Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Article 16 - MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS INSPECTION › Section 4-16-1a - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each of the
			 following terms, as used in the act and in the portions of the code of federal
			 regulations adopted by reference in K.A.R. 4-16-1c, shall have the meaning
			 specified in this subsection:
(1) "The act,"
			 "act," and "federal meat inspection act" shall mean
			 K.S.A.
			 65-6a18 et seq. and amendments
			 thereto.
(2) "Administrator,"
			 except as used in 9 C.F.R.
			 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b), shall
			 mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's
			 designee.
(3) "Beef" shall mean the
			 skeletal muscle of any cattle. Beef shall not include any of the following:
(A) The muscles of the tongue, heart, or
			 esophagus;
(B) the muscles found in
			 the lips, muzzle, or ears;
(C) any
			 portions of bone, including hard bone, bone marrow, and related components;
			 or
(D) any amount of brain
			 trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, or dorsal root ganglia (DRG).
(4) "Cheek meat" shall mean meat
			 that is the trimmed cheeks of the carcass of cattle.
(5) "Commerce" shall mean intrastate
			 commerce.
(6) "Egg products
			 inspection act" shall mean the Kansas egg law,
			 K.S.A.
			 2-2501 et seq. and amendments
			 thereto.
(7) "Federal food, drug
			 and cosmetic act" shall mean the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act,
			 K.S.A.
			 65-655 et seq. and amendments
			 thereto.
(8) "Federal inspection"
			 shall mean inspection by the Kansas department of agriculture.
(9) "Food locker plant" shall mean a
			 "slaughter facility" or "processing facility," as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-6a18 and amendments thereto.
(10) "Form," either by number or by any other
			 designation, shall mean a form supplied by the Kansas department of
			 agriculture.
(11) "Inspected for
			 wholesomeness by U.S. department of agriculture" shall mean inspected and
			 passed by the Kansas department of agriculture.
(12) "Official establishment" and
			 "establishment" shall mean any building or adjacent premises that are
			 registered pursuant to this act, where livestock, as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 65-6a18 and amendments thereto, domestic
			 rabbits, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products capable of use as
			 human food are "prepared," as defined by
			 K.S.A.
			 65-6a18 and amendments thereto.
(13) "Program," "food safety and inspection
			 service," "inspection service," "service," "department," and "FSIS" shall mean
			 the meat and poultry inspection program of the Kansas department of
			 agriculture.
(14) "Secretary,"
			 "national supervisor," "area supervisor," "inspection service supervisor,"
			 "inspection program supervisor," "circuit supervisor," and "station supervisor"
			 shall mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's
			 designee.
(15) "U.S." and "the
			 United States" shall mean Kansas or the state of Kansas, as
			 appropriate.
(16) "U.S. inspected"
			 and "government inspected" shall mean inspected by the Kansas department of
			 agriculture.
(17) "U.S.D.A." and
			 "USDA" shall mean Kansas department of agriculture or KDA, as
			 appropriate.