Utah Code 4-32-115. Meat or poultry products to be marked or labeled — Meat or poultry products not intended for human food — Dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals
A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any animal carcasses or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat products, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by rules adopted by the department to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.
Terms Used In Utah Code 4-32-115
Animal: means a domesticated or captive mammalian or avian species. See Utah Code 4-32-105
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
Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether living or dead. See Utah Code 4-32-105
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
(2)
A person may not buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any meat or poultry products that are not intended for human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules of the department or are naturally inedible by humans.
(3)
A person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation the animals or parts of carcasses unless the transaction or transportation is made in accordance with rules adopted by the department to assure that the animals or parts of carcasses will be prevented from being used for human food.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session