to stop -- damages allowed for delay

  81-9-240. Equine slaughter or processing facilities -- no injunction to stop -- damages allowed for delay. (1) A court of this state may not issue an injunction stopping or delaying the construction of an equine slaughter or processing facility licensed pursuant to 81-9-201 based on a challenge or appeal of a permit, license, certificate, or other approval issued in conjunction with a proposed equine slaughter or processing facility based on the provisions of:   (a) Title 75, chapter 1, parts 1 through 3;   (b) Title 75, chapter 2, parts 1 through 4;   (c) Title 75, chapter 5, part 4;   (d) Title 75, chapter 10, part 1 and parts 3 through 13; or   (e) this part.   (2) If a person files an action against the operation of an equine slaughter or processing facility and does not prevail, the person is liable for all financial losses the facility suffers if the court issues an injunction that halts operations while the action is pending.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 416, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-241 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 2. Slaughterhouses Meat and Poultry Inspection|81-9-241. Judicial review of equine slaughter or processing facilities -- surety bond -- attorney fees -- venue

  81-9-241. Judicial review of equine slaughter or processing facilities -- surety bond -- attorney fees -- venue. (1) (a) If an action is filed in district court to challenge the issuance of a license, permit, certificate, or other approval for an equine slaughter or processing facility pursuant to Title 75 or this chapter, the court shall require a surety bond of the person filing the action. The bond must be set at an amount representing 20% of the estimated cost of building the facility or the operational costs of an existing facility.   (b) The bonding requirements of this subsection (1) do not apply to an indigent person.   (2) If the bond required under subsection (1) is not paid within 30 days of the filing of the action, the action must be dismissed.   (3) An action to challenge a decision to issue a license, permit, certificate, or other approval must be brought in the county or district court jurisdiction in which the facility will be built. If a facility would be located in more than one county, the action may be brought in any of the counties or district court jurisdictions in which the facility would be built.   (4) If the court determines that a judicial action challenging a license, permit, certificate, or other approval for an equine slaughter or processing plant was without merit or was for an improper purpose designed to harass, cause delay, or improperly interfere with the ongoing operation of a facility, the court may award attorney fees and costs incurred in defending the action.   (5) This section does not prevent a defendant in an action brought pursuant to this section from filing an action or counterclaim for any claim for relief available by law and does not limit the recovery that may be obtained in a claim for relief.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 416, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-9-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-301. Licensing of rendering or disposal plants

  81-9-301. Licensing of rendering or disposal plants. (1) It is unlawful to operate in this state a rendering or disposal plant or establishment that is intended to be operated for the disposal of bodies or parts of bodies of animals or fowl in any manner, except for human consumption, without first securing a license from the department of livestock.   (2) The license expires on December 31 of the year in which it is issued. The department shall establish a fee to be charged for licenses issued under 81-9-301 through 81-9-306.   (3) All license fees collected shall be paid into the state special revenue fund for the use of the department.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 159, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2401; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 281, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 444, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-9-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-302. Power of department to adopt and enforce rules

  81-9-302. Power of department to adopt and enforce rules. The department may adopt and enforce rules or orders necessary for the supervision, control, and inspection of rendering or disposal plants or establishments, their standards and methods of operation and their sanitary conditions, and the supervision, control, and inspection of equipment of the plant, where the rendering or disposal plants or establishments are intended to be operated for the disposal of bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals or fowl in any manner, except for human consumption. Vehicles and equipment used for the transportation of these bodies or parts of bodies are subject to the rules or orders adopted by the department which are applicable to the vehicles or equipment. Sections 81-9-301 through 81-9-306 do not apply to the slaughtering and handling of animals or fowl for human consumption.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 160, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2402.
MT Code § 81-9-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-303. Power of department to restrain operation of rendering plant

  81-9-303. Power of department to restrain operation of rendering plant. (1) The department may restrain the operation of a rendering or disposal plant or establishment engaged in the collection or handling of the bodies or parts of bodies of dead animals or fowl, where the operation is carried on in violation of the laws of this state or the rules or orders of the department, after a hearing held on 5 days' written notice of the hearing to the licensee. The restraining order may be issued without notice of hearing where in the discretion of the department the violation constitutes a menace to public health requiring immediate and summary abatement.   (2) The licensee may appeal to the district court on giving written notice of appeal to the restraining authority within 10 days after service of the restraining order, whether the order is made on hearing or summarily. The written notice of appeal does not stay execution of the restraining order when the restraining order is issued without hearing to restrain a menace to public health requiring immediate and summary abatement.   (3) Where the restraining order is issued after a hearing, the hearing before the district court is on the record, together with any additional evidence offered. Where the order is issued without hearing, the hearing before the district court is on evidence offered at the hearing.   (4) Where the appeal is from an order issued after hearing, the appellant shall pay the cost of the transcript, which must be filed not more than 30 days from the date of filing the notice of appeal. However, the court may, in its discretion, extend the time for filing the transcript.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 161, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2403.
MT Code § 81-9-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-304. Power of department to revoke license of rendering plant

  81-9-304. Power of department to revoke license of rendering plant. A license to operate a rendering or disposal plant may be revoked at any time by the department when it determines that a person to whom the license is issued has failed to comply with any statute of this state or rules or orders of the department and on hearing before the department, after 10 days' written notice. Service and filing of a notice of appeal to a district court stays execution of the order.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 162, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2404.
MT Code § 81-9-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-305. Power to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and receive evidence

  81-9-305. Power to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and receive evidence. Hearings held under 81-9-301 through 81-9-306 for either revocation of licenses or to restrain operation shall be held by the department, and the department or its agent may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and receive evidence in order to carry out 81-9-301 through 81-9-306.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 163, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2405.
MT Code § 81-9-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-306. Penalty for violation

  81-9-306. Penalty for violation. Operation of a rendering or disposal plant or establishment without a license from the department or operation of a rendering or disposal plant or establishment in violation of a restraining order or after revocation of a license constitutes a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $250 for each day of illegal operation.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 148, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 164, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2406.
MT Code § 81-9-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-307. through 81-9-310 reserved

  81-9-307 through 81-9-310 reserved.
MT Code § 81-9-311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 9. Slaughter|Part 3. Rendering or Disposal Plants|81-9-311. Dead or fallen animal rendering plants -- definitions

  81-9-311. Dead or fallen animal rendering plants -- definitions. When used in 81-9-311 through 81-9-317, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Dead or fallen animal" means the carcass or dead body of a cow, ox, bull, stag, calf, steer, heifer, horse, mule, mare, colt, foal, or filly, the continued existence of which would create a public nuisance and constitute a hazard to the public health, which is not killed for human consumption and is to be salvaged for the purpose of obtaining the hide and grease or fat from the animal.   (2) "Licensed rendering plant" and "licensed renderer" mean a person, partnership, association, or corporation which is engaged in the disposal of dead or fallen animals and which is licensed by the department.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 87, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 165, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2407.