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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-312 - Issuance of Certificate to Owner of Sire Upon Receipt of Statement by Commissioner; Disposition of Copies of Certificate Generally; Posting of Copy of Certificate by Owner of Sire.

Section 2-15-312
Issuance of certificate to owner of sire upon receipt of statement by commissioner; disposition of copies of certificate generally; posting of copy of certificate by owner of sire.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon the receipt of the statement provided for in Section 2-15-311, duly verified by affidavit, shall issue a certificate to the owner of said sire, a copy of which certificate shall be forwarded to the probate judge of the county court in which said sire is stationed or located and another copy furnished the applicant, which shall be posted by the owner in a conspicuous place where said sire may be stationed, which certificate shall state the name, age, description, pedigree and ownership of said sire, the terms and conditions upon which the sire is advertised for service and that the provisions of this article so far as relates to the filing of the statement aforesaid have been complied with.
(Ag. Code 1927, §594; Code 1940, T. 2, §396.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-313 - Fee for Certificate.

Section 2-15-313
Fee for certificate.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix a charge for such certificate, not to exceed $2.00, as may be necessary to cover the expense incident to the execution of the provisions of this article.
(Ag. Code 1927, §597; Code 1940, T. 2, §399.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-314 - Lien of Owner of Sire Obtaining Certificate Under Provisions of Article.

Section 2-15-314
Lien of owner of sire obtaining certificate under provisions of article.
The owner or owners of any sire receiving such certificate by complying with the provisions of this article shall obtain and have a lien upon the get of any such sire for the period of one year from the date of birth of get.
(Ag. Code 1927, §595; Code 1940, T. 2, §397.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-315 - Enforcement of Lien.

Section 2-15-315
Enforcement of lien.
No get of any such sire shall be exempt from levy and sale under execution issued upon a judgment obtained in any court of competent jurisdiction for said service.
(Ag. Code 1927, §596; Code 1940, T. 2, §398.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-316 - Annual Report of Commissioner as to Certificates Issued, Etc.

Section 2-15-316
Annual report of commissioner as to certificates issued, etc.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have such a number of the annual reports printed and bound as may be deemed advisable by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to obtain the greatest benefit to the breeders of improved stock in this state, said reports to contain copies of certificates issued under the provisions of this article and such other data of special interest to livestock breeders as said State Board of Agriculture and Industries may designate for publication therein.
(Ag. Code 1927, §598; Code 1940, T. 2, §400.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-317 - Obtaining Certificate by False Pretense; Giving False Pedigree.

Section 2-15-317
Obtaining certificate by false pretense; giving false pedigree.
Any person who, by false pretense, shall obtain from any club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, equine or equidae, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd registered or other register of any club, association, society, or company or a transfer of any registration and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ag. Code 1927, §599; Code 1940, T. 2, §401; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-16-1
Definitions.
When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) PUBLIC HATCHERY. Any establishment that regularly artificially hatches and sells or offers for sale to the public baby chicks or the young of any domestic fowl under six weeks of age or hatching eggs or that does custom hatching.
(2) CHICK DEALER or JOBBER. Any person, firm or corporation that buys baby chicks or turkey poults and sells or offers same for sale.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-2 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Operation of Public Hatcheries, Shipping Into State of Baby Chicks, etc., Eradication and Control of Poultry Diseases, etc., by Department Authorized.

Section 2-16-2
Promulgation of rules and regulations as to operation of public hatcheries, shipping into state of baby chicks, etc., eradication and control of poultry diseases, etc., by department authorized.
In order to promote the poultry industry in this state, the Department of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to make such regulations as may be necessary to set up minimum standards for the operation of public hatcheries, to regulate chick dealers and jobbers, to provide standards and to regulate shipping into this state of baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs and for the control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of poultry.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-3 - Permit Required; Refusal or Revocation of Permit; Appeal and Review.

Section 2-16-3
Permit required; refusal or revocation of permit; appeal and review.
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall operate a public hatchery, and no chick dealer or jobber shall operate within this state without first obtaining an annual permit from the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to so operate. The fee to be paid for such annual permit shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed sixty dollars ($60), which shall be due and payable on January 1 of each year; and, unless such permit fee is paid within 30 days, a 15 percent delinquent penalty shall be added. All permit fees, including delinquent penalty fees, shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The permit may be revoked for a violation of this article or the regulations promulgated under this article.
(b) Any person who is refused a permit or whose permit is revoked may appeal from the decision of such commissioner to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries by a written demand for such appeal, which appeal must be heard at the next meeting of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. The board shall enter judgment as it deems proper from the facts.
(c) The action of the board in refusing to grant or in revoking any permit may be reviewed by the circuit court of the county in which the hatchery, chick dealer or jobber is located or resides, upon a complaint being filed in the circuit court, accompanied by a bond to be approved by the register or clerk, within 15 days after notice to the applicant or permittee of the board's decision. The complaint shall be styled in the name of the applicant or permittee as plaintiff against the commissioner, as defendant, and shall set forth the action complained of and request its reversal. The commissioner shall serve an answer within 30 days after the complaint is served upon him or her. The case shall be heard de novo by the court and it shall be determined from the evidence whether the refusal or revocation of the permit is or is not justified under the provisions of this article, and judgment shall be accordingly entered, subject to the right of appeal, which shall lie as in other civil cases, which decision shall be binding upon the parties.
(d) Appeal rights provided in this section shall not suspend the action of the commissioner in the revocation or refusal of a permit.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §3; Acts 1951, No. 556, p. 972, §1; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-4 - Requirements for Baby Chicks, Turkey Poults and Hatching Eggs Sold or Offered for Sale.

Section 2-16-4
Requirements for baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs sold or offered for sale.
All baby chicks or turkey poults and hatching eggs sold or offered for sale by public hatcheries and chick dealers or jobbers as a regular part of their business shall originate in flocks that meet the requirements of the national poultry improvement plan as administered by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the regulations issued by authority of this article for the control of pullorum disease; provided, that nothing in this article shall require any hatchery to adopt the national poultry improvement plan.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-5 - Requirements for Baby Chicks, Turkey Poults and Hatching Eggs Shipped or Brought Into State.

Section 2-16-5
Requirements for baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs shipped or brought into state.
All baby chicks, turkey poults and hatching eggs shipped or otherwise brought into this state shall originate in flocks that meet the minimum requirements of pullorum disease control provided for under this article and the regulations issued by authority of this article and shall be accompanied by a certificate approved by the official state agency or the livestock sanitation officials of the state of origin certifying same.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-6 - Maintenance of Records by Public Hatcheries and Chick Dealers or Jobbers.

Section 2-16-6
Maintenance of records by public hatcheries and chick dealers or jobbers.
Every public hatchery and chick dealer or jobber shall keep such records of operation as the regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Industries may require for the proper inspection of said hatchery and chick dealer or jobber.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-8 - Department to Conduct Program in Accordance With National Poultry Improvement Plan; Acceptance and Disposition of Fees by Department for Services Rendered Poultrymen and Hatcherymen Participating in National Poultry Improvement Plan.

Section 2-16-8
Department to conduct program in accordance with national poultry improvement plan; acceptance and disposition of fees by department for services rendered poultrymen and hatcherymen participating in national poultry improvement plan.
The state Department of Agriculture and Industries shall conduct a program in accordance with the national poultry improvement plan sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Said department is authorized to accept fees to be fixed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for services rendered to poultrymen and hatcherymen who participate in the national poultry improvement plan, said fees to be paid to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and placed to the credit of the Agricultural Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 1 - Hatcheries and Chick Dealers. › Section 2-16-9 - Violations of Provisions of Article or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Deemed Misdemeanors; Disposition of Fines.

Section 2-16-9
Violations of provisions of article or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder deemed misdemeanors; disposition of fines.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions of this article or any rule or regulation duly established by authority of this article or shall operate or engage in business without a permit as required by Section 2-16-3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
All fines paid under this article shall be transmitted to the Department of Agriculture and Industries for deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
(Acts 1945, No. 481, p. 718, §8; Acts 1951, No. 556, p. 972, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-16-20 - Establishment, Conduct, and Maintenance of Poultry Disease Diagnostic Laboratories.

Section 2-16-20
Establishment, conduct, and maintenance of poultry disease diagnostic laboratories.
(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may establish, conduct, and maintain poultry disease diagnostic laboratories for the purpose of diagnosing, treating, eradicating, preventing, and controlling infectious and contagious diseases of poultry. The laboratories provided for in this section shall be located at places in the State of Alabama where they will best serve the farmers engaged in the production of poultry, and such locations shall be selected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such laboratories shall be staffed and operated by qualified personnel who are employees of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(b) In addition to testing and analysis as provided in subsection (a), testing and analysis may be performed as otherwise provided in Section 2-2-33.
(Acts 1957, No. 549, p. 769, §1; Act 2015-262, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-16-21 - Adoption, Conduct, etc., of Program for Prevention, Eradication and Control of Infectious and Contagious Poultry Diseases; Cooperation by Department, etc., With Other State and Federal Agencies.

Section 2-16-21
Adoption, conduct, etc., of program for prevention, eradication and control of infectious and contagious poultry diseases; cooperation by department, etc., with other state and federal agencies.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to adopt, conduct and carry out a program or plan designed to prevent, eradicate and control infectious and contagious diseases of poultry in the State of Alabama, and such program shall be carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to cooperate with other agencies for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division, and to that end the commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with other agencies, departments and institutions of the State of Alabama and of the federal government.
(Acts 1957, No. 549, p. 769, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-16-22 - Expenditure of Funds Appropriated for Purpose of Carrying Out Provisions of Division.

Section 2-16-22
Expenditure of funds appropriated for purpose of carrying out provisions of division.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division, funds appropriated and made available under the general appropriations act for expenditure on a fiscal year basis for poultry disease control and eradication may be expended for the payment of salaries, equipment purchases and other expenses necessary and incident to the execution of the provisions of this division.
(Acts 1957, No. 549, p. 769, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-16-23 - Legislative Declaration as to Serious Nature of Avian Influenza; Penalty for Violation of Laws Regarding Prevention, etc., of Avian Influenza.

Section 2-16-23
Legislative declaration as to serious nature of avian influenza; penalty for violation of laws regarding prevention, etc., of avian influenza.
(a) The Legislature has ascertained and found and hereby declares that the disease avian influenza is a serious transmissible disease of all birds, for which there is no known cure, and that this disease has been diagnosed in several states of the United States. Any outbreak of this disease in Alabama could seriously jeopardize the entire poultry industry in Alabama.
(b) Any person knowingly or wantonly violating any laws or regulations duly promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries which were enacted for the prevention or eradication of the disease avian influenza shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-283, p. 490.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 2 - Poultry Waste, Dead Poultry and Unhatched or Unused Eggs. › Section 2-16-40 - Purpose of Division.

Section 2-16-40
Purpose of division.
The purpose of this division is to control, eradicate and prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of poultry through the proper destruction and disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste by requiring commercial growers of poultry and commercial hatcheries to be equipped with and to use disposal facilities as provided in this division.
(Acts 1963, No. 548, p. 1164, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 2 - Poultry Waste, Dead Poultry and Unhatched or Unused Eggs. › Section 2-16-41 - Operators of Commercial Poultry Hatcheries, etc., to Be Equipped With Facilities for Handling, Destruction and Disposal of Dead Poultry, Unhatched or Unused Eggs, etc.; State Board to Adopt Rules and Regulations Prescribing Facilities Required, Manner of Disposal of Dead Poultry, Unhatched or Unused Eggs, Etc.

Section 2-16-41
Operators of commercial poultry hatcheries, etc., to be equipped with facilities for handling, destruction and disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs, etc.; state board to adopt rules and regulations prescribing facilities required, manner of disposal of dead poultry, unhatched or unused eggs, etc.
Every person who raises, grows, feeds or otherwise produces poultry for commercial purposes and every person who operates a commercial poultry hatchery for the production of baby chicks and turkey poults shall be equipped with adequate facilities for the handling, destruction and disposal of all dead poultry, poultry carcasses, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to prescribe the size, type, depth and dimensions for any pit required for the burying of dead poultry, to require and prescribe chemical or disinfectant treatments to be applied, the use of incinerators or other burning methods and any other recommended methods or facilities for the handling, destruction and disposal of dead poultry, poultry carcasses, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste, which facilities must be kept and maintained by every commercial poultry grower and every commercial hatchery in Alabama. The handling, destruction and disposal of dead poultry, poultry carcasses, unhatched or unused eggs and other poultry waste shall be performed by the use of the required facilities in a manner prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by said board for this purpose.
(Acts 1963, No. 548, p. 1164, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 16 - Poultry Generally. › Article 2 - Disease Control. › Division 2 - Poultry Waste, Dead Poultry and Unhatched or Unused Eggs. › Section 2-16-42 - Administration and Enforcement of Division Generally; Quarantining of Poultry and Eggs Produced on Premises Not Equipped With Prescribed Disposal Facilities; Right of Entry and Inspection of State Veterinarian, Etc.

Section 2-16-42
Administration and enforcement of division generally; quarantining of poultry and eggs produced on premises not equipped with prescribed disposal facilities; right of entry and inspection of State Veterinarian, etc.
(a) This division shall be administered and enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or other authorized employees or agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to quarantine and prohibit the removal or other disposition of any poultry and eggs from premises, buildings, vehicles or other places unless such poultry and eggs are produced on premises equipped with disposal facilities as prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized and required under Section 2-16-41. Quarantine orders issued under this section shall be issued in the same manner as now authorized by law for the quarantine of livestock infected or infested with or exposed to contagious and infectious diseases of livestock.
(b) The State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or any other authorized employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, are hereby authorized to enter any place or upon any premises or into any buildings or other enclosures where poultry is produced, fed or kept or upon the premises of any commercial poultry hatchery for the purpose of performing any inspection work or duties necessary for the enforcement of this division.
(Acts 1963, No. 548, p. 1164, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection. › Section 2-17-2 - Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Policy; Purpose and Construction of Chapter Generally; Adoption and Promulgation of Regulations Promulgated Under Certain Federal Acts.

Section 2-17-2
Legislative findings of fact and declaration of policy; purpose and construction of chapter generally; adoption and promulgation of regulations promulgated under certain federal acts.
(a) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total supply of food. It is essential to the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products and result in sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, misbranded or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged articles to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that regulation by the commissioner and cooperation by this state and the United States as contemplated by this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise effectuate the purposes of this chapter; therefore, the intent and purpose of this chapter is to authorize, provide and require a meat and poultry inspection program in this state which will be no less equal to the provisions and requirements of applicable federal laws which authorize and provide for such inspection and related duties in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States as directed under Section 2-17-25. Accordingly, it is hereby intended that this chapter shall be liberally construed and interpreted insofar as possible to be consistent with such declared intent and purpose.
(b) Wherever in this chapter it is provided that regulations or orders may or shall be promulgated by the commissioner with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, such officials are authorized to adopt and promulgate any regulations as may have been or may hereafter be promulgated under authority of the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, amendments thereto or other appropriate or related federal laws, insofar as possible, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to administer and enforce its provisions and requirements.
(Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §2; Acts 1971, No. 2252, p. 3622, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 17 - Meat and Poultry Inspection. › Section 2-17-3 - Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, etc., to Be Inspected Prior to Slaughter; Diseased Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, etc., to Be Separately Slaughtered; Examination and Inspection of Carcasses of Slaughtered Animals Generally.

Section 2-17-3
Cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc., to be inspected prior to slaughter; diseased cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc., to be separately slaughtered; examination and inspection of carcasses of slaughtered animals generally.
(a) For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as provided in this chapter, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines before they shall be allowed into any slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering or similar establishment in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are conducted solely for intrastate commerce, and all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines; and, when so slaughtered, the carcasses of such animals shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner as provided for in this chapter.
(b) For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as provided in this chapter, of poultry or poultry food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall, where and to the extent considered by him necessary, cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all live poultry before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering or similar establishment in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of poultry and poultry food products of such birds are conducted solely for intrastate commerce; and all birds found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other birds, and, when so slaughtered, the carcasses thereof shall be subject to careful examination and inspection, all as provided by rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner.
(Acts 1969, No. 1049, p. 1939, §3.)
2023 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 2-17-4
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.
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.)
2023 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 2-17-5
Applicability 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.)
2023 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 2-17-6
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.
(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.)
2023 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 2-17-7
Registration 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.)
2023 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 2-17-8
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.
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.)
2023 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 2-17-9
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.
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.)
2023 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 2-17-11
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.
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.)
2023 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 2-17-12
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.
(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.)
2023 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 2-17-13
Slaughter, sale, offer for sale, transportation, etc., of animals, carcasses, food products, etc., in violation of provisions of chapter or regulations promulgated by commissioner.
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.)
2023 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 2-17-14
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.
(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.)
2023 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 2-17-15
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.
(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.)