A. A meat processor, meat wholesaler or jobber or a slaughterer whose license is suspended or revoked, or whose place of business or any portion thereof is closed by order of the director may seek a special action or a review by a court of the action pursuant to section 12-348.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-2098

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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
  • Meat processor: means any person, including jobbers, wholesalers or slaughtering establishments, who changes meat or meat food products in any way by cutting, mixing, blending, canning, curing or otherwise preparing meat or meat food products for human consumption. See Arizona Laws 3-2001
  • Meat wholesaler or jobber: means any person with an established place of business who buys meat or meat food products and offers them for resale, for sale to restaurants or for sale to the consuming public. See Arizona Laws 3-2001
  • Slaughterer: means any person who slaughters cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines in a slaughtering establishment and prepares the carcasses or parts of carcasses for human consumption. See Arizona Laws 3-2001

B. If, as a result of the special action or review of the suspension, revocation or closure the finding is made that the suspension, revocation or closure by the director was in error, the meat processor, meat wholesaler or jobber or slaughterer affected shall receive an award from the state in an amount fixed by the court sufficient to provide compensation for losses suffered owing to the suspension, revocation or closure, in addition to any other awards that can be made pursuant to section 12-348.

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