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2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease › Section 115 - Contagious or infectious disease, or any epidemic or poisoning -- Duties of department.

Effective 5/5/2021
4-31-115.
Contagious or infectious disease, or any epidemic or poisoning -- Duties of department.
(1)
(a) The department shall investigate and may quarantine a reported case of contagious or infectious disease, or any epidemic or poisoning, affecting a domestic animal or an animal that the department believes may jeopardize the health of animals within the state.
(b) The department shall make a prompt and thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding the disease, epidemic, or poisoning and may order quarantine, care, or any necessary remedies.
(c) The department may also order immunization or testing and sanitary measures to prevent the spread of disease.
(d) An investigation involving fish or wildlife shall be conducted under a cooperative agreement with the Division of Wildlife Resources.
(2)
(a) If the owner or person in possession of an animal with a contagious or infectious disease, epidemic, or poisoning, after written notice from the department, fails to take the action ordered, the commissioner may seize and hold the animal and take action necessary to prevent the spread of disease, including immunization, testing, dipping, or spraying.
(b) An animal seized for testing or treatment under this section may be sold by the commissioner at public sale to reimburse the department for the costs incurred in the seizure, testing, treatment, maintenance, and sale of the animal unless the owner, before the sale, tenders payment for the costs incurred by the department.
(c)
(i) The commissioner may not sell a seized animal until the owner or person in possession of the animal is served with a notice specifying the itemized costs incurred by the department, the time, place, and purpose of sale, and the number of animals to be sold.
(ii) The notice shall be served at least three days in advance of sale in the manner:
(A) prescribed for personal service in Rule 4(d)(1), Utah Rules of Civil Procedure; or
(B) if the owner cannot be found after due diligence, prescribed for service by publication in Rule 4(d)(4), Utah Rules of Civil Procedure.
(3)
(a) Any amount realized from the sale of the animal over the total charges shall be paid to the owner of the animal if the owner is known or can by reasonable diligence be found.
(b) If the owner is unknown and cannot be found by reasonable diligence, as described in Subsection (3)(a), the excess shall remain in the General Fund.
(c) If the total cost incurred is greater than the amount realized, the owner shall pay the difference.
Amended by Chapter 295, 2021 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease › Section 116 - Quarantine -- Peace officers to assist in maintenance of quarantine.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-31-116.
Quarantine -- Peace officers to assist in maintenance of quarantine.
(1) The commissioner may quarantine any infected domestic animal or area within the state to prevent the spread of infectious or contagious disease.
(2) A sheriff or other peace officer in the state shall, upon request of the commissioner, assist the department in maintaining a quarantine and arrest a person who violates the quarantine.
(3) The department shall pay all costs and fees incurred by any law enforcement authority in assisting the department.
Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease › Section 118 - Animal disease traceability.

4-31-118.
Animal disease traceability.
The department may:
(1) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary for animal disease traceability and compliance with federal law regarding animal disease traceability; and
(2) enforce the rules described in Subsection (1).
Enacted by Chapter 331, 2012 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 31 - Control of Animal Disease › Section 119 - Disease control of poultry, waterfowl, and game-birds.

4-31-119.
Disease control of poultry, waterfowl, and game-birds.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the department may:
(a) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary for the control and prevention of disease in poultry, waterfowl, and game-birds; and
(b) enforce the rules described in Subsection (1)(a).
(2) The department may not make a rule under Subsection (1)(a) that relates to protected wildlife that is:
(a) living in nature; and
(b) under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Enacted by Chapter 331, 2012 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 101 - Title.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-101.
Title.
This chapter is known as the "Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act."
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 102 - Purpose declaration.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-102.
Purpose declaration.
(1) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a meat and poultry inspection program in the state at least equal to the programs imposed under the:
(a) Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.;
(b) Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.;
(c) Humane Slaughter Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.; and
(d) the Egg Product Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.
(2) The commissioner shall administer and enforce this chapter to accomplish the purpose described in Subsection (1).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 103 - Adoption of federal provisions.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-103.
Adoption of federal provisions.
(1) The following federal laws, regulations, and standards are adopted by reference:
(a) 9 C.F.R. Part 300 through Part 500 and Part 590;
(b) the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.;
(c) the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq.;
(d) the Humane Slaughter Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.; and
(e) the Egg Product Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.
(2) Changes to the federal laws, regulations, and standards referenced in Subsection (1) are considered incorporated as those changes are made.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 104 - Emergency rules.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-104.
Emergency rules.
The department may make emergency rules concerning the meat and poultry inspection program only in accordance with Section 63G-3-304.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 107 - Meat establishment and farm custom slaughter licenses -- Application -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32-107.
Meat establishment and farm custom slaughter licenses -- Application -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.
(1) A person may not operate a meat establishment in the state without a meat establishment license issued by the department.
(2)
(a) Application for a license to operate a meat establishment shall be made to the department upon a form prescribed and furnished by the department.
(b) Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and the payment of an annual license fee determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2), the commissioner, if satisfied that the public convenience and necessity will be served, shall issue a license allowing the applicant to operate a meat establishment through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, subject to suspension or revocation for cause.
(c) A meat establishment license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual license renewal fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2).
(3)
(a) Application for a farm custom slaughter license to engage in the business of slaughtering livestock or a nonamenable species shall be made to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department.
(b) Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and payment of a license fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2), the commissioner shall issue a license allowing the applicant to engage in farm custom slaughtering.
(c) A farm custom slaughter license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual renewal license fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2).
Amended by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 108 - Duties of person who holds a farm custom slaughter license.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32-108.
Duties of person who holds a farm custom slaughter license.
Each person who holds a farm custom slaughter license shall:
(1) keep accurate records of each animal or a nonamenable species slaughtered, including:
(a) the name, address, and telephone number of each person for whom the animal or a nonamenable species is slaughtered;
(b) a full description of each animal or a nonamenable species slaughtered including age, brands, marks, or other identifying marks, proof of ownership, and the destination of the carcass for processing; and
(c) the date of slaughter;
(2) require that each animal presented for slaughter bear a farm custom slaughter NOT FOR SALE tag;
(3) render the animal to be slaughtered insensible to pain by captive bolt, gunshot, electric shock, or other humane means before it is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; and
(4) stamp and tag the carcass of any slaughtered animal "Not For Sale."
Amended by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 112 - Judicial review of orders enforcing chapter.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-112.
Judicial review of orders enforcing chapter.
(1) Any party aggrieved by an order issued under Subsection 4-32-109(4) or under Subsection 4-32-110(1), (2), or (3) may obtain judicial review.
(2) The district courts have jurisdiction to enforce this chapter, and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter, and have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter.
(3) All proceedings for the enforcement of this chapter, or to restrain violations of this chapter, shall be by and in the name of this state.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 113 - Preparation and slaughter of livestock, poultry, or livestock and poultry products -- Adulterated or misbranded products -- Violation of rule or order.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-113.
Preparation and slaughter of livestock, poultry, or livestock and poultry products -- Adulterated or misbranded products -- Violation of rule or order.
(1) An animal or meat or poultry product that may be used for human consumption shall not be:
(a) slaughtered or prepared unless it is done in compliance with this chapter's requirements;
(b) sold, transported, offered for sale or transportation, or received for transportation, if it is adulterated or misbranded, unless it has been inspected and approved; or
(c) subjected to any act while being transported or held for sale after transportation resulting in one of the products becoming adulterated or being misbranded.
(2) A person may not violate any rule or order of the commissioner under Subsection 4-32-109(4) or (7), or Subsection 4-32-110(3), (5), or (7).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 114 - Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-114.
Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.
(1) A person may not cast, print, lithograph, or make any device or label containing or bearing any official mark or simulation of a mark, or any form or simulation of an official certificate, unless authorized by the commissioner.
(2) A person may not:
(a) forge any official device, mark, or certificate;
(b) use any official device, mark, or certificate without the authorization of the commissioner;
(c) alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
(d) fail to use, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate as required by this chapter;
(e) knowingly possess any of the following, if it bears any unauthorized, counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official mark:
(i) an official device;
(ii) a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;
(iii) a device;
(iv) a label;
(v) a carcass of any animal, including poultry; or
(vi) a part or product of any animal, including poultry;
(f) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate, or nonofficial or official certificate;
(g) knowingly represent that any meat or poultry product has been inspected and approved, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has not; or
(h) use to the person's advantage or reveal any information acquired under the authority of this chapter relating to any matter entitled to protection as a trade secret unless the information is:
(i) revealed to an authorized government representative; or
(ii) ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 115 - Meat or poultry products to be marked or labeled -- Meat or poultry products not intended for human food -- Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-115.
Meat or poultry products to be marked or labeled -- Meat or poultry products not intended for human food -- Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.
(1) A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any animal carcasses or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat products, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by rules adopted by the department to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.
(2) A person may not buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any meat or poultry products that are not intended for human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules of the department or are naturally inedible by humans.
(3) A person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation the animals or parts of carcasses unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules adopted by the department to assure that the animals or parts of carcasses will be prevented from being used for human food.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 116 - Attempt to bribe state officer or employee -- Acceptance of bribe -- Interference with official duties -- Penalties.

Effective 5/4/2022
4-32-116.
Attempt to bribe state officer or employee -- Acceptance of bribe -- Interference with official duties -- Penalties.
(1)
(a) A person who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value, to any officer or employee of this state who is authorized to perform any duties under this chapter, with the intent to influence the officer or employee in the discharge of the officer's or employee's duty, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.
(b) An officer or employee of this state authorized to perform duties under this chapter who accepts money, a gift, or other thing of value from any person given with intent to influence the officer's or employee's official action, is guilty of a felony of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be discharged from office, and fined in an amount of not more than $5,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
(2)
(a) A person who assaults, obstructs, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person engaged in the performance of official duties under this chapter, with or without a dangerous or deadly weapon, is guilty of a felony of the third degree and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.
(b) A person who, in the commission of any violation of Subsection (2) of this section, uses a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 76-1-101.5, is guilty of a felony of the second degree and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for a period of not more than 10 years, or both.
(c) A person who kills another person engaged in the performance of official duties under this chapter shall be punished as provided in Section 76-5-202.
Amended by Chapter 430, 2022 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 117 - Inspection of products placed in containers -- Supervision of inspector -- Access to establishment.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-117.
Inspection of products placed in containers -- Supervision of inspector -- Access to establishment.
(1) An inspection of products placed in any container at any official establishment may not be considered to be complete until the products are sealed or enclosed under the supervision of an inspector.
(2) For purposes of any inspection of products required by this chapter, inspectors authorized by the department shall have access at all times to every part of every establishment required to have inspection whether the establishment is operated or not.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 118 - Detention of animals or meat or poultry products -- Removal of official marks.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-118.
Detention of animals or meat or poultry products -- Removal of official marks.
(1) Whenever any meat or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a meat or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal, is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner, and there is reason to believe that it is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected and passed, or that it has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of this chapter, it may be detained by the representative pending action under Section 4-32-119, and may not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative.
(2) All official marks may be required by the representative described in Subsection (1) to be removed from a product or animal described in Subsection (1) before the product is released.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 119 - Quarantine authorized -- Conditions giving rise to quarantine.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-119.
Quarantine authorized -- Conditions giving rise to quarantine.
(1) A meat or poultry product, or a dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal that is being transported or is held for sale in this state, shall be seized and quarantined if it:
(a) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter;
(b) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded; or
(c) in any other way violates this chapter.
(2) Quarantined animals or products shall be condemned and destroyed, except that the owner of the quarantined animals or products may request a hearing within five days, and the commissioner shall, within five days after the request, conduct a hearing to decide whether the quarantined animals or products shall be condemned.
(3) The commissioner's decision under Subsection (2) is final, and all condemned animals or products shall immediately be destroyed or denatured in the presence of the commissioner or an inspector.
(4) This section does not limit the authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 120 - Rules for the construction and operation of meat establishments authorized.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-120.
Rules for the construction and operation of meat establishments authorized.
(1) For the purposes of administering this chapter and qualifying meat establishments for licenses, the department may adopt sanitary inspection rules and regulations, including those pertaining to the construction, equipment, and facilities of meat establishments.
(2) The rules shall conform with the regulations made under the federal acts.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 121 - Suspension or revocation -- Grounds.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-121.
Suspension or revocation -- Grounds.
The department may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate or cause to be investigated the operation of any meat establishment, and may suspend or revoke the license of the meat establishment upon any of the following grounds:
(1) the license was obtained by any false or misleading statement;
(2) for slaughtering any animal without an antemortem and a postmortem inspection, or for processing any meat or poultry or products of meat or poultry that have not been inspected and passed, or exempted, and so identified;
(3) the advertising or publicizing of any false or misleading statements that pertain to the slaughtering, processing, or distribution of animals or meat or poultry products;
(4) the failure to maintain refrigeration or sanitation, or dispose of waste as required by rules of the department; or
(5) the failure to comply with rules of the department pertaining to the disposal of carcasses or parts of carcasses that have been determined to be unfit for human consumption.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 122 - Denial of application for farm custom slaughter license -- Venue for judicial review.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-122.
Denial of application for farm custom slaughter license -- Venue for judicial review.
(1) An applicant whose application for a license to operate a meat establishment or to obtain a farm custom slaughter license is denied may file a request for agency action with the department, requesting a hearing on the issue of denial.
(2)
(a) A person who is aggrieved by an order issued under this section may obtain judicial review.
(b) Venue for judicial review of an informal adjudicative proceeding is in the district court in the county in which the alleged unlawful activity occurred or, in the case of an order denying a license application, in the county where the applicant resides.
(3) The attorney general's office shall represent the department in an original action or appeal under this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32 - Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act › Section 123 - Animals slaughtered or the meat and poultry products not intended for human use -- No inspection -- Products to be denatured or otherwise identified.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-32-123.
Animals slaughtered or the meat and poultry products not intended for human use -- No inspection -- Products to be denatured or otherwise identified.
Inspection may not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of animals or the preparation of any meat or poultry products that are not intended for use as human food, but the products shall be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by rules of the department before the meat and poultry products are offered for sale or transportation.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 201 - Definitions.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-201.
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Antemortem inspection" means the inspection of live domesticated game immediately before slaughter.
(2) "Domesticated game" means one of the following that is commercially raised for wholesale or retail sale to a restaurant, store, or end consumer:
(a) a domesticated elk;
(b) a bison;
(c) a game bird; or
(d) a rabbit.
(3) "Domesticated game carcass" means any part of the slaughtered body of domesticated game, including entrails and edible meats.
(4) "Domesticated game slaughter" means the slaughter of domesticated game that is not regulated under Chapter 32, Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act.
(5) "End consumer" means an individual who:
(a) purchases a product directly from an agricultural operation or a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105; and
(b) does not resell the purchased product.
(6) "Farm custom slaughter license" means a farm custom slaughter license issued under Section 4-32-107.
(7) "Postmortem inspection" means the inspection of a domesticated game carcass after slaughter.
(8) "Process" means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or prepare products from a domesticated game carcass.
(9) "Slaughter" means killing domesticated game in a humane manner, including skinning or dressing.
(10) "Veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, who has successfully completed formal training in antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection.
(11) "Veterinarian designee" means an individual designated by a veterinarian as successfully completing formal training in antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 202 - Domesticated game slaughter and processing.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-202.
Domesticated game slaughter and processing.
(1) Except as provided in this part, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq., or the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. 451 et seq., a person may not slaughter domesticated game for:
(a) wholesale or retail sale; or
(b) sale to an end consumer.
(2) In accordance with this part and department rule, the department shall permit the slaughter and processing of domesticated game.
(3) This chapter does not apply to the slaughter of domesticated game if the purpose of slaughtering the domesticated game is for personal use.
(4) Nothing in this part prohibits a person from processing a domesticated game carcass in accordance with this part, if:
(a) the domesticated game carcass passes postmortem inspection as described in this part; and
(b)
(i) the person holds a farm custom slaughter license; or
(ii) the person processes the domesticated game carcass in accordance with the exemption described in 9 C.F.R. Secs. 303.1(d)(1) and (2).
(5) A person who slaughters domesticated game under this part may not sell the domesticated game outside of the state.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 203 - Notice to department before slaughtering or processing domesticated game.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-203.
Notice to department before slaughtering or processing domesticated game.
(1) Before slaughtering domesticated game, a person shall notify the department at least 30 days before the day on which the person slaughters the domesticated game.
(2) Before processing slaughtered domesticated game, a person shall notify the department at least five days before the day on which the person processes the slaughtered domesticated game.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 204 - Inspection and slaughter of domesticated game.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-204.
Inspection and slaughter of domesticated game.
(1) Except as provided in Section 4-32a-205, domesticated game shall receive both an antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection by a veterinarian or veterinarian designee as part of the slaughtering process, in accordance with this section.
(2) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee may complete an antemortem inspection or postmortem inspection in the field, in accordance with the requirements of this part.
(3)
(a) Before undertaking an antemortem inspection or postmortem inspection, a veterinarian or veterinarian designee shall inspect the designated slaughter area and facilities in accordance with this part and department rule.
(b) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee may not undertake an antemortem or postmortem inspection if the designated slaughter area and facilities do not pass the inspection described in Subsection (3)(a).
(4) If domesticated game requires an antemortem inspection and the domesticated game does not pass the antemortem inspection, the domesticated game may not be slaughtered for wholesale or retail sale.
(5)
(a) Before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut, domesticated game shall be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow, gunshot, electrical shock, or other means that is instantaneous and effective.
(b) Immediately after domesticated game is stunned or killed, the domesticated game or domesticated game carcass shall be shackled, hoisted, stuck, and bled.
(c) The parts of a domesticated game carcass shall be identified with the particular carcass until after completion of the postmortem inspection, in accordance with department rule.
(6)
(a) Postmortem inspection of a domesticated game carcass shall be conducted immediately following the slaughter and evisceration of the domesticated game.
(b) A veterinarian or veterinarian designee that completes a postmortem inspection shall, if condemning a domesticated game carcass:
(i) mark each domesticated game carcass or part of a domesticated game carcass as condemned in accordance with department rule; and
(ii) retain custody of each condemned domesticated game carcass or carcass part until proper disposal occurs, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Part 314 and department rule.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 205 - Requirements for slaughtered domesticated game intended for sale to an end consumer.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-205.
Requirements for slaughtered domesticated game intended for sale to an end consumer.
(1) Domesticated game intended for sale to an end consumer does not require an antemortem inspection.
(2) Domesticated game intended for sale to an end consumer shall:
(a) receive a postmortem inspection; or
(b) in accordance with department rule, prior to sale, be labeled that the purchased product is not certified, licensed, regulated, or inspected by the state.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 206 - Transportation of slaughtered domesticated game.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-206.
Transportation of slaughtered domesticated game.
(1) Prior to transport, stunned or slaughtered domesticated game shall be tagged as described in department rule.
(2) A domesticated game carcass intended for processing shall be transported in accordance with department rule.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 207 - Fees set by department -- Cost of chronic wasting disease testing.

Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-207.
Fees set by department -- Cost of chronic wasting disease testing.
(1) The department shall adopt a schedule of fees to cover the cost of this part.
(2) The owner of domesticated game slaughtered under this part is responsible for the cost of required chronic wasting disease testing.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing › Section 208 - Rulemaking.

Effective 5/12/2020
4-32a-208.
Rulemaking.
(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and this part, the department shall make rules regarding:
(a) antemortem inspection, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Sec. 352.10;
(b) postmortem inspection of the domesticated game carcass to ensure the domesticated game carcass is clean and wholesome, including inspection of the kidneys and abdominal and thoracic viscera;
(c) slaughter area and facilities requirements;
(d) personal cleanliness of individuals involved in domesticated game slaughter;
(e) skinning, hoisting, bleeding, and evisceration of domesticated game;
(f) chronic wasting disease testing requirements, surveillance, investigation, and follow-up, in accordance with department rule;
(g) tags and tagging procedure to maintain carcass identification;
(h) procedure for transportation of a domesticated game carcass; and
(i) packaging and labeling of domesticated game products.
(2) The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding labeling a domesticated game carcass as slaughtered:
(a) with inspection and processed at a farm custom slaughter facility; or
(b) with inspection and the domesticated game carcass released to a licensed food establishment for processing and sale to a consumer.
(3) The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that allow:
(a) a person with a farm custom slaughter license to slaughter and process domesticated game in accordance with this part; and
(b) a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105, to process slaughtered domesticated game in accordance with this part.
Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 102 - Purpose of chapter.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-102.
Purpose of chapter.
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the safety and welfare of users of motor fuels in this state and also to promote the orderly marketing of motor fuels.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 103 - Definition.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-103.
Definition.
As used in this chapter, "motor fuel" means any combustible liquid or vapor used to power a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle engine.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 104 - Administrative and enforcement powers of department.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-104.
Administrative and enforcement powers of department.
The department shall administer and enforce this chapter and may:
(1) make and enforce such rules, subject to Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary for the effective administration and enforcement of this chapter;
(2) acquire and test motor fuel samples to determine compliance with this chapter;
(3) maintain and staff a laboratory to test motor fuel samples;
(4) enter public or private premises during normal working hours to enforce this chapter;
(5) stop and detain any commercial vehicle transporting motor fuel to inspect the contents and applicable documents or to acquire motor fuel samples; and
(6) require that records applicable to this chapter be available for examination and review upon request by the department.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 105 - Prohibitions.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-105.
Prohibitions.
It is unlawful for any person in this state to:
(1) offer for sale, sell, or deliver any motor fuel which fails to meet the standards prescribed by the department;
(2) advertise or display the price of motor fuel without advertising or displaying the grade of the motor fuel and the type of service; or
(3) haul or transport motor fuel for the purpose of sale or delivery in this state without an invoice or bill of lading stating the name and address of the owner or person consigning the fuel for transport, the Utah grade of the motor fuel, and the number of gallons consigned.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 106 - Octane rating determination and posting.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-106.
Octane rating determination and posting.
The determination of octane ratings and the posting of the octane on dispensing devices shall be in accord with Federal Trade Commission requirements described in 16 C.F.R. Part 306, Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification, and Posting.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 107 - Inspection, sampling, testing, and analysis of fuels by department.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-107.
Inspection, sampling, testing, and analysis of fuels by department.
(1) The department shall periodically sample, inspect, analyze and test motor fuels dispensed in this state and may enter any public premises or vehicle for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter.
(2)
(a) Methods of sampling, testing, analyzing, and designating motor fuels shall conform with methods specified and published by the American Society for Testing and Materials.
(b) Unless modified by the department by rule, the latest published standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials apply.
(3) Upon request, the department shall pay the posted price for samples and the person from whom the sample is taken shall give a signed receipt evidencing payment.
(4) Tests and analyses conducted by the department shall be prima facie evidence of the facts shown by such tests in any court proceeding.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 108 - Locking and sealing of pumps in violation of chapter -- Posting notice -- Removal of sealed fuel -- Resealing.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-108.
Locking and sealing of pumps in violation of chapter -- Posting notice -- Removal of sealed fuel -- Resealing.
(1)
(a) The department may lock and seal any pump or other dispensing device that is in violation of this chapter.
(b) If the department locks and seals a pump or other dispensing device pursuant to Subsection (1)(a), the department shall post a notice in a conspicuous place on the pump or other dispensing device stating that the device has been sealed by the department and to break or destroy the seal or to mutilate or alter the notice is unlawful.
(2)
(a) Any person who is aggrieved by the action of the department may advise the department that such person intends to remove the balance of the motor fuel from the tank or other container which contains the sealed motor fuel.
(b) The department, within two working days after the receipt of such notice, shall break the seal or lock for the container to be emptied.
(3)
(a) If the aggrieved party fails to remove the sealed motor fuel within 24 hours after the department breaks the seal, the department may reseal the dispensing device.
(b) The seal may not be broken nor the contents of any container removed, except after a subsequent written notice of intent to remove is filed with the department and upon the payment of a service charge determined by the department pursuant to Subsection 4-2-103(2).
(c) A notice of intent to remove may be filed on paper or electronically.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 109 - Warrant to enter premises for inspection or sampling.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-109.
Warrant to enter premises for inspection or sampling.
If admittance is refused to the department either for sampling or for inspection of transport invoices or bills of lading, the department may obtain an ex parte warrant from the nearest court of competent jurisdiction to allow entry upon the premises for the purpose of inspection or taking samples or to examine transport documents.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 33 - Motor Fuel Inspection Act › Section 110 - Interstate commerce -- Chapter inapplicable to fuel in transit through state.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-33-110.
Interstate commerce -- Chapter inapplicable to fuel in transit through state.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this chapter is inapplicable to motor fuel being transported through this state in interstate commerce.
(2) This chapter applies to motor fuel that is consigned or destined for delivery in the state.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 34 - Charitable Donation › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/4/2022
4-34-102.
Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Agricultural product" means a fowl, animal, fish, vegetable, or other product or article, fresh or processed, that is customary food, or that is proper food for human consumption.
(2) "Glean" means to harvest, for free distribution, an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner.
(3) "Government food pantry" means the following when receiving, accepting, gleaning, or distributing food donated under this chapter, or a food pantry sponsored by one of the following that accepts, gleans, or distributes food donated under this chapter:
(a) an association of political subdivisions created under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act;
(b) a county; or
(c) a municipality as defined in Section 10-1-104.
(4) "Nonprofit charitable organization" means:
(a) an organization that is organized and is operating for charitable purposes and that meets the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service of the U.S. Department of Treasury that exempt the organization from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code; or
(b) a government food pantry.
(5) "Wild game" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-32-105.
Amended by Chapter 53, 2022 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 34 - Charitable Donation › Section 103 - Donation to charitable organization authorized.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-34-103.
Donation to charitable organization authorized.
Any person engaged in the business of producing, processing, selling, or distributing any agricultural product may donate, free of charge, any such product which is in a fit condition for use as food for human consumption to a nonprofit charitable organization within the state of Utah.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 34 - Charitable Donation › Section 104 - County surplus food collection and distribution system.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-34-104.
County surplus food collection and distribution system.
(1) To accomplish the purposes of Section 4-34-103, any county may establish and publicize the availability of a surplus food collection and distribution system and may provide information to donee organizations concerning the availability of agricultural products and to donors concerning organizations that desire or need donated agricultural products.
(2) Any nonprofit charitable organization needing agricultural products on a regular basis may be listed with the county for the purpose of receiving notice that the products are available.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 34 - Charitable Donation › Section 105 - Inspection of donated food.

Effective 7/1/2017
4-34-105.
Inspection of donated food.
The county may provide for the inspection of donated agricultural products by the county health officer upon the request of the donee nonprofit charitable organization to determine whether the products are fit for human consumption.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session
2023 Utah Code › Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code › Chapter 34 - Charitable Donation › Section 106 - Limitation of liability of donor, nonprofit charitable organization, and county.

Effective 5/4/2022
4-34-106.
Limitation of liability of donor, nonprofit charitable organization, and county.
In addition to Section 78B-4-502, except in the event of an injury resulting from gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional conduct, the following are not liable for damages in a civil action or subject to prosecution in a criminal proceeding for injury that occurs as a result of an act or the omission of an act, including injury resulting from ingesting the donated agricultural product or meat from wild game:
(1) a county or an agency of a county that participates in good faith in a food donation program;
(2) a donor of an agricultural product who participates in good faith in a food donation program;
(3) a donor of wild game meat, including a custom meat processor, who complies with Section 4-34-108 and participates in good faith in a food donation program; or
(4) a nonprofit charitable organization receiving, accepting, gleaning, or distributing an agricultural product or meat from wild game donated under this chapter in good faith to the nonprofit charitable organization.
Amended by Chapter 53, 2022 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session