CHAPTER 10. Slaughter of Cattle [22001. - 22086.]

Chapter 10 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 22001–22086 · 25 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 22001–22010 · 12 sections

   • § 22001 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not slaughter, or request or hire any person that is not a licensed slaughterer to slaughter, any…
   • § 22001.5 The Legislature finds and declares that mobile slaughter operators who perform the service of slaughtering cattle for the owner of the cattle on the owner’s…
   • § 22002 Any producer of cattle may slaughter or have slaughtered for him on his own premises, in small numbers, cattle of his own production and raising on his own…
   • § 22003 Cattle which are slaughtered by or for the producer of the cattle at his premises and for his own consumption may be transported with the hide on, after…
   • § 22004 Carcasses and hides received by the licensed frozen food locker plant or processor shall be identified in a manner prescribed by regulation and inspected, or…
   • § 22004.1 It is the responsibility of the person who slaughters an animal and delivers the carcass to a licensed frozen food locker plant or processor pursuant to…
   • § 22005 The skinning, splitting, and quartering of the cattle slaughtered pursuant to Section 22002 at a licensed frozen food locker plant are not required to be…
   • § 22006 The licensed frozen food locker plant operator shall maintain a record of every transaction which involves uninspected meat for a period of five years. The…
   • § 22007 Any owner or producer of livestock may have them inspected and slaughtered by a licensed slaughterer. The owner or producer may, thereafter, sell the meat from…
   • § 22008 Every person that is not a licensed slaughterer that slaughters cattle shall do all of the following: (a) Keep a record in a book which he or she keeps for…
   • § 22009 Any person who is requested to custom cut or otherwise process for another person any meat from a bovine animal that was not slaughtered by a licensed…
   • § 22010 Any person receiving meat pursuant to Section 22009 shall keep a record in a book which he keeps for that purpose that discloses the following information on…
2. ARTICLE 2. Licensed Slaughterers §§ 22031–22049 · 8 sections

   • § 22031 A person shall not engage in the business of slaughtering cattle unless the person has been issued a grant of inspection by the United States Department of…
   • § 22037 (a) A mobile slaughter operator, as provided in Section 22001.5, shall file a registration with the bureau that shows the names and addresses of the owners of…
   • § 22044 Every licensed slaughterer of cattle shall have on file in his office prior to slaughter and shall keep for one year after slaughter, the original bill of sale…
   • § 22045 Every licensed slaughterer that slaughters cattle where inspection prior to slaughter is impossible or impractical shall keep a record which sets forth the…
   • § 22046 Every licensed slaughterer that does not have brand inspection prior to slaughter on each day on which he slaughters, and whose hides are not inspected during…
   • § 22047 It is unlawful for a licensed slaughterer to allow anyone to slaughter cattle at the licensee’s plant, except a person that is licensed to slaughter there or…
   • § 22048 If a licensed slaughterer desires to change to another location, the person shall notify the bureau of the relocation.
   • § 22049 It is unlawful for a licensed slaughterer to slaughter cattle at any place other than a slaughterhouse at which he is licensed to slaughter.
3. ARTICLE 3. Purchase and Sale of Meat §§ 22081–22086 · 5 sections

   • § 22081 A wholesaler of meat shall not purchase the meat of any animal except from any of the following: (a) A licensed slaughterer. (b) Another wholesaler having an…
   • § 22082 A peddler or retailer of meat shall not purchase the meat of an animal from any person not known to him to be a licensed slaughterer, or a regular wholesale…
   • § 22083 Every peddler or retailer of meat that purchases the meat of any animal shall enter all of the following in a book which he keeps for that purpose and exhibit…
   • § 22084 A person, other than a regular wholesaler of meat that has an established place of business or a licensed slaughterer, shall not give, sell, or deliver to any…
   • § 22086 It is unlawful for any person to misrepresent the type, kind, or quality of a dressed carcass of any animal or part of such carcass, or the sex, age, or…