2007 Minnesota Statutes

31A.04 INSPECTION OF CARCASSES AND PARTS; MARKING; DISPOSITION OF
CONDEMNED CARCASSES.
Inspectors appointed by the commissioner for that purpose shall make a postmortem
examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts of all animals usable as human food
prepared at a slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment
in this state in which carcasses or parts are prepared solely for intrastate commerce. Carcasses
and parts of animals found to be unadulterated must be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled,
as "Inspected and Passed." The inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and
Condemned" carcasses and parts of animals found to be adulterated. Carcasses and animal parts
inspected and condemned must be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the
presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors from an establishment which
fails to destroy a condemned carcass or animal part.
After the first inspection, inspectors shall, if they consider it necessary, reinspect the
carcasses or animal parts to determine whether they have become adulterated since the first
inspection. If a carcass or animal part is then found to be adulterated, it must be destroyed for food
purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove
inspectors from an establishment which fails to destroy a condemned carcass or animal part.
History: 1969 c 225 s 4; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1