A. All meat sold within this state shall be inspected by the department or the United States department of agriculture.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-2056

  • Department: means the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-101
  • Establishment: means a mobile or stationary building, plant, vehicle or structure where meat or meat food products are slaughtered or processed or offered for sale. See Arizona Laws 3-2001
  • Meat: means the edible part of the muscle of cattle, sheep, swine, goats or equines which is skeletal or which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing. See Arizona Laws 3-2001
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. All meat or meat food products which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment shall be inspected for wholesomeness, cleanliness and markings by the agency or the United States department of agriculture before use. This inspection shall be made to all such products which, after having been issued from any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained.