- (a) The department may adopt regulations to establish a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products, including meat products from amenable species.
- (b) The department may administer and enforce regulations adopted under (a) of this section for a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products from amenable species only if the program is approved by the federal government.
- (c) Regulations adopted by the department under this section must impose requirements that are not less stringent than the requirements imposed under 21 U.S.C. 601 — 695 (Federal Meat Inspection Act) and 7 U.S.C. 1901 — 1907 (Humane Methods of Slaughter Act).
(d) Subject to (b) of this section, and except as provided in (e) of this section, if the department adopts regulations to establish a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products, the department shall
- (1) license facilities that process meat products for sale to the public;
- (2) adopt license requirements and fees for facilities that process meat products for sale to the public; and
- (3) use officers and employees of the department to inspect facilities that are licensed under this subsection.
- (e) The department may not establish, administer, or enforce a program of inspection under this section for facilities that process meat products from equines.
(f) In this section,
- (1) “amenable species” has the meaning given in 21 U.S.C. 601(w);
- (2) “equine” means a member of the family Equidae.