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LA Rev Stat § 3:4212 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4212. Identification

RS 4212 - Identification  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 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 kind of animals from which they derived. When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this Chapter, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, poultry, swine or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats, meat food products or poultry products are prepared. Acts 1968, No. 376, §11. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4213 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4213. Appointments and regulations

RS 4213 - Appointments and regulations  The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats, meat food products and poultry products thereof and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which said meat, meat food products and poultry products hereinbefore described are prepared, and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product or poultry product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have been inspected and found to be not adulterated, and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this Chapter and by rules and regulations to be prescribed by said commissioner and said commissioner shall, from time to time, promulgate 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 1968, No. 376, §12. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4214 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4214. Prohibits gifts

RS 4214 - Prohibits gifts  Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm or corporation, who shall give, pay or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector or any other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this Chapter, or by the rules and regulations of the commissioner, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector or other officer or employee of this state in the discharge of any duty herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years; and any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector or other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this Chapter who shall accept any money, gift or other thing of value from any person, firm or corporation, or officers, agents or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than three years. Acts 1968, No. 376, §13; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4215 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4215. Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type establishments

RS 4215 - Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type establishments  A. The provisions of this Chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not (1) apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; nor (2) to the custom slaughter by any person, firm or corporation of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals, exclusively for use in the household of such owner, by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; provided, that such custom slaughterer does not engage in the business of buying or selling any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines capable of use as human food.  B. The provisions of this Chapter requiring inspection of the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall not apply when all of the following apply:  (1) The operations are of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores, restaurants, and similar retail type establishments.  (2) The operations are conducted at a retail store, restaurant, or similar retail type establishment, owned by the same person that operates the facility.  (3) The products are for sale in normal retail quantities, or are part of a normal retail service.  (4) The products are sold or provided to consumers at such establishments.  (5) The products are sold and transported directly to the consumer by the retail store, restaurant, or similar retail type establishment's employees or a common carrier, provided there is no intervening transfer or storage.  C. The slaughter of animals and preparation of articles referred to in Paragraph (A)(2) and Subsection (B) of this Section shall be conducted in accordance with such sanitary conditions as the commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe. Violations of any such regulation is prohibited.  D. The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this Chapter, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, shall apply to articles which are not required to be inspected under this Chapter.  Acts 1968, No. 376, §14; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1; Acts 1992, No. 56, §1; Acts 2015, No. 267, §1, eff. June 29, 2015; Acts 2016, No. 5, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4217 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4217. Storage regulations

RS 4217 - Storage regulations  The commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe conditions under which carcasses, meat, meat food products and poultry products of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles whenever the commissioner deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violations of any such regulation is prohibited. Acts 1968, No. 376, §15. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4218 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4218. Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption

RS 4218 - Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption  Inspection shall not be provided under R.S. 3:4201 through 3:4217 at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, 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. 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, meat food products or poultry products of any such animals 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 1968, No. 376, §16. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4219 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4219. Records required

RS 4219 - Records required  A. The following classes of persons, firms and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the commissioner, afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the secretary of agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the commissioner, access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value thereof:  (1) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage, for intrastate commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals; for use as human food or animal food;  (2) Any persons, firms or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise, or transporting, in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for such commerce, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals;  (3) Any persons, firms or corporations that engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as renderers, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter. B. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe. Acts 1968, No. 376, §17. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4220 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4220. Registration required

RS 4220 - Registration required  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 carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, whether intended for human food or for 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 of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the commissioner, 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 1968, No. 376, §18. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4221. 4-D animals

RS 4221 - 4-D animals  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 or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of carcasses of any such animals 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 the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes. Acts 1968, No. 376, §19. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4223. Auxiliary provisions

RS 4223 - Auxiliary provisions  The commissioner may, for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw inspection service under the provisions of this Chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under the provisions of this Chapter because the applicant or recipient or any one responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, of (1) any felony, or (2) more than one violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way the provisions of this Chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under the provisions of this Chapter from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat products. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder or owner of ten per centum or more of its voting stock, or employee in a managerial or executive capacity. The determination and order of the commissioner with respect thereto under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in R.S. 40:2294. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based. Acts 1968, No. 376, §21; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4224 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4224. Authority to detain meats

RS 4224 - Authority to detain meats Whenever carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat food product or poultry product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of meat food product or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased animal or fowl described above 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 twenty days, pending action under R.S. 3:4225 or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall be moved by any person, entity, 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 1968, No. 376, §22. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.*21 U.S.C.A. §71 et seq. (Transferred; see now, 21 U.S.C.A. §601 et seq.). **21 U.S.C.A. §301 et seq.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4225 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4225. Condemnation and seizure

RS 4225 - Condemnation and seizure  A. Any carcass, part of carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal or fowl described above that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in this state after such 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 (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 seizure and condemnation, at any time, on a petition properly in any court specified in R.S. 3:4226 within the jurisdiction of which the article or animal is found. If the article 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, but the article or animal shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, or the Federal Meat Inspection Act,* or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act** or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;*** provided that upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article 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 such article or animal be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such supervision by authorized representatives of the commissioner as is necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article 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 article or animal. The proceedings in such case shall conform, as nearly as may be to the proceedings in criminal cases, and all such proceedings shall be in name of this state. B. The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this Chapter, or other laws. Acts 1968, No. 376, §23. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1. *21 U.S.C.A. §71 ET SEQ. (TRANSFERRED; SEE NOW, 21 U.S.C.A. §601 ET SEQ.). **21 U.S.C.A. §451 ET SEQ. ***21 U.S.C.A. §301 ET SEQ.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4226 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4226. Courts

RS 4226 - Courts  The appropriate courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this Chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all kinds of cases arising under this Chapter. Acts 1968, No. 376, §24; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4227 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4227. Assaults

RS 4227 - Assaults  Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this Chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this Chapter shall be punished as provided under the applicable state law. Acts 1968, No. 376, §25; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4228 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4228. Penalties

RS 4228 - Penalties  A. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of 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 one thousand dollars, or both imprisonment and fine; but if such violations involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of any article that is adulterated (except as defined in R.S. 3:4201(8)(i)), such person, firm or corporation shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both; provided that no person, firm or corporation shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of this Chapter if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person, firm or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the commissioner the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him. B. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for prosecution or for the institution of injunction proceedings, minor violations of this Chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning. Acts 1968, No. 376, §26; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4230 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4230. Application

RS 4230 - Application  The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to persons, firms or corporation establishments, animals and articles regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act* or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of said federal acts.**  Acts 1968, No. 376, §28. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1. *21 U.S.C.A. §71 ET SEQ. (TRANSFERRED; SEE NOW, 21 U.S.C.A. §601 ET SEQ.). **21 U.S.C.A. §301 ET SEQ.