La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4218
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Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption
Official statutory text
Inspection shall not be provided under R.S. 3:4201 through 3:4217 at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat, meat food products or poultry products of any such animals which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans.
Acts 1968, No. 376, §16. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
Acts 1968, No. 376, §16. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
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