Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-6a21

• Adulterated: means any carcass, or part thereof, any meat or meat food product, or any poultry or poultry product under one or more of the following circumstances:

  (1) If the product bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, except that if the substance is not an added substance, the product shall not be considered adulterated if the quantity of such substance on or in the product does not render it injurious to health;

  (2) (A) if the product bears or contains, by reason of administration by feeding or by injection of any substance to the live animal or otherwise, any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, other than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive, which, in the judgment of the secretary, may make the product unfit for human food;

  (B) if the product is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of rules and regulations adopted by the secretary;

  (C) if the product bears or contains any food additive which is deemed unsafe in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary;

  (D) if the product bears or contains any color additive which is deemed unsafe in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary; or

  (E) any such product which is not adulterated under subsection (l)(2)(B), (l)(2)(C) or (l)(2)(D) shall nevertheless be deemed adulterated if the use of the pesticide chemical, the food additive or the color additive on or in such product is prohibited by rules and regulations of the secretary in establishments at which inspection is maintained under this act;

  (3) if the product consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human food;

  (4) if the product has been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;

  (5) if the product is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter;

  (6) if the container for the product is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;

  (7) if the product has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary;

  (8) (A) if any valuable constituent on or in the product has been, in whole or in part, omitted or abstracted therefrom;

  (B) if any substance has been extracted and substitution made therefor, in whole or in part, or if any damage to, or inferiority of, the product has been concealed in any manner; or

  (C) if any substance has been added to such product, or if any substance has been mixed or packed therewith, so as (i) to increase the bulk or weight of the product (ii) to reduce the quality or strength of the product or (iii) to make the product appear better or of greater value than it is, except that this provision does not apply to any cured or smoked pork product by reason of its containing added water; or

  (9) if the product is a margarine containing animal fat and if any of the raw material used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18

• Capable of use as human food: means any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations adopted by the secretary to deter its use as human food or it is naturally inedible by humans. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• Label: means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any article. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• Livestock: means cattle, buffaloes, sheep, swine, goats, domesticated deer, all creatures of the ratite family that are not indigenous to this state, including but not limited to ostriches, emus and rheas or horses, mules or other equines. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• meat: means the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, horses, sheep, rabbits or goats but shall not include fish or products of fish. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a47
• Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• Prepared: means slaughtered or processed. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 65-6a18
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201