Utah Code 4-32a-208. Rulemaking

4-32a-208. Rulemaking.

(1)

In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and this part, the department shall make rules regarding:

Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Domesticated game: means one of the following that is commercially raised for wholesale or retail sale to a restaurant, store, or end consumer:

(a)	a domesticated elk;

(b)

a bison;

(c)	a game bird; or

(d)

Domesticated game carcass: means any part of the slaughtered body of domesticated game, including entrails and edible meats. See Utah Code 4-32a-201

Domesticated game slaughter: means the slaughter of domesticated game that is not regulated under Chapter 32, Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act. See Utah Code 4-32a-201

Farm custom slaughter license: means a farm custom slaughter license issued under Section 4-32-107. See Utah Code 4-32a-201

Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109

Process: means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or prepare products from a domesticated game carcass. See Utah Code 4-32a-201

Slaughter: means killing domesticated game in a humane manner, including skinning or dressing. See Utah Code 4-32a-201

(a)

antemortem inspection, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 352.10;

(b)	postmortem inspection of the domesticated game carcass to ensure the domesticated game carcass is clean and wholesome, including inspection of the kidneys and abdominal and thoracic viscera;

(c)	slaughter area and facilities requirements;

(d)	personal cleanliness of individuals involved in domesticated game slaughter;

(e)	skinning, hoisting, bleeding, and evisceration of domesticated game;

(f)	chronic wasting disease testing requirements, surveillance, investigation, and follow-up, in accordance with department rule;

(g)	tags and tagging procedure to maintain carcass identification;

(h)	procedure for transportation of a domesticated game carcass; and

(i)	packaging and labeling of domesticated game products.

(2)

The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding labeling a domesticated game carcass as slaughtered:

(a)	with inspection and processed at a farm custom slaughter facility; or

(b)	with inspection and the domesticated game carcass released to a licensed food establishment for processing and sale to a consumer.

(3)

The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that allow:

(a)	a person with a farm custom slaughter license to slaughter and process domesticated game in accordance with this part; and

(b)	a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105, to process slaughtered domesticated game in accordance with this part.

Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General Session