Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3314
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3314
- Federal Meat Inspection Act: means the Act so entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. See
- federal Poultry Products Inspection Act: means the Act so entitled approved August 28, 1957 (71 Stat. See
- Intrastate commerce: means any commerce within this State. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Livestock: means any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether live or dead. See
- Livestock product: means any carcass, or part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock. See
- Meat: means the part of the muscle of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines that is skeletal or that is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, blood vessels that normally accompany the muscle tissue and that does not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears. See
- Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit and any officer, agent or employee. See
- Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead. See
- Poultry product: means any poultry carcass or part of a carcass; or any product that is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part of a carcass, excepting products that are exempted by the Secretary from definition as a poultry product under conditions that the Secretary may prescribe to ensure that the poultry ingredients in products are not adulterated and that these products are not represented as poultry products. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or designee. See
§ 3314. Detention
When any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to the chapter, and there is reason to believe that any product is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that the product or animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any of these provisions, it may be detained by a representative for a period not to exceed 30 days, pending action under section 3315 of this title or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over the product or animal. The product or animal shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when detained, until released by the representative. All official marks may be required by the representative to be removed from the product or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his or her designee that the product or animal is eligible to retain the marks. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)