A. Retailers selling meat or meat food products to the ultimate consumer shall be exempt from the provisions of section 3-2088. The department of health services shall regulate the sale of meat and meat food products on the retail level pursuant to section 36-136.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-2090

  • 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. Slaughtering or processing establishments operating under the supervision of the United States department of agriculture shall be exempt from those portions of this chapter relating to plant and equipment inspections, ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections and disposal of carcasses, but slaughtering or processing establishments shall comply with the provisions of this chapter relating to licensing fees charged to such establishment as well as the requirements relating to brand inspection.

C. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to prevent incorporated cities or towns from charging their customary license fees to slaughtering establishments, processors, wholesalers, jobbers or peddlers of meat and meat food products.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Article 3 Contents