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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a23 Inspection of meat and poultry food products; inspectors' ingress and egress; marking or labeling of products; destruction of adulterated products; removal of inspectors.

65-6a23.
Inspection of meat and poultry food products; inspectors' ingress and egress; marking or labeling of products; destruction of adulterated products; removal of inspectors.
For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the secretary shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry products prepared in any slaughtering, canning, salting, packing or similar establishment, where such articles are prepared for intrastate commerce, and for the purposes of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall, upon showing proper credentials, have free ingress and egress into any part of any establishment regulated by this act; and said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag or label as "Kansas inspected and passed" all such products found to be not adulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp or tag as "Kansas inspected and condemned" all such products found adulterated, and all such condemned meat food products and poultry products shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the secretary may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products and poultry products.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 6; December 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a25 Sanitary conditions of establishments; sanitation rules and regulations; adulterated meat, poultry or products.

65-6a25.
Sanitary conditions of establishments; sanitation rules and regulations; adulterated meat, poultry or products.
The secretary shall cause to be made, by veterinarians or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, canning, salting, packing or similar establishments in which livestock, domestic rabbits or poultry are slaughtered and in which the meat and meat food products and poultry and poultry products thereof are prepared for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to become informed concerning the sanitary conditions of the establishment and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained. Where the sanitary conditions of any such establishments are such that the meat or meat food products or poultry or poultry products are rendered adulterated, the secretary shall refuse to allow the meat or meat products or poultry or poultry products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "Kansas inspected and passed."
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 8; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a26 Inspection during both day and nighttime operation; inspection fee schedule; overtime payment.

65-6a26.
Inspection during both day and nighttime operation; inspection fee schedule; overtime payment.
The secretary shall cause an examination and inspection of all livestock, domestic rabbits and poultry, and the food products thereof, which are slaughtered and prepared in establishments for the purposes of intrastate commerce, to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when such slaughtering or the preparation of such food products is conducted during the nighttime. The secretary of agriculture shall by rule and regulation establish a schedule of fees to be charged against establishments for inspections made other than during regularly scheduled inspection periods and for all costs incurred in paying overtime to inspectors required for the inspection of such establishments.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 9; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 92; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a27 Violations of act.

65-6a27.
Violations of act.
(a) It shall be a violation of this act for any person:
(1) To slaughter any livestock, domestic rabbits or poultry, except in compliance with this act;
(2) to prepare any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry product which is capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such products, except in compliance with the requirements of this act;
(3) to do, with respect to any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry product which is capable of use as human food, any act, while being distributed or transported or while being held for sale after such distribution or transportation, which has the effect of causing such products to be adulterated or misbranded; or
(4) to engage in a business specified in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 65-6a34 and amendments thereto or engage in business or operate a packing house, sausage plant, poultry packing plant, slaughterhouse or poultry dressing plant unless such person is currently registered with the secretary in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6a34 and amendments thereto and has paid the fees required for the current calendar year as required by that section.
(b) It shall be a violation of this act for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale or to distribute or transport:
(1) Any carcass or part thereof which is capable of use as human food, or any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry product which is adulterated or misbranded; or
(2) any carcass or part thereof which is capable of use as human food, or any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry product, which is required to be inspected under the provisions of this act, unless such products have been so inspected and passed.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 10; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 232, § 2; L. 1993, ch. 127, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a28 Acts involving official marks, labels and certificates or simulation thereof prohibited.

65-6a28.
Acts involving official marks, labels and certificates or simulation thereof prohibited.
(a) No brand manufacturer, printer or other person 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, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, 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, certificate or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark or certificate;
(3) contrary to the regulations prescribed by the secretary of agriculture, 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 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 secretary of agriculture; or
(6) knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed or exempted, under this act when, in fact, it has, respectively not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 11; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 93; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a29 Horses, mules and rabbits; labeling of carcass or products; preparation in separate establishment.

65-6a29.
Horses, mules and rabbits; labeling of carcass or products; preparation in separate establishment.
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, domestic rabbits 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 rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the secretary with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this act, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, buffaloes, sheep, swine or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 12; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 8; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 94; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a30 Meat and poultry inspection program established; personnel; inspection duties; rules and regulations.

65-6a30.
Meat and poultry inspection program established; personnel; inspection duties; rules and regulations.
(a) There shall be established by the secretary of agriculture a meat and poultry inspection program to enforce the provisions of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act. The program shall be under the supervision of the secretary of agriculture and the secretary shall appoint such personnel as may be necessary for the proper administration of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act.
(b) The secretary of agriculture shall make provision for the examination and inspection of all livestock, domestic rabbits and poultry, as provided for under the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, of all meats and meat food products thereof, of all poultry and poultry products thereof and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such carcasses, parts of carcasses and products are prepared. Authorized representatives of the secretary shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof or any meat food product therefrom which is prepared in any establishment until the carcass or part thereof or meat food product has actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated.
(c) The authorized representatives of the secretary shall perform such other duties as are provided by this act and by the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture.
(d) The secretary of agriculture shall adopt and amend from time to time such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this act. On and after January 1, 2009, the secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any such rules and regulations that are more stringent, restrictive or expansive than required by federal law or any rule and regulation adopted by the United States department of agriculture. If the secretary determines that a more stringent, restrictive or expansive rule and regulation is necessary, the secretary may implement the rule and regulation only after approval by an act of the legislature.
(e) All inspections and examinations made under this act shall be made in the manner described in the rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of agriculture and shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 13; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 95; L. 2008, ch. 48, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a32 Storage and handling of meat, poultry and food products; rules and regulations.

65-6a32.
Storage and handling of meat, poultry and food products; rules and regulations.
The secretary of agriculture may prescribe by rules and regulations the conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products of livestock and poultry and poultry products, which are capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, distributing or transporting in or for intrastate commerce such articles whenever the secretary of agriculture deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such rule and regulation is prohibited.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 15; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 11; L. 1993, ch. 127, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 97; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a33 Slaughter and preparation of meat and products not for human food, not inspected; identification.

65-6a33.
Slaughter and preparation of meat and products not for human food, not inspected; identification.
Inspection shall not be provided under this act at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry, 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 be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by rules and regulations of the secretary of agriculture prior to their offer for sale, distribution or transportation [in] intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, transport, distribute or offer for sale, distribution or transportation, or receive for distribution or transportation in intrastate commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products or poultry 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 rules and regulations of the secretary of agriculture or are naturally inedible by humans.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 16; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 12; L. 1993, ch. 127, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 98; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a34 Engaging in business; registration required; annual fee; reinstatement fee.

65-6a34. Engaging in business; registration required; annual fee; reinstatement fee.
(a) No person shall: (1) Engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a broker or animal food manufacturer; (2) engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any livestock, domestic rabbits or poultry, whether intended for human food or other purposes; or (3) engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for such commerce, without first having registered with the secretary such person's name and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, such person conducts such business and having paid the $25 registration fee.
(b) No person shall engage in business or operate as a slaughter or processing facility solely on a custom basis as described by subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 65-6a31, and amendments thereto; a slaughter facility, processing facility, state-owned slaughter or processing facility operated in conjunction with education and research and located at institutions under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, or slaughter or processing facility operated in conjunction with education and research and located at a public secondary school without registering such person's name and place of business with the secretary, and paying the $25 registration fee.
(c) Any person whose completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is not received by January 15 of the year of renewal shall be subject to a reinstatement fee which shall be paid in addition to the required registration fee. If the completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is received by the secretary after January 15 and on or before January 31 of the year of renewal, the reinstatement fee shall be $10. If the completed application for renewal of a registration required by this section is received after January 31 of the year of renewal, the amount of the reinstatement fee shall be increased at the rate of $25 per month for each additional month or fraction thereof. No registration required by this section shall be reinstated if it has been delinquent for one year. No registration required by this section shall be issued until all applicable reinstatement fees, if any, have been paid.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 17; L. 1969, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 185, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 2, § 2; L. 1985, ch. 211, § 13; L. 1986, ch. 232, § 3; L. 1990, ch. 218, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 145, § 31; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a34a Denial or suspension of registration; hearing; appeal.

65-6a34a.
Denial or suspension of registration; hearing; appeal.
(a) The secretary may deny, suspend, revoke or modify the provisions of any registration issued under the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act, if the secretary finds, after notice and opportunity for a hearing are given in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act, that the applicant or registrant has:
(1) Been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act or any rule and regulation promulgated thereunder;
(2) failed to comply with any provision or requirement of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act or any rule and regulation adopted thereunder;
(3) interfered with or prevented the secretary or any authorized inspector or any other authorized representative of the secretary from the performance of that person's job duties regarding any inspection or the administration of the provisions of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act; or
(4) denied the secretary or any authorized representative of the secretary access to any premises required to be inspected under the provisions of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act.
(b) The registration holder may appeal from the decision and order, in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act, article 6a of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1993, ch. 127, § 6; L. 2010, ch. 60, § 8; L. 2010, ch. 155, § 19; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a35 Cooperation with U.S. secretary of agriculture; appointment to advisory committees.

65-6a35.
Cooperation with U.S. secretary of agriculture; appointment to advisory committees.
(a) The Kansas department of agriculture is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the secretary of agriculture of the United States under the provisions of section 301 of the federal meat inspection act, and section 5 of the federal poultry inspection act.
(b) In such cooperative efforts, the secretary of agriculture is authorized to accept from the secretary of agriculture of the United States advisory assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training (including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment), and financial and other aid for administration of such a program.
(c) The secretary of agriculture is further authorized to recommend to the secretary of agriculture of the United States such officials or employees of this state as the secretary of agriculture shall designate, for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in section 301 of the federal meat inspection act; and the secretary of agriculture or the secretary's delegate shall serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with the secretary of agriculture of the United States under paragraph (c) of section 301 of the act.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 18; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 99; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a36 Refusal to provide or withdraw inspection services for applicant or recipient convicted of certain offenses; hearing.

65-6a36.
Refusal to provide or withdraw inspection services for applicant or recipient convicted of certain offenses; hearing.
(a) The secretary may, for such period, or indefinitely, as the secretary deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under this act with respect to any establishment if the secretary determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under this act because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, of (1) any felony based upon the acquiring, handling, transporting or distributing of unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food, or (2) more than one violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, transporting or distributing of unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this act for withdrawal of the inspection services from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products, poultry or poultry products.
(b) Hearings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 19; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 190; L. 1993, ch. 127, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a37 Adulterated or misbranded meat or products; procedure.

65-6a37.
Adulterated or misbranded meat or products; procedure.
The procedure to be followed with respect to meat or meat products believed to be adulterated or misbranded shall be in like manner as that set forth in K.S.A. 65-660 for foods in general.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 20; December 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a38 Act not affecting trade of locker plant located near border of state.

65-6a38.
Act not affecting trade of locker plant located near border of state.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting or prohibiting the operator of any frozen food locker plant, whose plant is so located near the border of the state that its normal trade area includes territory in a neighboring state, from continuing to provide custom slaughtering and related services, meeting the standards and in compliance with requirements established under the provisions of this act, to persons living within such normal trade area. The providing of custom slaughtering and related services to persons within such normal trade area shall not be considered as constituting the engaging in interstate commerce for the purpose of this act.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 21; December 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a39 Jurisdiction to enforce act vested in district court.

65-6a39.
Jurisdiction to enforce act vested in district court.
The district courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this act, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this act, except as provided in K.S.A. 65-6a24(e).
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 22; December 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a40 Penalties.

65-6a40.
Penalties.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act or the provisions of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this act for which no other criminal penalty is provided shall be deemed guilty of a nonperson misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than $1000, or by both such imprisonment and fine. If such violation involves intent to defraud, or any transportation or distribution or attempted transportation or distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person shall be deemed guilty of a nonperson felony and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine. No person shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation or distribution any article or animal in violation of this act if such receipt was made in good faith.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 23; L. 1993, ch. 127, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a41 Records; maintenance and access to records; refusal to furnish certain information and documents to secretary unlawful.

65-6a41. Records; maintenance and access to records; refusal to furnish certain information and documents to secretary unlawful.
(a) Any person registered or required to be registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6a34, and amendments thereto, shall keep records that fully and accurately disclose transactions related to animals prepared for and capable of use as human food. Nothing in this section shall affect the exemptions established in K.S.A. 65-6a31, and amendments thereto. All persons, firms and corporations subject to such requirements, at all reasonable times upon request by the secretary, shall provide access to their places of business and provide an opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory and records thereof and to copy all such records.
(b) Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for a period of time as the secretary shall prescribe by rules and regulations.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to furnish, on request of a representative of the secretary, the name and address of the person from whom such person received any article or animal which does not meet the requirements of this act, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to such person.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 24; L. 2012, ch. 145, § 32; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a43 Severability of act.

65-6a43.
Severability of act.
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
History:
L. 1969, ch. 296, § 26; December 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a44 Adoption of regulations.

65-6a44.
Adoption of regulations.
The secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt regulations for the proper enforcement of the act. The secretary of agriculture may adopt regulations for the exemption of the operations of any person from inspection or other requirements of this act if and to the extent such operations would be exempt from corresponding requirements of the federal meat inspection act or the federal poultry inspection act.
History: L. 1969, ch. 296, § 27; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 100; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a44a Secretary to establish standards of identity for water added pork products.

65-6a44a.
Secretary to establish standards of identity for water added pork products.
(a) The secretary of agriculture shall adopt rules and regulations establishing standards of identity for water added pork products within 60 days after the effective date of this act.
(b) The provisions of this section are a part of and supplemental to the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act.
History:
L. 1981, ch. 243, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 101; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a45 Meat and poultry inspection; disposition of moneys received; meat and poultry inspection fee fund.

65-6a45.
Meat and poultry inspection; disposition of moneys received; meat and poultry inspection fee fund.
The secretary of agriculture shall remit all moneys received by or for the secretary under article 6a of chapter 65 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the meat and poultry inspection fee fund. All expenditures from such fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the secretary or by a person or persons designated by the secretary.
History: L. 1969, ch. 296, § 28; L. 1973, ch. 2, § 28; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 220; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 102; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a47 Imported meat, poultry or dairy products; labeling; definitions.

65-6a47.
Imported meat, poultry or dairy products; labeling; definitions.
Every wholesaler or retailer who sells or offers for sale in the state of Kansas through a meat market, store or otherwise, any meats, either canned, frozen or cured, or any poultry, eggs or butter, which are the products of any country foreign to the United States, shall clearly label such meat, poultry, eggs or butter as "imported," naming the country of its origin, which labeling shall be in lettering not less than 1/2 inch in height. As used in this act: (a) The word "retailer" shall mean a person regularly engaged in the business of selling meat, canned, frozen or cured, or poultry, eggs or butter, at retail to the trade and public as such, and selling only to the user or consumer and not for resale; (b) the word "meat" means the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, horses, sheep, rabbits or goats but shall not include fish or products of fish.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 260, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a48 Same; enforcement of act.

65-6a48.
Same; enforcement of act.
The attorney general shall enforce the provisions of this act. The attorney general or the duly authorized agents of the attorney general shall have access at all regular business hours to every retail establishment which sells or offers to sell meat, poultry, eggs or butter to the public.
History: L. 1970, ch. 252, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 77; L. 1999, ch. 67, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a49 Same; injunctions.

65-6a49.
Same; injunctions.
In addition to other remedies provided by this act the attorney general is authorized to apply to the district court, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon a hearing and for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating this act.
History: L. 1970, ch. 252, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 78; L. 1999, ch. 67, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a50 Same; prosecution for violation of act.

65-6a50.
Same; prosecution for violation of act.
Upon determining that a provision of this act has been violated, it shall be the duty of the attorney general to institute appropriate proceedings in the proper courts without delay and to prosecute the same in the manner provided by law.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 252, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 79; L. 1999, ch. 67, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a51 Same; rules and regulations.

65-6a51.
Same; rules and regulations.
The attorney general is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as the attorney general deems necessary to properly enforce the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1970, ch. 252, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 462, § 80; L. 1999, ch. 67, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a53 Imported catfish; labeling.

65-6a53.
Imported catfish; labeling.
No catfish which is produced outside of the United States shall be sold or offered for sale at retail in the state of Kansas for consumption off of the premises upon which sold or offered for sale unless clearly labeled in letters not less than one-fourth (1/4) inch in height as having been imported.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 209, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a54 Same; rules and regulations.

65-6a54.
Same; rules and regulations.
The secretary of health and environment shall adopt such rules and regulations deemed necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this act.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 209, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a55 Same; violation of act; penalty.

65-6a55.
Same; violation of act; penalty.
Any violation by any person, partnership, corporation or other association of the provisions of this act is a class C misdemeanor.
History:
L. 1977, ch. 209, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a56 Violations of meat and poultry inspection act; civil penalties; disposition of moneys.

65-6a56.
Violations of meat and poultry inspection act; civil penalties; disposition of moneys.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act, article 6a of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, or any rule and regulation promulgated thereunder, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, may incur a civil penalty imposed under subsection (b) in the amount fixed by rules and regulations of the secretary of agriculture in an amount not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 for each violation and, in the case of a continuing violation, every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate violation.
(b) A duly authorized agent of the secretary, upon finding that any person or agent or employee thereof has violated any provision of the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act or any rule and regulation promulgated thereunder, may impose a civil penalty as provided by this section upon such person.
(c) No civil penalty shall be imposed pursuant to this section except on written order of the duly authorized agent of the secretary to the person who committed the violation or to the person whose agent or employee committed the violation. Such order shall state the violation, the penalty to be imposed and the right of such person to appeal to the secretary. Any such person, within 20 days after notification, may make written request to the secretary for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The secretary shall affirm, reverse or modify the order and shall specify the reasons therefor.
(d) Any person aggrieved by an order of the secretary made under this section may appeal such order to the district court in the manner provided by the Kansas judicial review act.
(e) Any civil penalty recovered pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund.
(f) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas meat and poultry inspection act, article 6a of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1991, ch. 176, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 221; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 103; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 125; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a57 Actions arising out of consumption of a meat product; liability of producer where livestock inspected under Kansas law.

65-6a57.
Actions arising out of consumption of a meat product; liability of producer where livestock inspected under Kansas law.
(a) As used in this section, for livestock prepared in Kansas in accordance with K.S.A. 65-6a18 et seq., and amendments thereto: (1) "Producer" means any person engaged in the business of breeding, grazing, maintenance or feeding of livestock.
(2) "Livestock," "meat food product," "person" and "prepared" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 65-6a18, and amendments thereto.
(b) In an action arising as a result of consumption of a meat food product against a producer of livestock, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the producer of livestock met the standard of ordinary care in the production of the livestock in question, if the livestock in question was inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6a18 et seq., and amendments thereto.
(c) In no event shall a producer of livestock in an action arising as a result of consumption of a meat food product be held to a standard higher than that of ordinary care if the livestock in question had been inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 65-6a18 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 2004, ch. 116, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a58 Same; liability of producer where livestock inspected under federal law.Same; liability of producer where livestock inspected under federal law.

65-6a58.
Same; liability of producer where livestock inspected under federal law.
(a) As used in this section, for livestock prepared in Kansas in accordance with the federal meat inspection act, 21 U.S.C.A. § 601 et seq.: (1) "Producer" means any person engaged in the business of breeding, grazing, maintenance or feeding of livestock.
(2) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines.
(3) "Meat food product" and "prepared" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto by 21 U.S.C.A. § 601(j) et seq.
(4) "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 65-6a18, and amendments thereto.
(b) In an action arising as a result of consumption of a meat food product against a producer of livestock there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the producer of livestock met the standard of ordinary care in the production of the livestock in question, if the livestock in question was inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions of 21 U.S.C.A. § 601 et seq.
(c) In no event shall a producer of livestock in an action arising as a result of consumption of a meat food product be held to a standard higher than that of ordinary care if the livestock had been inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions of 21 U.S.C.A. § 601 et seq.
History:
L. 2004, ch. 116, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a59 Voluntary inspection of animals.

65-6a59. Voluntary inspection of animals.
(a) The secretary may make provision for voluntary inspection for animals other than livestock, poultry or rabbits which can or may be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products, poultry or poultry products and establish such fees to cover the cost of providing such voluntary inspection services. The secretary shall consider adequate and efficient staffing and expertise prior to providing voluntary inspection services.
(b) A person requesting voluntary inspection services shall submit a request for inspection services on a form provided by the secretary.
(c) The secretary may refuse to provide voluntary inspection services due to staffing, inspector expertise or any other good cause shown. Priority in scheduling inspection services shall be given for inspection services mandated by the meat and poultry inspection act.
(d) The secretary may prescribe rules and regulations for the implementation of this section.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the meat and poultry inspection act.
History:
L. 2012, ch. 145, § 26; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6a - Meat And Poultry › 65-6a60 Supervision of operations; slaughtering operations; processing operations; work schedules.

65-6a60. Supervision of operations; slaughtering operations; processing operations; work schedules.
(a) No operation requiring inspection under article 6a of chapter 65 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, may be conducted unless it is conducted under the supervision of a representative of the secretary. All slaughtering of animals shall be done:
(1) Under the direct supervision of a representative of the secretary; and
(2) with reasonable speed, considering the official establishment's facilities.
The secretary may implement inspection procedures for processing operations that are different from the inspection procedures for slaughter operations. Processing procedures may include procedures that allow for varied frequency of inspection depending on the processing operations conducted.
(b) Each official establishment applying the mark of inspection shall submit a work schedule to the secretary for approval upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) Prior to the inauguration of the inspection.
(2) When a change in work schedule is requested, except for minor deviations from a daily operating schedule approved by the area supervisor.
(3) Upon request by a representative of the secretary.
Work schedules shall specify the daily clock hours of inspected operations.
(c) The secretary shall take into account the efficient and effective use of inspection personnel when approving work schedules. The secretary shall consult with the establishments involved when designating work schedules.
(d) Establishments shall maintain consistent work schedules. The secretary may prescribe by rules and regulations the process by which an establishment may request a change in its work schedule.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the meat and poultry inspection act.
History:
L. 2012, ch. 145, § 27; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6b - Amygdalin (laetrile) › 65-6b01 Amygdalin (laetrile); definitions.

65-6b01.
Amygdalin (laetrile); definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery by the state board of healing arts.
(b) "Medical care facility" means the same as the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 65-425.
(c) "Health care facility" means a facility other than a medical care facility providing care for persons who are ill or infirm and includes adult care homes as such term is defined by K.S.A. 39-923.
(d) "Written informed request" means the request for the prescription of amygdalin (laetrile) and the form for such request established under K.S.A. 65-6b05.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 239, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6b - Amygdalin (laetrile) › 65-6b02 Same; use in treatment by physician, limitations on interference with.

65-6b02.
Same; use in treatment by physician, limitations on interference with.
No medical care facility or other health care facility shall interfere with the physician-patient relationship by restricting or prohibiting the use of amygdalin (laetrile) as an adjunct to recognized, customary or accepted modes of therapy or by itself in the treatment of any malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition when amygdalin (laetrile) is prescribed or administered by a physician, and the patient has signed the written informed request therefor substantially as set forth in K.S.A. 65-6b05.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 239, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6b - Amygdalin (laetrile) › 65-6b03 Same; when prescribed or administered.

65-6b03.
Same; when prescribed or administered.
A physician may prescribe or administer amygdalin (laetrile) as an adjunct to recognized, customary or accepted modes of therapy or by itself in the treatment of any malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition of a patient who has signed the written informed request substantially as set forth in K.S.A. 65-6b05.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 239, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6b - Amygdalin (laetrile) › 65-6b04 Same; act not endorsement; certain treatment by physician not prohibited.

65-6b04.
Same; act not endorsement; certain treatment by physician not prohibited.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as constituting an endorsement of amygdalin (laetrile) for the treatment of any malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition, and nothing in this act shall be construed as preventing a physician from prescribing amygdalin (laetrile) as a dietary supplement to a patient not suffering from any known malignancy, disease, illness, or physical condition upon execution of the written informed request therefor.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 239, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 65 - Public Health › Article 6b - Amygdalin (laetrile) › 65-6b05 Same; written informed request.

65-6b05.
Same; written informed request.
The "written informed request" referred to in this act shall be on a form prepared by, and obtained from the state board of healing arts and shall be in substance as follows:
WRITTEN INFORMED REQUEST FOR PRESCRIPTION OF AMYGDALIN (LAETRILE) FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
Patient's name: ___________________________
Address _________________________________
Age _____________ Sex ___________________
Name and address of prescribing physician: ________________________________________
________________________________________
Malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition diagnosed for medical treatment by amygdalin (laetrile) or its use as a dietary supplement:
________________________________________
________________________________________
My physician has explained to me:
(a) That the federal food and drug administration has determined amygdalin (laetrile) to be an "unapproved new drug" and that federal law prohibits the interstate distribution of an "unapproved new drug."
(b) That neither the American cancer society, the American medical association, the Kansas medical society nor the Kansas association of osteopathic medicine recommends use of amygdalin (laetrile) in the treatment of any malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition.
(c) That there are alternative recognized treatments for the malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition from which I suffer which my physician has offered to provide for me including: (Here describe)
________________________________________
________________________________________
That notwithstanding the foregoing, I hereby request prescription and use of amygdalin (laetrile) (a) in the medical treatment of the malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition from which I suffer [ ], (b) as a dietary supplement [ ] or (c) both in the medical treatment of the malignancy, disease, illness or physical condition from which I suffer and as a dietary supplement [ ] (check (a), (b) or (c)).
_____________________________________ Patient or person signing for patient
ATTEST:
_____________________________________
Prescribing Physician
A copy of such written informed request shall be forwarded forthwith after execution thereof to the medical care facility or other health care facility and the state board of healing arts.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 239, § 5; July 1.