2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 619 - Labeling and Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products › Section 619.031 - Animal food slaughtering and processing establishments; license fees; application of ORS chapter 603; prohibitions and requirements; rules.

(1) A person may not operate an animal food slaughtering establishment or processing establishment without first obtaining a license for the establishment from the State Department of Agriculture.
(2) The department may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for establishments licensed under this section. The department may determine the license fee for an establishment based upon the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. In establishing the amount of the license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that applicant within Oregon during the prior calendar year or, if the applicant maintains sales and service records on a fiscal basis, the prior fiscal year. If the applicant applying for an original license or for a renewal license cannot provide the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services for a full calendar year, the department shall base the fee on estimated annual gross sales and services by the applicant. If an applicant whose previous year’s fee was determined using an estimated gross sales and services figure applies for renewal of that license, the fee for the previous license year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. The license shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule.
(3) Except as provided in this subsection, the department may not adopt a rule to establish a license fee that is more than three percent higher than the license fee charged during the preceding year for an establishment of the same type and having the same volume of gross sales and services. When adopting a rule establishing a license fee, notwithstanding the three percent limit, the department may round the fee amount to the next higher whole dollar amount. Fee schedules adopted under this section may not change the amount of the same license fee more frequently than once each year.
(4) The provisions of ORS 603.025 (2) and (5), 603.034 (1) and (2), 603.045 (7) and 603.075 shall apply to animal food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments. Except as provided in this subsection, the remainder of the provisions of ORS chapter 603 do not apply to such establishments.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter meat animals and subject to federal meat inspection, or a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter only poultry and rabbits and subject to federal poultry inspection, or a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 as a nonslaughtering processor may, without being required to obtain an additional license, also sell or dispose of meat products as animal food provided that such licensees also comply with the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066.
(6) In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the department may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce any procedures or measures to protect the health of the animals that are fed or intended to be fed the meat products sold or disposed of by animal food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments, and to protect the health of other animals in this state. In addition to the provisions of ORS 619.046, for the purposes of this section the department shall take into consideration:
(a) The provisions of ORS chapter 596.
(b) The procedures necessary to ensure that meat products that are only fit for or destined for animal consumption are not sold for human consumption.
(7) A person licensed as provided by this section:
(a) May not sell, hold or offer for sale any carcass of a meat animal or part thereof that is unfit for or unwholesome as animal food.
(b) May not sell, hold or offer for sale a carcass of a meat animal or part thereof for human consumption.
(c) Shall keep complete and accurate records of the meat animals purchased for slaughter, including but not limited to their description, brands if any, date of purchase and the name and address of the person from whom the animals were purchased.
(d) Shall keep complete and accurate records of the sale of all meat animal carcasses or parts of meat animal carcasses, including the name and address of the purchaser.
(e) Shall comply with the provisions of ORS 619.026. [1973 c.174 §13; 1975 c.304 §19; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §6; 1985 c.353 §3; 1991 c.632 §3; 2005 c.735 §§5,6; 2007 c.768 §§25,26; 2012 c.64 §5]
Note:
The amendments to 619.031 by section 38, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, become operative July 1, 2026. See section 45, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, as amended by section 10, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2026, including amendments by section 3, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(1) A person may not operate an animal food slaughtering establishment or processing establishment without first obtaining a license for the establishment from the State Department of Agriculture.
(2) The department may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for establishments licensed under this section. The department may determine the license fee for an establishment based upon the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. In establishing the amount of the license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services by that applicant within Oregon during the prior calendar year or, if the applicant maintains sales and service records on a fiscal basis, the prior fiscal year. If the applicant applying for an original license or for a renewal license cannot provide the annual gross dollar volume of sales and services for a full calendar year, the department shall base the fee on estimated annual gross sales and services by the applicant. If an applicant whose previous year’s fee was determined using an estimated gross sales and services figure applies for renewal of that license, the fee for the previous license year shall be adjusted to reflect the actual gross dollar volume of sales and services by the applicant. The license shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule.
(3) The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section establishing a license fee that is higher than the license fee charged for the license year that began July 1, 2025, for an establishment of the same type and having the same volume of gross sales and services. Fee schedules adopted under this section may not change the amount of the same license fee more frequently than once each year.
(4) The provisions of ORS 603.025 (2) and (5), 603.034 (1) and (2), 603.045 (7) and 603.075 shall apply to animal food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments. Except as provided in this subsection, the remainder of the provisions of ORS chapter 603 do not apply to such establishments.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter meat animals and subject to federal meat inspection, or a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter only poultry and rabbits and subject to federal poultry inspection, or a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 as a nonslaughtering processor may, without being required to obtain an additional license, also sell or dispose of meat products as animal food provided that such licensees also comply with the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066.
(6) In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the department may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce any procedures or measures to protect the health of the animals that are fed or intended to be fed the meat products sold or disposed of by animal food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments, and to protect the health of other animals in this state. In addition to the provisions of ORS 619.046, for the purposes of this section the department shall take into consideration:
(a) The provisions of ORS chapter 596.
(b) The procedures necessary to ensure that meat products that are only fit for or destined for animal consumption are not sold for human consumption.
(7) A person licensed as provided by this section:
(a) May not sell, hold or offer for sale any carcass of a meat animal or part thereof that is unfit for or unwholesome as animal food.
(b) May not sell, hold or offer for sale a carcass of a meat animal or part thereof for human consumption.
(c) Shall keep complete and accurate records of the meat animals purchased for slaughter, including but not limited to their description, brands if any, date of purchase and the name and address of the person from whom the animals were purchased.
(d) Shall keep complete and accurate records of the sale of all meat animal carcasses or parts of meat animal carcasses, including the name and address of the purchaser.
(e) Shall comply with the provisions of ORS 619.026.