reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AL Code § 2-17-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-4 - Examination, Inspection and Labeling of Carcasses, etc., of Slaughtered Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, etc.; Reinspection of Carcasses, etc.; Destruction of Adulterated and Condemned Carcasses, etc.; Removal of Inspectors From Establishments Failing to Destroy Same.

Section 2-17-4Examination, inspection and labeling of carcasses, etc., of slaughtered cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc.; reinspection of carcasses, etc.; destruction of adulterated and condemned carcasses, etc.; removal of inspectors from establishments failing to destroy same. For the purposes set forth in Section 2-17-3, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as provided in this chapter, a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines and poultry capable of use as human food to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment in this state in which these articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce, and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged or labeled as "inspected and passed" and said inspectors shall mark, label, stamp or tag as "inspected and condemned" all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated, and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. Said inspectors, after said first inspection shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated; and, if any carcass or other 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 said establishment in the presence of an inspector, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §4.)
AL Code § 2-17-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-5 - Applicability of Provisions as to Inspection and Examination of Carcasses, etc.; Limitation of Entry of Carcasses, etc., Into Establishments Inspected Under Chapter.

Section 2-17-5Applicability of provisions as to inspection and examination of carcasses, etc.; limitation of entry of carcasses, etc., into establishments inspected under chapter. (a) The provisions of Sections 2-17-3 and 2-17-4 shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry or the meat or meat products thereof capable of use as human food which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment where inspection under this chapter is maintained, and such examination and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses or part thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products or poultry food products; and the foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any such slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. (b) The commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products and poultry food products and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this chapter is maintained under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §5.)
AL Code § 2-17-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-6 - Inspection Not to Be Provided at Establishments for Slaughter or Preparation of Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Carcasses, etc., Not Intended for Use as Human Food; Denaturation or Identification Thereof Prior to Offer for Sale or Transportation; Purchase, Transportation of Carcasses, Meat Food Products or Poultry Food Products Not Intended for Use as Human Food and Not Denatured, Identified, Etc.

Section 2-17-6Inspection not to be provided at establishments for slaughter or preparation of cattle, sheep, poultry, carcasses, etc., not intended for use as human food; denaturation or identification thereof prior to offer for sale or transportation; purchase, transportation of carcasses, meat food products or poultry food products not intended for use as human food and not denatured, identified, etc. (a) Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals or birds which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner to deter their use for human food. (b) No person, firm or corporation shall buy, sell, transport or offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products or poultry food products of any such animals or birds which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §18.)
AL Code § 2-17-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-7 - Registration of Persons, Firms, etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Carcasses, Etc.

Section 2-17-7Registration of persons, firms, etc., buying, selling, transporting, etc., dead, dying, disabled, diseased, etc., cattle, sheep, poultry, carcasses, etc. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business in or for intrastate commerce as a meat broker, renderer or animal food manufacturer or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for such commerce or engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals or birds of the specified kinds or parts of the carcasses of any such animals or birds that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the commissioner and in such manner as the commissioner has prescribed, he has registered with the commissioner his name and the address of each place of business at which and all trade names under which he conducts such business. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §20.)
AL Code § 2-17-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-8 - Persons, Firms, etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, etc., to Comply With Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes.

Section 2-17-8Persons, firms, etc., buying, selling, transporting, etc., dead, dying, disabled, diseased, etc., cattle, sheep, poultry, etc., to comply with regulations of commissioner for prevention of use of same for human food purposes. No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, mules or other equines or poultry or parts of the carcasses of any such animals or birds that died otherwise than by slaughter unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe to assure that such animals or birds or the unwholesome parts or products thereof will be prevented from being used for human food purposes. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §21.)
AL Code § 2-17-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-9 - Examination, Inspecting and Labeling, etc., of Meat Food Products and Poultry Food Products; Destruction of Condemned Meat Food Products and Poultry Food Products; Removal of Inspectors From Establishments Failing to Destroy Same.

Section 2-17-9Examination, inspecting and labeling, etc., of meat food products and poultry food products; destruction of condemned meat food products and poultry food products; removal of inspectors from establishments failing to destroy same. For the purposes set forth in Section 2-17-3, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment where such articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce, and for the purposes of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment is open or not, to every part of said establishment. Said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag or label as "Alabama inspected and passed" all such products found to be not adulterated, and said inspectors shall mark, label, stamp or tag as "Alabama inspected and condemned" all such products found adulterated; and all such condemned meat food products or poultry food products shall be destroyed for food purposes as provided in Section 2-17-4, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §6.)
AL Code § 2-17-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-11 - Inspection of Sanitary Conditions in Slaughtering and Processing Establishments; Commissioner to Refuse to Allow Marking, Stamping, etc., of Meat Food Products, Poultry Food Products in Establishments Where Sanitary Conditions Adulterate Meat Food Products, Poultry Food Products, Etc.

Section 2-17-11Inspection of sanitary conditions in slaughtering and processing establishments; commissioner to refuse to allow marking, stamping, etc., of meat food products, poultry food products in establishments where sanitary conditions adulterate meat food products, poultry food products, etc. The commissioner shall cause to be made by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors such inspection of all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry are slaughtered and the meat and meat products and poultry food products thereof are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishment shall be maintained; and, where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products or poultry food products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products or poultry food products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "Alabama inspected and passed." (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §8.)
AL Code § 2-17-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-12 - Inspection of Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, etc., Slaughtered and Prepared in Slaughtering and Processing Establishments; Assignment of Inspectors and Designation of Days and Hours When Slaughtering and Processing to Be Done.

Section 2-17-12Inspection of cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc., slaughtered and prepared in slaughtering and processing establishments; assignment of inspectors and designation of days and hours when slaughtering and processing to be done. (a) The commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry and the food products thereof slaughtered and prepared in the establishment described in Section 2-17-11 for the purposes of intrastate commerce, as directed or provided in this chapter, to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said animals or birds or the preparation of food products therefrom is conducted during the nighttime. (b) One inspector may be assigned to two or more establishments where few animals or birds are slaughtered or where small quantities of carcasses, meat or poultry or meat food products and poultry food products are processed. When such inspector assignments are made, the commissioner shall designate the days and hours when slaughtering and processing will be done. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §9.)
AL Code § 2-17-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-13 - Slaughter, Sale, Offer for Sale, Transportation, etc., of Animals, Carcasses, Food Products, etc., in Violation of Provisions of Chapter or Regulations Promulgated by Commissioner.

Section 2-17-13Slaughter, sale, offer for sale, transportation, etc., of animals, carcasses, food products, etc., in violation of provisions of chapter or regulations promulgated by commissioner. No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products or poultry food products of any such animals: (1) Slaughter any such animals or birds or prepare any such articles which are capable of being used as human food at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter; (2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any such articles which are capable of use as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation or receipt for transportation or any articles required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed or do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such article to be adulterated or misbranded; or (3) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in commerce or from an official establishment any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head or viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, except as may be authorized by regulations of the commissioner. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §10; Acts 1971, No. 2252, p. 3622, §5.)
AL Code § 2-17-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-14 - Unauthorized Casting, Printing, etc., of Device or Label Containing Official Mark or Simulation; Forgery, Unauthorized Use, etc., of Official Devices, Marks, etc.; Making of False Statements in Certificates, Misrepresentations as to Inspections, Etc.

Section 2-17-14Unauthorized casting, printing, etc., of device or label containing official mark or simulation; forgery, unauthorized use, etc., of official devices, marks, etc.; making of false statements in certificates, misrepresentations as to inspections, etc. (a) 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, any form of official certificate or simulation thereof except as authorized by the commissioner. (b) No person, firm or corporation shall: (1) Forge any official device, mark or certificate; (2) Use any official device, mark or certificate or simulation thereof or alter, detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark or certificate without authorization from the commissioner; (3) Fail to use or to detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate contrary to the regulations prescribed by the commissioner; (4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or his 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; (5) Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the commissioner; or (6) Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted under this chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed or exempted. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §11.)
AL Code § 2-17-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-15 - Sale, Offer for Sale, Transportation, etc., of Carcasses, etc., of Horses, Mules, etc., Not Marked, Labeled, etc., to Show Derivation as Required by Regulations of Commissioner; Horses, Mules, etc., to Be Prepared in Facilities Separated From Those in Which Cattle, Sheep, Swine, etc., Slaughtered or Prepared.

Section 2-17-15Sale, offer for sale, transportation, etc., of carcasses, etc., of horses, mules, etc., not marked, labeled, etc., to show derivation as required by regulations of commissioner; horses, mules, etc., to be prepared in facilities separated from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, etc., slaughtered or prepared. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce any carcasses of horses, mules or other equines or parts of any such carcasses or the meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. (b) With respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this chapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products therefrom shall be prepared in facilities completely physically separated from those in which cattle, sheep, swine or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats or meat food products therefrom are prepared. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §12.)
AL Code § 2-17-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-16 - Commissioner to Appoint Inspectors; Duties of Inspectors; Inspections and Examinations to Be Made in Accordance With Rules and Regulations Prescribed by Commissioner.

Section 2-17-16Commissioner to appoint inspectors; duties of inspectors; inspections and examinations to be made in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by commissioner. The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines and poultry, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof and of all meats and meat food products and poultry food products thereof and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products and poultry food products hereinbefore described are prepared. Said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcasses or any part thereof or food product therefrom prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said commissioner who shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said commissioner not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §13.)
AL Code § 2-17-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection.|Section 2-17-18 - Detention of Carcasses, Meat Food Products, Poultry Food Products, etc., Believed to Be Adulterated or Misbranded, etc.; Removal of Official Marks Therefrom Prior to Release.

Section 2-17-18Detention of carcasses, meat food products, poultry food products, etc., believed to be adulterated or misbranded, etc.; removal of official marks therefrom prior to release. Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or carcass or part of a carcass of poultry or poultry food product or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat or equine or poultry is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner upon any premises where it is held for purposes of or during or after distribution in intrastate commerce and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under Section 2-17-19 or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such articles or animal, and shall not be moved by any person, firm or corporation from the place at which it is located when so detained until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks. (Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §24.)