Title 3 — Agriculture
17 chapters · 734 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 3-2001 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the following circumstances if: (a) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it in…
A.R.S. § 3-2002 Application for license to slaughter
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Every person, including an exempt slaughterer, before he begins or carries on the slaughter of livestock, sheep, goats or swine for compensation, shall make written application to the division for a license to slaughter, stating that the applicant will comply with the law and wil…
A.R.S. § 3-2003 Grant of licenses; fees; expiration date
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A. The division may grant a license to slaughter livestock, sheep, goats or swine as set forth in the license issued on payment of the fees. B. The fees shall be as follows: 1. For not to exceed forty-five head of livestock, and not to exceed fifty-five head of sheep, goats or sw…
A.R.S. § 3-2004 Place of slaughter
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Every person licensed to slaughter livestock, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules or other equines for sale or exchange shall slaughter animals in an established and recognized slaughterhouse kept by the licensee for that purpose, or in a slaughterhouse established by the authorit…
A.R.S. § 3-2005 Licensee's record of animals purchased or slaughtered; monthly copy for the department; violation; classification
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A. Every person licensed to slaughter livestock, sheep, goats, swine or equines shall keep an accurate record in a book maintained for that purpose of all such animals purchased or slaughtered. The record shall include a description of all animals purchased or slaughtered, the ma…
A.R.S. § 3-2006 Preslaughter brand inspection of hides
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A. Every person licensed as an exempt slaughterer of livestock, sheep, goats or equines shall, before slaughter, notify the nearest livestock officer of the location of the slaughter and the time it is proposed to slaughter the animals. B. Livestock shall not be slaughtered until…
A.R.S. § 3-2007 Purchase of uninspected hide; classification; exception
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It is unlawful to purchase or otherwise acquire possession of a hide of any livestock until the hide has been inspected for brands and marks. Possession of an untagged or unmarked hide upon which the tagging or marking has not been waived by the director is a class 2 misdemeanor …
A.R.S. § 3-2008 Receiving uninspected hides for transportation; sale of uninspected hides; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person to receive for transportation hides of livestock until they have been brand inspected, and it is unlawful for any person to sell hides of livestock until they have been brand inspected, unless such brand inspection is waived by the director. B. A pe…
A.R.S. § 3-2009 Transfer of license without fee
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If a person who is a licensee under this article sells or otherwise disposes of the person's slaughtering business, together with the goodwill thereof, and the purchaser or transferee continues the business at the same location, substantially in the same manner and under the same…
A.R.S. § 3-2010 Identification of animals with drug residue; violation; classification
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A. The owner of an animal which has been treated with an antibiotic which has a specific withdrawal period shall not market the animal for slaughter or through a livestock auction unless either: 1. The stated withdrawal period has expired. 2. The animal is identified and the rest…
A.R.S. § 3-2011 Slaughter of animals by producer or owner for own use; inspection of hides; violation; classification
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A. Producers or owners who slaughter livestock, sheep, goats, swine or equines for the purpose of using the meat for food for themselves, their immediate family or employees, and not for sale, shall not be required to procure a special permit or a license to slaughter as required…
A.R.S. § 3-2012 Secreting hide; defacement of mark or brand; classification
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A person who knowingly secretes a hide of livestock, or who, before a hide is inspected, knowingly obliterates or defaces any mark or brand on a hide, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 3-2013 Slaughter of animals for compensation without license; classification
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A person slaughtering any livestock, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules or other equines, for compensation without first procuring a license to slaughter as provided in this article, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 3-2014 Limitation
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A. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to modify or repeal any provision of title 36, chapter 8, article 1, relating to adulteration and misbranding. B. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to modify or repeal any provision of title 36, chapter 1, relating to local b…
A.R.S. § 3-2015 Cooperation with federal government
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A. The director may cooperate with the secretary of agriculture of the United States in order to administer the provisions of this chapter in conjunction with the federal meat inspection act. Such cooperative efforts may include assistance in planning and otherwise developing the…
A.R.S. § 3-2016 Methods of slaughtering which are humane
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No method of slaughtering or handling in connection with slaughtering shall be deemed to comply with the public policy of the state of Arizona unless it is humane. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering and handling are hereby found to be humane: 1. In the case of ca…
A.R.S. § 3-2017 Exemption
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A. No slaughterer, packer or stockyard operator shall bleed or slaughter any livestock except by a humane method, provided, that the chief state veterinary meat inspector may, by administrative order, exempt from compliance with this article, for a period not to exceed one year a…
A.R.S. § 3-2041 Chief veterinary meat inspector; appointment of inspectors; qualifications; bond
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A. The associate director, with the approval of the director, shall employ an Arizona licensed veterinarian as chief veterinary meat inspector. The chief veterinary meat inspector must have at least four years' experience of meat inspection work in slaughtering establishments. Th…
A.R.S. § 3-2042 Inspection stamps and establishment numbers
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A. The division shall provide meat inspection stamps and assign establishment numbers to all slaughtering establishments which have been approved and granted state meat inspection service by the division, and the stamps shall contain the words "Arizona inspected and passed" or "A…
A.R.S. § 3-2043 Assignment of inspectors
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Slaughtering establishments granted state meat inspection service shall notify the chief veterinary meat inspector of their hours of slaughter, and the chief veterinary meat inspector shall assign inspectors to said establishments to conduct meat inspection. The chief veterinary …
A.R.S. § 3-2044 Antemortem and postmortem inspection
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A. Slaughtering establishments which have state meat inspection service shall have an "antemortem inspection". The inspector assigned to the slaughtering establishment shall examine each animal immediately prior to slaughter for the purpose of eliminating all unfit animals and se…
A.R.S. § 3-2045 Condemnation and appeal
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The inspector at slaughtering establishments with state meat inspection service shall condemn and so mark, stamp or tag all diseased or otherwise unfit carcasses and parts of carcasses, including the viscera. The condemned parts shall be removed from the slaughtering department o…
A.R.S. § 3-2046 Meat inspection rules; violation; classification
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A. The director shall adopt reasonable rules necessary to assure that all meat and meat products subject to inspection under this article which are to be sold or distributed for human consumption are free from unwholesome, poisonous or other foreign substances and filth, insects …
A.R.S. § 3-2047 Application for state meat inspection service
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Any slaughtering establishment which wishes to conduct its slaughtering operations under state meat inspection service shall apply to the division for a license to slaughter as provided in section 3-2002. Establishments shall then make written application to the division requesti…
A.R.S. § 3-2048 Inspection of slaughtering establishments without state meat inspection service
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The chief veterinary meat inspector or his deputies are authorized to inspect the premises of all other slaughtering establishments operating without state meat inspection service at any time during their slaughtering operations. At least two inspections shall be made each year a…
A.R.S. § 3-2049 Inspection fees
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A. The cost of inspection shall be borne by this state, except as provided in section 3-2015 and except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this chapter, at such rates as the division may determine, shall be borne by…
A.R.S. § 3-2050 Requirements for exempt processors
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All exempt processors shall be licensed by the division pursuant to section 3-2003 and shall operate in a clean and sanitary condition during all periods of operation. The following are the minimum requirements for such establishments: 1. Each establishment shall have sanitary fl…
A.R.S. § 3-2051 Requirements for slaughtering establishments with state meat inspection service
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A. All slaughtering establishments licensed by this state to slaughter cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines and which operate under state meat inspection service shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition during all periods of operation. The following …
A.R.S. § 3-2052 Construction and remodeling of slaughtering establishments
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A. Any person wishing to construct a slaughtering establishment and wishing to be granted state meat inspection service shall submit his proposed plant architectural drawings to the chief veterinary meat inspector who shall examine them and advise as to whether or not the plans m…
A.R.S. § 3-2053 Slaughtering and mixing prohibition
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A. It is unlawful to slaughter horses, mules or asses in the same slaughtering establishment as cattle, sheep, swine or goats, or to bring horse meat or inedible meat or meat products into establishments where meat or meat food products are prepared for human consumption from the…
A.R.S. § 3-2054 Requirements for meat processors
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A. Establishment of meat processors licensed to prepare and offer for sale meat or meat food products shall meet the following requirements: 1. The floors shall be of suitable finish so that they may be kept clean and sanitary. 2. There shall be washable walls. 3. All outside win…
A.R.S. § 3-2055 Cooperation with other public health authorities
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A. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter the director shall request the advice of and consult with the sanitary engineer or other qualified employees of the department of health services and the state laboratory in matters relating to potability of water, sewage systems …
A.R.S. § 3-2056 Inspection of meat; reentry inspection
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A. All meat sold within this state shall be inspected by the department or the United States department of agriculture. B. All meat or meat food products which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment shall be inspec…
A.R.S. § 3-2057 Transportation of meat
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No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals: 1. Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capab…
A.R.S. § 3-2058 Inspection of sanitation
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The director shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines are slaug…
A.R.S. § 3-2081 Licenses for sale or exchange of meat or poultry; fee; records kept by licensee; expiration of license; violation; classification
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A. A person, firm or corporation that engages in the business of meat or poultry processing, wholesaling, storing in or for intrastate commerce, transporting in intrastate commerce, distributing, jobbing or brokering other than canned meat or poultry or canned meat or poultry pro…
A.R.S. § 3-2082 Brand inspection of hides; violation; classification
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A. The meat of livestock shall not be possessed, sold, offered for sale, given or exchanged unless the whole hide of the animal has been inspected for marks and brands and the meat thereof stamped as provided in this section, unless such hide inspection and meat stamping is waive…
A.R.S. § 3-2083 Authority of inspector to search for and seize unstamped meat
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Inspectors may stop and search without warrant any vehicle, and may search without warrant any container which the inspector suspects contains unstamped meat, and if any is found it shall be taken by the inspector. Unless proof is submitted within twenty-four hours after such sei…
A.R.S. § 3-2084 Detention of product
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Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat or equine is …
A.R.S. § 3-2085 Condemnation of product
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A. Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat or equine, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in thi…
A.R.S. § 3-2086 Transfer of license without fee
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If any person acquires a business licensed pursuant to this chapter to wholesale meat, with the goodwill of the business, and continues to operate the business in substantially the same manner, in the same location and under the same firm name, the division may transfer the licen…
A.R.S. § 3-2087 Sales to state institutions
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Meat of the carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, goats or swine for human consumption shall not be served in or sold to any state institution unless the carcasses or part of carcasses bear the inspection stamp "Arizona inspected and passed" or bear the inspection sta…
A.R.S. § 3-2088 Requirements for processed, blended or prepared meat and meat food products; violation; classification
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A. The director shall adopt rules fixing and establishing the contents of processed meats and meat food products including the percentage of meats and nonmeat ingredients which may be contained in processed meats, but the percentage of meats prescribed by rule to be contained in …
A.R.S. § 3-2089 Vehicles
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Every vehicle used by any slaughterer, meat or poultry processor, wholesaler, jobber or peddler in the transporting of dressed carcasses of animals intended for human consumption, parts thereof, meats or meat food products shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, sh…
A.R.S. § 3-2090 Exemptions
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A. Retailers selling meat or meat food products to the ultimate consumer shall be exempt from the provisions of section 3-2088. The department of health services shall regulate the sale of meat and meat food products on the retail level pursuant to section 36-136. B. Slaughtering…
A.R.S. § 3-2091 Nonlimitation of sale
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A. Slaughtering establishments with state meat inspection service and with an assigned establishment number, and meat processors with an assigned establishment number, may sell their meat or meat food products any place within the state without regard to the laws and ordinances o…
A.R.S. § 3-2092 Violation; classification
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Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific criminal classification is not prescribed is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 3-2093 Reporting violations
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Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the director for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his views orally or in writing w…
A.R.S. § 3-2094 Inspections
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The division may conduct such inspections as it deems necessary to discover illegal meat or illegal meat food products and such inspections as it deems necessary in counties where the associate director determines that an adequate sanitary inspection is not conducted.
A.R.S. § 3-2095 Investigation of violations
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A. The division may conduct investigations as deemed necessary to determine whether any person has violated any provision of or rule issued under this chapter. B. Any person may request a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10 on a notice of violation of this chapter…