Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4210

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • firm: means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
  • intrastate commerce: means commerce within the state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:4201
  • Person: means an individual or any legal or commercial entity, including a corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or joint venture. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1

No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of any such animals:

(1)  Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter;

(2)  Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (a) are capable of use as human food,* and (b) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of sale or transportation;* or (c) any articles required to be inspected under this Chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed;

(3)  Do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §9.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.

*NOTE: AS IT APPEARS IN ACTS 1970, No. 615.