A. Slaughtering establishments with state meat inspection service and with an assigned establishment number, and meat processors with an assigned establishment number, may sell their meat or meat food products any place within the state without regard to the laws and ordinances of any city or town relating to inspection of meat, meat processing or slaughtering establishments.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-2091

  • 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 establishments whose meat and meat food products bear the inspection stamp of the United States department of agriculture may sell their meat or meat food products any place in the state without regard to the laws or ordinances of any city or town relating to the inspection of meat or slaughtering establishments.