CHAPTER 4.1. California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act

Chapter 4.1 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.

§§ 18940–19040 · 63 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Short Title §§ 18940–18949 · 13 sections

   • § 18940 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act and supplements the provisions of the California…
   • § 18940.5 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 18650) of Chapter 4 govern the construction of this…
   • § 18941 “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform inspection functions under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and under this…
   • § 18942 “Licensed livestock meat inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in custom livestock…
   • § 18942.2 “Licensed processing inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in licensed meat processing…
   • § 18943 “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, for the purposes of Chapter 4…
   • § 18944 “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of the carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.
   • § 18945 “Slaughter” means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and preparing of livestock for human consumption.
   • § 18946 “Custom livestock slaughterhouse” means a licensed establishment where: (a) Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered and prepared for the owners of the…
   • § 18947 “Meat processing establishment” means a licensed establishment required to be inspected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) where livestock…
   • § 18947.2 “Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of…
   • § 18948 “Sanitary” means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organisms which are known to be injurious to human health or…
   • § 18949 “Establishment” means any business, firm, or facility that is required to be licensed by the director under this chapter.
2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 18950–18955 · 4 sections

   • § 18950 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Sausage products and cured and smoked meat products which are processed and sold at retail meat processing…
   • § 18951 The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) A significant number of persons raise their own animals or purchase their animals alive and then have them…
   • § 18952 The objectives of this chapter are to require sanitation and wholesomeness inspection at licensed custom slaughter establishments and licensed meat processing…
   • § 18955 No person shall operate an establishment performing any of the functions stated in this chapter unless the establishment is licensed and continues to meet…
3. ARTICLE 3. Regulations §§ 18960–18963 · 4 sections

   • § 18960 The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation,…
   • § 18961 The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes therein as he or she deems appropriate…
   • § 18962 The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to examine applicants for the positions of licensed livestock meat inspector and licensed processing…
   • § 18963 The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall, on or before December 31, 2001, adopt, by regulations, standards and…
4. ARTICLE 4. Inspection Granting and Withdrawal §§ 18970–18977 · 8 sections

   • § 18970 (a) Prior to the issuance of a license to an establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010), the establishment…
   • § 18971 The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) and…
   • § 18972 The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any livestock or poultry product which is slaughtered, processed, or stored in an…
   • § 18973 (a) Licensed livestock meat inspectors, licensed processing inspectors, and department inspectors are authorized to supervise the operations of licensed…
   • § 18974 The director may order any labeling or containers to be withheld from use if he or she determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the containers…
   • § 18975 If an action of a livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector in condemning any livestock or poultry product is…
   • § 18976 If slaughtering, carcass preparation, or processing of any meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products, or training of licensed livestock meat inspectors…
   • § 18977 The director may require a deposit to pay for the overtime charges which he or she shall deposit in the General Fund, and may refuse inspection if the deposit…
5. ARTICLE 5. Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses—General Provisions §§ 18980–18983 · 4 sections

   • § 18980 (a) The application fee for a livestock meat inspector’s license or a processing inspector’s license is one hundred dollars ($100). If an applicant for a…
   • § 18981 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be made on or before its expiration. Applicants for renewal…
   • § 18982 The department shall conduct periodic training for licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors to maintain and increase their…
   • § 18983 Licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors shall participate in annual training meetings sponsored by the department to maintain and…
6. ARTICLE 6. Livestock Meat Inspector License—Custom Livestock Slaughter §§ 18990–18991 · 2 sections

   • § 18990 (a) Each person, before acting as a livestock meat inspector in a livestock custom slaughterhouse, shall apply to the director and shall receive from the…
   • § 18991 (a) A licensed livestock meat inspector, in accordance with regulations adopted hereunder, shall conduct antemortem examination of each animal to be…
7. ARTICLE 7. Processing Inspector License—Meat Processing Establishment §§ 19000–19002 · 3 sections

   • § 19000 Each person, before acting as a licensed processing inspector in a retail meat processing establishment, shall apply to the department and receive from the…
   • § 19001 (a) A licensed processing inspector shall conduct a sanitation inspection before the establishment commences operations for the day, and shall make periodic…
   • § 19002 The department may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed processing inspector for permitting the processing or labeling of products not meeting the…
8. ARTICLE 8. Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments §§ 19010–19017 · 9 sections

   • § 19010 (a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an application accompanied with an…
   • § 19011 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a renewal fee shall be made on or before its expiration. (1) Subject to Section 19011.5, the annual…
   • § 19011.5 If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry…
   • § 19012 No person shall operate a licensed establishment performing the functions stated in this chapter unless all livestock and livestock products are inspected for…
   • § 19013 No person shall operate a meat processing establishment unless all livestock and poultry products used in processing and to be sold have been inspected by the…
   • § 19014 Plant sanitation, sanitary dressing procedures, processing procedures, vehicle equipment, facility standards, and sanitation, including transportation and…
   • § 19015 Livestock carcasses and parts and livestock and poultry products shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each part or…
   • § 19016 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all custom slaughtered livestock carcasses and parts shall be marked in a manner required by the department to…
   • § 19017 It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Operate an establishment not licensed by the department. (b) Operate an establishment that is not clean. (c)…
9. ARTICLE 9. Exemptions §§ 19020–19023 · 4 sections

   • § 19020 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Owners who slaughter, on their own premises, livestock of their own raising where the meat is not for…
   • § 19021 (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of slaughtering livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall be licensed with the…
   • § 19022 (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of slaughtering livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall file an application for a…
   • § 19023 (a) A mobile slaughter operator that slaughters livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall keep and maintain all of the following records…
10. ARTICLE 10. Violations and Penalties §§ 19030–19039 · 11 sections

    • § 19030 The director may, after a hearing conducted pursuant to Section 11346.8 of the Government Code, refuse to issue a license or renew a license and may revoke or…
    • § 19031 A violation of the provisions of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
    • § 19032 Any person that violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation that is issued pursuant to it, is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to…
    • § 19033 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his or her own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he or she…
    • § 19033.1 (a) In lieu of any civil action brought pursuant to Section 19032 and in lieu of seeking prosecution pursuant to Section 19031, the secretary may levy an…
    • § 19034 In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing…
    • § 19035 It is unlawful for any person to slaughter any livestock or prepare any such livestock products which are appropriate for use as human food at any custom…
    • § 19036 It is unlawful for any person to do with respect to any livestock which is appropriate for use as human food, any act, while it is being transported or held in…
    • § 19037 It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the regulations promulgated by the director which are applicable to this chapter.
    • § 19038 It is unlawful for any person knowingly to represent that an article has been examined by a licensed livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector,…
    • § 19039 It is unlawful for any person to assault, resist, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in the performance of duties under this…
11. ARTICLE 11. Disposition of Funds § 19040 · 1 section

    • § 19040 (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. (b) All fees,…