Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 60 - MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (§§ 20-60-101 — 20-60-307) › Subchapter 2 - ARKANSAS MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS INSPECTION ACT (§§ 20-60-201 — 20-60-217) › Section 20-60-203 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Adulterated" means that a livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product meets one (1) or more of the following criteria:
(A)
The livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product injurious to health;
(B)
(i)
The livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, unless the substance is permitted in the production of livestock carcasses, parts of a livestock carcass, or meat food products or is unavoidable under good manufacturing practices as may be determined by rules prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(ii)
However, any quantity of added substances exceeding the fixed limit constitutes adulteration;
(C)
A substance has been substituted, wholly or in part, for the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product;
(D)
Damage to or inferiority of the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product has been concealed in any manner;
(E)
A valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product; or
(F)
A substance has been added to the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product for the purpose of:
(i)
Increasing the bulk or weight of the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product;
(ii)
Reducing the quality or strength of the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product; or
(iii)
Making the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product appear to be better or of greater value than the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product is;
(2)
"Advertisement" means a representation disseminated in any manner or by any means other than by labeling for the purpose of inducing, or that is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of meat or meat food products;
(3)
"Container" means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or any other receptacle, wrapper, or cover;
(4)
"Direct producer-to-consumer transaction" means a face-to-face transaction involving meat or meat food products at the site of production of the meat or meat food products;
(5)
"Immediate container" means any consumer container or any other container in which meat or a meat food product, not consumer packaged, is packed;
(6)
"Inspector" means an employee or official of this state authorized by the secretary to inspect livestock, livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products under this subchapter;
(7)
"Intrastate commerce" means the buying, selling, or exchanging of meat or meat food products within this state;
(8)
"Label" means any written, printed, or graphic material upon the shipping container, if any, or upon the immediate container of meat or a meat food product, including without limitation any individual consumer container of meat or a meat food product or accompanying the meat or meat food product;
(9)
"Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses;
(10)
"Meat" means any edible part of the carcass of any livestock;
(11)
(A)
"Meat food product" means any food or food product intended for use as human food that is derived or prepared, in whole or in part, from any portion of any livestock.
(B)
"Meat food product" does not include a food or food product that is exempted by the secretary upon the determination of the secretary that the food or food product:
(i)
Contains only a minimal amount of meat and is not represented as a meat food product; or
(ii)
Is for medicinal purposes and is advertised only to the medical profession;
(12)
(A)
"Official establishment" means any establishment in this state as determined by the secretary at which inspection of the slaughter of livestock or the processing of livestock, livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products is maintained under this subchapter.
(B)
"Official establishment" does not include the farm or ranch of the producer of livestock or meat where the livestock or meat is sold on an occasional basis directly to the consumer and user of the livestock or meat;
(13)
"Official inspection mark" means any symbol, formulated under rules prescribed by the secretary, stating that meat or a meat food product has been inspected and passed;
(14)
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other business entity;
(15)
"Shipping container" means any container used or intended for use in packaging the meat or meat food product packed in an immediate container;
(16)
"Unwholesome" means:
(A)
Unsound, injurious to health, containing any biological residue not permitted by rules prescribed by the secretary, or otherwise rendered unfit for human food;
(B)
Consisting in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance;
(C)
Processed, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product may have become contaminated with filth or may have been rendered injurious to health;
(D)
Produced in whole or in part from livestock that has died otherwise than by slaughter; or
(E)
Packaged in a container composed of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health; and
(17)
"Wholesome" means sound, healthful, clean, and otherwise edible by humans.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 418,§ 2, eff. 3/23/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2207, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2206, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2205, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1967, No. 320, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2003.