Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-6a23

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the secretary shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry products prepared in any slaughtering, canning, salting, packing or similar establishment, where such articles are prepared for intrastate commerce, and for the purposes of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall, upon showing proper credentials, have free ingress and egress into any part of any establishment regulated by this act; and said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag or label as “Kansas inspected and passed” all such products found to be not adulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp or tag as “Kansas inspected and condemned” all such products found adulterated, and all such condemned meat food products and poultry products shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the secretary may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products and poultry products.