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IN Code § 15-17-5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-12. Duty of Board to Provide Inspection Service; Fee

Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the board is not required to furnish meat or poultry inspection under this chapter:(1) for more than eight (8) hours in one (1) day;(2) for more than forty (40) hours in one (1) calendar week; or(3) on Saturdays, Sundays, or the following legal holidays:(A) New Year's Day.(B) Washington's Birthday.(C) Memorial Day.(D) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.(E) Columbus Day.(F) Independence Day.(G) Labor Day.(H) Veterans Day.(I) Thanksgiving Day.(J) Christmas.(b) If the operator of an establishment under inspection pays to the board an hourly fee for each hour of state meat or poultry inspection furnished:(1) more than eight (8) hours in one (1) day;(2) more than forty (40) hours in one (1) calendar week; or(3) on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays;the board shall furnish the inspection service.(c) Subject to the approval of the budget agency, the board shall establish an hourly rate for overtime at an amount sufficient to defray the cost of the inspection service. The establishment shall reimburse the board not later than thirty (30) days after assessment for overtime or legal overtime fees collected under this chapter. The fees must be deposited with the treasurer of state. All overtime fees deposited with the treasurer of state under this subsection are appropriated to the budget agency for allotment to the board for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.(d) The board may assign inspection personnel to more than one (1) establishment in order to efficiently use board personnel and resources.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-14.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-13. No Inspection for Products Not Intended for Use as Human Food

Sec. 13. Inspection may not be provided under this chapter at an establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry or the preparation of livestock products or poultry products that are not intended for use as human food. However, the articles must, before being offered for sale or transportation in commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or identified as prescribed by rules of the board to deter use for human food.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-15.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-14. Inspection of Bison, Farm Raised Cervidae, or Ratitae

Sec. 14. (a) After passing the postmortem inspection and upon request by the owner of a bison, farm raised cervidae, or ratitae, an establishment shall immediately upon slaughter return to the owner the head, hide, horns, and hooves.(b) The board shall conduct field antemortem inspections of bison, farm raised cervidae, and ratitae only if a means of expeditious delivery of the exsanguinated carcass to an establishment is available.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-16.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-15. Fee Schedule

Sec. 15. The board may establish a schedule of fees for inspection services provided under this chapter. The fees must be reasonable but are not required to be equal to the costs of the inspection services.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-17.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-16. Prohibition Against Use of Official Device, Mark, or Certificate

Sec. 16. (a) A brand manufacturer, printer, or other person may not cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make:(1) a device containing an official mark or a simulation of an official mark or a label bearing the mark or simulation; or(2) any form of official certificate or simulation of an official certificate;except as authorized by the board.(b) A person may not do any of the following:(1) Forge an official device, mark, or certificate.(2) Use an official device, mark, certificate, or a simulation of an official device, mark, or certificate or alter, detach, deface, or destroy an official device, mark, or certificate without authorization from the board.(3) Contrary to the rules adopted by the board, fail to use or detach, deface, or destroy an official device, mark, or certificate.(4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the state veterinarian or the state veterinarian's representative, any of the following:(A) An official device.(B) A counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate.(C) A device or label on a carcass of an animal, including poultry, or part or product of a carcass, bearing a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark.(5) Knowingly make a false statement in a shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the rules adopted by the board.(6) Knowingly represent that an article has been inspected and passed or exempted under this chapter when the article has not been inspected and passed or exempted.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-18.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-17. Violations; Penalties

Sec. 17. (a) A person subject to this chapter that has not been approved for inspection may not offer for sale meat or poultry, a meat food product, or a poultry product in commerce in Indiana.(b) The board may take the following actions for a violation of this section:(1) Issue an order of compliance under IC 4-21.5-3-6, IC 4-21.5-3-8, or IC 4-21.5-4.(2) Levy a civil penalty under IC 4-21.5-3-6.(3) Both of the actions listed in subdivisions (1) and (2).(c) The board may, by rules adopted under IC 4-22-2, adopt a schedule of civil penalties that may be levied for violations of this section. A penalty included in the schedule of civil penalties may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation for each day of the violation.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-19.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-18. Schedule of Slaughter

Sec. 18. If an establishment conducts operations that require an inspection for less than eight (8) hours a day, fewer than five (5) days a week, or for a period that is different from a normal Monday through Friday, eight (8) hours per day, five (5) days per week work week, the state veterinarian shall arrange a schedule of slaughter for each establishment so that proper and efficient antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection of livestock or poultry is provided in each establishment while efficiently using inspection resources among the establishments. The schedule must be arranged in conference with the recognized establishments involved.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-20.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-19. Duties of Establishments

Sec. 19. (a) For purposes of this section, references in IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4 to:(1) "state health commissioner" refer to the state veterinarian; and(2) "department" refer to the board.(b) An establishment operating under this chapter shall do the following:(1) Provide information considered necessary by the state veterinarian to enforce this chapter.(2) Supply samples of ingredients used in the formulation of products.(3) Supply samples of products manufactured, processed, or prepared in the establishment for laboratory examination or other examination required by the board to ensure that the products comply with this chapter and IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-21.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-20. Detention of Livestock or Poultry Products or Animals Pending Investigation

Sec. 20. (a) For purposes of this section, references in IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4 to:(1) "state health commissioner" refer to the state veterinarian; and(2) "department" refer to the board.(b) Whenever:(1) a:(A) livestock product;(B) poultry product;(C) product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product; or(D) dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry;is found by an authorized representative of the board upon any premises where the product or animal is held for purposes of or during or after distribution in commerce or is subject to this chapter; and(2) there is reason to believe that:(A) the product or animal is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food;(B) the product or animal has not been inspected in violation of this chapter, IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, the federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); or(C) the product or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of a law listed under clause (B);the product or animal may be detained by the representative for not more than twenty (20) days, pending action under section 21 of this chapter or notification of federal authorities having jurisdiction over the product or animal, and may not be moved by a person from the place at which the product or animal is located when the product or animal is detained until released by the representative.(c) All official marks may be required by the representative to be removed from the product or animal before the product or animal is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the state veterinarian that the product or animal is eligible to retain the official marks.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-22.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-21. Procedures for Seizure and Condemnation of Article or Animal

Sec. 21. (a) A livestock product, a poultry product, or dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry:(1) that is:(A) being transported in commerce;(B) subject to this chapter; or(C) held for sale in Indiana after transportation in commerce; and(2) that:(A) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter;(B) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded; or(C) in any other way is in violation of this chapter;may be seized and condemned, at any time, on furnishing evidence of a violation of this chapter in any proper court as provided in section 28 of this chapter within whose jurisdiction the article or animal is found.(b) After entry of a decree condemning an article or animal, the article or animal must be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the court directs.(c) If the article or animal is sold, the proceeds from the sale, less:(1) court costs and fees; and(2) storage and other proper expenses;must be paid into the state treasury.(d) The article or animal may not be sold contrary to any of the following:(1) This chapter.(2) The federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).(3) The federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.).(4) The federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.).However, upon the execution and delivery of a sufficient agreement conditioned that the article or animal will not be sold or disposed of contrary to this chapter, the article or animal may be delivered to the owner of the article or animal subject to supervision by authorized representatives of the board necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable laws.(e) When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article or animal and the article or animal is released under the agreement or destroyed, court costs, fees, storage, and other proper expenses must be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or animal.(f) The proceedings in cases for condemnation of an article or animal must conform, as much as possible, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case and all of the proceedings must be at the suit of and in the name of the state of Indiana.(g) This section does not derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by this chapter or other laws.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-23.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-23. No Right Against Self-Incrimination

Sec. 23. (a) A person may not be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, schedules of charges, contracts, agreements, or other documentary evidence:(1) before the state veterinarian or board, or in obedience to a subpoena of the state veterinarian or board, regardless of whether the subpoena was signed or issued by the state veterinarian, the state veterinarian delegate, or board; or(2) in a cause or proceeding, criminal or civil, based upon or growing out of an alleged violation of this chapter;on the ground that the testimony, evidence, documents, or other evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture.(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or on account of a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person is compelled to testify or produce testimony, evidence, documents, or other evidence after having claimed the person's privilege against self-incrimination. However, a person testifying is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-25.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-24. Failure to Obey Subpoena or Other Requirement

Sec. 24. A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to:(1) attend and testify;(2) answer a lawful inquiry; or(3) produce documentary evidence if in the person's power to do so;in obedience to a subpoena or lawful requirement of the state veterinarian or board commits a Class A misdemeanor.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-26.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-25. Falsifying or Interfering With Documentary Evidence or Inspection

Sec. 25. A person who knowingly:(1) makes a false entry or statement of fact in a report required to be made under this chapter or in any account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter;(2) fails to make full, true, and correct entries in the accounts, records, or memoranda of all facts and transactions pertaining to the person's business;(3) removes out of Indiana or damages, alters, or falsifies documentary evidence of a person subject to this chapter; or(4) refuses to submit to the state veterinarian or board or to the state veterinarian's or board's authorized agent for the purpose of inspection and taking copies of documentary evidence of a person subject to this chapter in the person's possession or within the person's control;commits a Level 6 felony.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-27.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.208.
IN Code § 15-17-5-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-26. Failure to File Report; Forfeiture After Notice of Default

Sec. 26. (a) A person who fails to file an annual or a special report as required by this chapter within the time fixed by the state veterinarian for filing the report and for thirty (30) days after notice of default shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of the continuance of the failure beginning thirty-one (31) days after the notice of default. The forfeiture is payable into the state treasury and is recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the state of Indiana brought in the circuit court, superior court, or probate court where the person has the person's principal office or in any county in which the person does business.(b) The prosecuting attorneys, under the direction of the attorney general, shall prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures. The costs and expenses of prosecution must be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of the courts.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-28.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.84-2016, SEC.84.
IN Code § 15-17-5-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-27. Adverse Conditions in Official Establishment

Sec. 27. (a) If a condition exists in an official establishment that may adversely affect the wholesomeness of meat, poultry, meat food products, or meat byproducts prepared or processed in the official establishment, the state veterinarian may suspend state meat or poultry inspection until the condition is remedied.(b) After notice and hearing in compliance with IC 4-21.5, the board may revoke state meat and poultry inspection from an official establishment if the person in authority at the establishment repeatedly and persistently fails to comply with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-29.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-28. Powers of State Veterinarian or Board Upon Finding of Adverse Conditions

Sec. 28. (a) This section applies if, upon inspection of an establishment, the state veterinarian or board finds a condition that meets any of the following conditions:(1) May affect adversely the wholesomeness of meat, poultry, meat food products, meat byproducts, or poultry products.(2) Is in violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.(b) The state veterinarian or board may do either of the following:(1) Furnish evidence of the violation to the prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit in which the violation occurs.(2) Issue an order to the person in authority at the offending establishment to abate the condition or violation within five (5) days or other reasonable time required to abate the condition or violation. The proceedings to abate must be in accordance with IC 4-21.5.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-30.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-29. Notice of Violation; Right to Counsel; Hearing

Sec. 29. (a) Before a violation of this chapter is reported by the state veterinarian or board to a prosecuting attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated must be given an opportunity to be heard and may be represented by legal counsel.(b) The state veterinarian or board shall give the person ten (10) days notice in writing. The notice must do the following:(1) Specify the charges for the action.(2) Set the date, time, and place where the hearing is to be held.(c) The board or the board's designee shall hold the hearing in Indianapolis.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-31.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-30. Interference With Official Duties

Sec. 30. A person who knowingly and forcibly resists, obstructs, or interferes with another person while the other person is engaged in or on account of the performance of the person's official duties under this chapter commits a Level 6 felony. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony if, while committing the offense, the person draws or uses a deadly weapon or inflicts bodily injury on any other person.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-32.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.209.
IN Code § 15-17-5-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5. Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act|15-17-5-31. Violations

Sec. 31. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-33.]As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
IN Code § 15-17-5.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5.5. Grading and Certification of Meat and Meat Products|15-17-5.5-1. Grading and Certification Services

Sec. 1. The board may provide voluntary grading and certification services relating to meat and meat products.As added by P.L.120-2008, SEC.85.
IN Code § 15-17-5.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5.5. Grading and Certification of Meat and Meat Products|15-17-5.5-2. Fees

Sec. 2. The board shall charge a fee to cover the cost of grading and certification under this chapter. The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to set the fees under this section.As added by P.L.120-2008, SEC.85.
IN Code § 15-17-5.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5.5. Grading and Certification of Meat and Meat Products|15-17-5.5-3. Liability

Sec. 3. Neither the board nor the state may incur any liability for lawful actions taken under this chapter.As added by P.L.120-2008, SEC.85.
IN Code § 15-17-5.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 15. Agriculture and Animals|Article 17. Animal Health and Animal Products|Chapter 5.5. Grading and Certification of Meat and Meat Products|15-17-5.5-4. Forgery; Penalty

Sec. 4. A person who knowingly or intentionally forges a grade or certification under this chapter commits a Level 6 felony.As added by P.L.120-2008, SEC.85. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.210.