(1)  An applicant whose application for a license to operate a meat establishment or to obtain a farm custom slaughter license is denied may file a request for agency action with the department, requesting a hearing on the issue of denial.

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-32-122

  • Adjudicative proceeding: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • 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
  • 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
    • (2) 

    (a)  A person who is aggrieved by an order issued under this section may obtain judicial review.

    (b)  Venue for judicial review of an informal adjudicative proceeding is in the district court in the county in which the alleged unlawful activity occurred or, in the case of an order denying a license application, in the county where the applicant resides.

    (3)  The attorney general’s office shall represent the department in an original action or appeal under this section.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

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