N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-31-12
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4.1-31-12. Articles not intended as human food
Official statutory text
4.1-31-12. Articles not intended as human food
The commissioner may not provide inspection under this chapter at an establishment for the
slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses or parts or products of animals which are
not intended for use as human food. Before these articles are offered for sale or transportation
in intrastate commerce, the articles must be denatured or otherwise identified, as prescribed by
rules of the commissioner, to deter the articles use for human food, unless the articles are
naturally inedible by humans. A person may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or
transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses or meat food
products of animals which are not intended for use as human food, unless the articles are
denatured or otherwise identified.
The commissioner may not provide inspection under this chapter at an establishment for the
slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses or parts or products of animals which are
not intended for use as human food. Before these articles are offered for sale or transportation
in intrastate commerce, the articles must be denatured or otherwise identified, as prescribed by
rules of the commissioner, to deter the articles use for human food, unless the articles are
naturally inedible by humans. A person may not buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or
transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses or meat food
products of animals which are not intended for use as human food, unless the articles are
denatured or otherwise identified.
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