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 20-60-214 - Prohibited acts

The following acts or the causing of the following acts within this state is prohibited:
(1)
The processing, the sale or offering for sale, transportation, or delivery or receiving for transportation, in intrastate commerce, of any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product unless:
(A)
The livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product has been inspected for wholesomeness; and
(B)
The livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product and the shipping container of the livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product and immediate container, if any, are marked in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter or the Federal Meat Inspection Act,
21 U.S.C. § 601
et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2021;
(2)
The sale or other disposition for human food of any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product that has been inspected and declared to be unwholesome or adulterated under this subchapter;
(3)
Doing any of the following:
(A)
Falsely making or issuing, altering, forging, simulating, counterfeiting, or using without proper authority any official inspection certificate, memorandum, mark, or other identification, or device for making a mark or identification, used in connection with inspection under this subchapter;
(B)
Causing, procuring, aiding, assisting in, or being a party to false making, issuing, altering, forging, simulating, counterfeiting, or unauthorized use;
(C)
Knowingly possessing, without promptly notifying the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture or his or her representative, uttering, publishing, or using as true, or causing to be uttered, published, or used as true, any falsely made or issued, altered, forged, simulated, or counterfeited official inspection certificate, memorandum, mark, or other identification, or device for making a mark or identification;
(D)
Representing that any meat or meat food product has been officially inspected under the authority of this subchapter when the meat or meat food product has in fact not been inspected under the authority of this subchapter; or
(E)
Knowingly making any false representation in any certificate prescribed by the secretary in rules under this subchapter or any form resembling the certificate;
(4)
Using in intrastate commerce any false or misleading advertisement with respect to meat or meat food products;
(5)
Using in intrastate commerce any false or misleading label on any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product;
(6)
Using any container bearing an official inspection mark except for the meat or meat food product in the original form in which the meat or meat food product was inspected and covered by the official inspection mark unless the official inspection mark is removed, obliterated, or otherwise destroyed;
(7)
Refusing to permit access by any authorized representative of the secretary at all reasonable times to the premises of an official establishment in this state at which livestock are slaughtered or the livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products are processed for intrastate commerce upon presentation of appropriate credentials;
(8)
Refusing to permit access to and the copying of any record as authorized by §
20-60-215
;
(9)
Using by any person to his or her own advantage, or revealing, other than to the authorized representatives of any government agency in their official capacity, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding, any information acquired under the authority of this subchapter, concerning any matter that as a trade secret is entitled to protection;
(10)
Delivering, receiving, transporting, selling, or offering for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce for human consumption any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product that has been processed in violation of any requirements under this subchapter except as may be authorized by and under rules prescribed by the secretary;
(11)
Delivering, receiving, transporting, selling, or offering for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product that is exempted under §
20-60-204
, is unwholesome or adulterated, and is intended for human consumption; and
(12)
Applying to any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product, or any container of any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product, any official inspection mark or label required under this subchapter except by or under the supervision of an inspector.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 418,§ 2, eff. 3/23/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2215, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2214, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5086, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5085, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5084, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1967, No. 320, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2007.