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6 V.S.A. § 3301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3301. Legislative findings

§ 3301. Legislative findings|Meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry products are an important source of the State's total supply of food. They are consumed throughout the State. It is essential to the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that these commodities are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat, meat food products, and poultry products impair the effective regulation of intrastate commerce, are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged meat, meat food product, and poultry product, as well as cause injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, unadulterated, correctly labeled, or nondeceptively packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that the regulation, enforcement, licensing, and other provisions contained within this chapter are necessary to protect the health and welfare of consumers. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986.)
6 V.S.A. § 3303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3303. Purposes

§ 3303. Purposes|It is the objective of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce. In addition, it is the further objective of this chapter to provide for licensing, and periodic review of establishments, such as retail vendors, custom licensed establishments, and wholesale distributors, which are not subject to traditional inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act. In this way the public will be better protected from uninspected, adulterated, unwholesome, mislabeled, or otherwise illegal meat and poultry products. The Secretary is directed to administer this chapter so as to accomplish these purposes. The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets is designated as the appropriate State agency to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States and to administer this chapter. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3307. Periodic review of noninspected licensed establishments

§ 3307. Periodic review of noninspected licensed establishments|(a) The Secretary may cause establishments which are required to be licensed under section 3306 of this title, but exempt from inspection under subdivision 3305(13) of this title, to be periodically reviewed by inspectors to assure that the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter are complied with, and that the public health, safety, and welfare is protected.(b) Any periodic review shall include an examination of the licensed establishment's sanitation practices; sanitation of the areas where meat and poultry products are prepared, stored, and displayed; the adequacy of any refrigeration system used for meat food products and poultry products; labeling; and meat food products, or poultry 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 and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.(c) 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, meat food product, or poultry 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 Secretary within five days of receiving the order.(d) After discovery of a violation of this chapter, or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary may take any additional action against the licensed establishment which he or she deems appropriate, including: instituting a proceeding under section 3306(e), and causing a civil, equitable, or criminal court proceeding to be brought against the licensed establishment.(e) The Secretary may adopt all rules necessary to implement and enforce the licensing and periodic review provisions of the chapter, which may include minimum standards for sanitation, refrigeration, labeling, wholesomeness, adulteration, and such other rules as the Secretary deems necessary. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3308. Prohibited acts in general

§ 3308. Prohibited acts in general|(a) No person shall, with respect to any livestock or poultry or any livestock products or poultry products:  (1) slaughter any livestock or poultry or prepare any products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing the products solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter; (2) sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any products which:  (A) are capable for use as human food; and (B) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of the sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (C) have not been inspected and passed unless they are exempt from inspection pursuant to rules adopted by the Secretary; or  (3) do, with respect to any of these products which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing the products to be adulterated or misbranded.   (b) No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate 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 rules adopted by the Secretary except as may be authorized by rules.(c) No person shall violate any provision of this chapter, the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the orders of the Secretary, or of his or her inspectors. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 1989, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3309. Additional prohibited acts; official devices, marks, and certificates

§ 3309. Additional prohibited acts; official devices, marks, and certificates|(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation, or any label bearing any mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation, except as authorized by the Secretary.(b) No person shall:  (1) forge any official device, mark, or certificate; (2) without authorization from the Secretary use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate; (3) contrary to the rules adopted by the Secretary, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate; (4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Secretary or his or her representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label of any carcass of any animal including poultry, or part or product of any animal including poultry, 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 rules prescribed by the Secretary; or (6) knowingly represent that any product has been inspected and passed, or exempted under this chapter when it has not been inspected and passed, or exempted. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3310. Additional prohibited acts: labeling; denaturing; dealing in dead, dying, disabled, and diseased animals; licensing

§ 3310. Additional prohibited acts: labeling; denaturing; dealing in dead, dying, disabled, and diseased animals; licensing|(a) No person 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 these carcasses, or the meat or meat food products of these carcasses unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by rules prescribed by the Secretary to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.(b) No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any livestock products or poultry products which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules of the Secretary or are naturally inedible by humans.(c) No person 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 other than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry or the products of any of these animals that died other than by slaughter, unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules which the Secretary may prescribe to assure that the animals, or the unwholesome parts or products, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.(d) No person shall engage in the business of buying, selling, preparing, processing, packing, storing, transporting, or otherwise handling meat, meat food products, or poultry products, unless that person holds a valid license issued in accordance with section 3306 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3311. Specific offenses; penalties

§ 3311. Specific offenses; penalties|(a) Any person that gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to any officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any duties prescribed by this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, with intent to influence the officer or employee in the discharge of any duty, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than  $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both. Any officer or employee of this State authorized to perform the duties prescribed by this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, who accepts any money, gift, or other thing of value from any persons, given with intent to influence his or her official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. § 1102.(b) Any person that forcibly assaults, resists, or intimidates any inspector, or other person, engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. § 1023. Any person who impedes, interferes, or hinders any inspector, or other person, engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. § 3001. Whoever in the commission of these acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, or who purposely or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to an inspector or other person engaged in the performance of his or her official duties under this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter, shall be subject to the penalties provided in 13 V.S.A. chapter 53. Any person engaged in official duties under this chapter or rules promulgated under this chapter shall be considered a law enforcement officer for purposes of determining a penalty under 13 V.S.A. chapter 53. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986.)
6 V.S.A. § 3313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3313. Inspection and seal

§ 3313. Inspection and seal|(a) No inspection of products placed in any container at any official establishment shall be deemed to be complete until the products are sealed or enclosed under the supervision of an inspector.(b) For purposes of any inspection of products required by this chapter, inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, to any part of an establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not.(c) For purposes of any periodic review of any licensed establishment, inspectors shall have access during normal business hours to every part of a licensed establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986.)
6 V.S.A. § 3314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3314. Detention

§ 3314. Detention|When any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to the chapter, and there is reason to believe that any product 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 Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or that the product or animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any of these provisions, it may be detained by a representative for a period not to exceed 30 days, pending action under section 3315 of this title or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over the product or animal. The product or animal shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when detained, until released by the representative. All official marks may be required by the representative to be removed from the product or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his or her designee that the product or animal is eligible to retain the marks. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3315. Forfeiture

§ 3315. Forfeiture|(a) Any livestock product or poultry product of any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to this chapter, or is held for sale in this State after transportation, and that:  (1) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter, or the rules promulgated under it; or (2) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded; or (3) in any other way is in violation of this chapter, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on a complaint in any Superior Court as provided in section 3316 of this title. If the product or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the Treasury of this State. The product or animal shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond guaranteeing that the product or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the laws of the United States, the court may direct that the product or animal be delivered to the owner subject to the supervision by authorized representatives of the Secretary as is necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the product or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the product or animal.   (b) The provisions of this section shall in no way impair authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3316
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3316. Appeal and jurisdiction

§ 3316. Appeal and jurisdiction|(a) Any order issued under subdivision 3304(3) of this title, subdivision 3305(1), (2), or (3) of this title, subsection 3306(e) of this title, or a decision issued by the Secretary under subsection 3306(c) of this title shall be final unless appealed to a Superior Court within 15 days after service. An appeal of any other order or decision of the Secretary may be taken pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. Review of any order and the determinations upon which it is based shall be upon the record in the administrative proceeding in which the order was issued.(b) The Superior Court has legal and equitable jurisdiction to enforce, prevent, and restrain violations of this chapter and has legal and equitable jurisdiction in all other cases arising under this chapter. The Superior Courts are granted jurisdiction to handle criminal matters arising under this chapter and rules. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 59.)
6 V.S.A. § 3317
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3317. Penalties; generally

§ 3317. Penalties; generally|(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or the rules promulgated under this chapter, for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this chapter shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. However, if the violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of a product that is adulterated except as defined in subdivision 3302(1)(K) of this title, the person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the Secretary to report for prosecution or for the institution of libel or injunction proceedings minor violations of this chapter whenever he or she believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.(c) Any person who violates this chapter or any rule adopted by the Secretary under this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation. A civil penalty may be imposed by the Washington Superior Court, or by any other Superior Court. The Superior Court shall consider the size of the business of the person charged, the effect on the person's ability to continue in business, and the gravity of the violation in assessing a civil penalty. Whenever the Secretary finds that the violation occurred despite the exercise of due care, he or she may issue a warning instead of seeking a penalty. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 3319
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 204 - Preparation of Livestock and Poultry Products|§ 3319. Skilled meat cutter training

§ 3319. Skilled meat cutter training|The Secretary shall issue a request for proposals to develop a curriculum and provide classroom and on-the-job training for the occupation of skilled meat cutter. (Added 2011, No. 52, § 41, eff. May 27, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 4011
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 205 - Livestock Brands|§ 4011. Purpose

§ 4011. Purpose|It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for a system of livestock branding in an attempt to reduce the unauthorized sale and movement of livestock. (Added 1973, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
6 V.S.A. § 4012
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 205 - Livestock Brands|§ 4012. Rules

§ 4012. Rules|The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets may adopt any rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (Added 1973, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2015, No. 23, § 79.)
6 V.S.A. § 4013
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 205 - Livestock Brands|§ 4013. Brands; recording

§ 4013. Brands; recording|(a) Any person, firm, or corporation wishing to utilize an artificial mark or brand to distinguish or identify the ownership of any domestic animal or livestock shall apply to the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. The application shall be in writing and shall contain the name, residence, and post office address of the applicant and the species of animals on which the mark or brand is to be used. The Secretary shall designate a brand for the applicant's use which is different from any other brands recorded in his or her office. The Secretary shall also designate the position on the animals where the mark or brand is to be placed and the species on which the brand is to be used.(b) The Secretary shall maintain a record of all marks or brands in use, the name of the user, and the date of recording. The records shall be open to public inspection and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recorded. (Added 1973, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1975, No. 24, § 1; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)