Farm custom slaughter: means custom exempt slaughtering of an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species for an owner without official inspection. See Utah Code 4-32-105
Farm custom slaughter license: means a license issued by the department to allow farm custom slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32-105
Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Meat: means the edible muscle, and other edible parts, of an animal, including edible:
(a)
skeletal muscle;
(b)
organs;
(c)
muscle found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart, or esophagus; and
(d)
fat, bone, skin, sinew, nerve, or blood vessel that normally accompanies meat and is not ordinarily removed in processing. See Utah Code 4-32-105
Meat establishment: means a plant or fixed premises used to:
(a)
slaughter animals for human consumption; or
(b)
process meat or poultry products for human consumption. See Utah Code 4-32-105
Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Slaughter: means :
(a)
the killing of an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species in a humane manner including skinning or dressing; or
(b)
the process of performing any of the specified acts in preparing an animal, amenable species, or nonamenable species for human consumption. See Utah Code 4-32-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)
(a)
Application for a license to operate a meat establishment shall be made to the department upon a form prescribed and furnished by the department.
(b)
Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and the payment of an annual license fee determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2), the commissioner, if satisfied that the public convenience and necessity will be served, shall issue a license allowing the applicant to operate a meat establishment through December 31 of the year in which the license is issued, subject to suspension or revocation for cause.
(c)
A meat establishment license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual license renewal fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2).
(3)
(a)
Application for a farm custom slaughter license to engage in the business of slaughtering livestock or a nonamenable species shall be made to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department.
(b)
Upon receipt of a proper application, compliance with all applicable rules, and payment of a license fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2), the commissioner shall issue a license allowing the applicant to engage in farm custom slaughtering.
(c)
A farm custom slaughter license is annually renewable on or before December 31 of each year, upon the payment of an annual renewal license fee in an amount determined by the department according to Subsection 4-2-103(2).
