N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-31-06
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4.1-31-06. Prohibitions
Official statutory text
4.1-31-06. Prohibitions
A person may not:
1. Slaughter an animal or prepare an article usable as human food at any establishment
preparing articles solely for intrastate commerce, unless the person complies with this
chapter;
2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate
commerce any article that is usable as human food and which is adulterated or
misbranded or any article that has not been inspected and passed under this chapter;
or
3. Alter an article that is usable as human food while the article is being transported in
intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, if the alteration is intended to
cause or has the effect of causing the article to be adulterated or misbranded.
A person may not:
1. Slaughter an animal or prepare an article usable as human food at any establishment
preparing articles solely for intrastate commerce, unless the person complies with this
chapter;
2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate
commerce any article that is usable as human food and which is adulterated or
misbranded or any article that has not been inspected and passed under this chapter;
or
3. Alter an article that is usable as human food while the article is being transported in
intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, if the alteration is intended to
cause or has the effect of causing the article to be adulterated or misbranded.
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