Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-101 Use of imported meat in food establishment — Definition
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(a) (1) As used in this section, “food service establishment” means any:(A) Fixed or mobile restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order cafe, luncheonette, grille, tearoom, soda fountain, sandwich shop, hotel kitchen, smorgasbord, tavern, bar, cocktail lounge, night club, roa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-102 Arkansas bacon
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(a) (1) The term “Arkansas bacon” shall not be used to identify any meat product other than the pork shoulder blade Boston roast prepared in the State of Arkansas in accordance with this section.(2) Pork shoulder blade Boston roast prepared outside the State of Arkansas but in th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-201 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Meat and Meat Products Inspection Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-202 Policy — Legislative findings
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(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the supply of human food in this state;(2) Legislation to assure that the food supplies are wholesome, unadulterated, and otherwise fit for human consumption and properly labeled is in …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-203 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Adulterated” means that a livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product meets one (1) or more of the following criteria:(A) The livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or mea…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-204 Exceptions
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(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall, by rule and under conditions regarding labeling, sanitary standards, practices, and procedures he or she may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this subchapter:(A) A livestock producer with respect to livest…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-205 Penalties
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(a) (1) For a first offense, a person who violates the provisions of this subchapter upon conviction is subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or both imprisonme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-206 Secretary of the Department of Agriculture — Powers and duties — State Meat Inspection Program
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(a) (1) (A) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules and appoint qualified personnel as necessary to carry out the purposes or provisions of this subchapter.(B) The rules shall be in conformity with the rules and regulations under the Federal Meat Ins…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-207 Compliance with subchapter required
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An official establishment in this state shall not slaughter any livestock or process any livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products for human consumption except in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-208 Application for license or exemption
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(a) (1) Applications for inspection or licensure exemption shall be made on forms provided by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.(2) An application fee shall be submitted with the application. (1) Applications for inspection or licensure exemption shall be made on for…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-209 Inspection and sanitary practices required
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(a) Each official establishment at which livestock are slaughtered or livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products are processed for intrastate commerce shall have the premises, facilities, and equipment inspected and shall be operated in accordance wi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-210 Inspection procedures
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(a) For the purpose of preventing the entry into or movement in intrastate commerce of any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcass, or meat food product that is unwholesome or adulterated and is intended for use as human food, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-211 Withdrawal and denial of inspection
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(a) The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture may withdraw or otherwise deny inspection under this subchapter with respect to any official establishment for a period the secretary deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter for any violation of this subchap…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-212 Cost
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(a) (1) The cost of inspection rendered under this subchapter shall be borne by this state.(2) (A) The cost of overtime and holiday work performed in official establishments subject to this subchapter shall be borne and paid by the official establishments.(B) The rates for the co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-213 Labeling and marking
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(a) (1) Each shipping container of any meat or meat food product inspected under this subchapter and found to be wholesome and not adulterated shall at the time the meat or meat food product leaves the official establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, the official inspecti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-214 Prohibited acts
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(1) The following acts or the causing of the following acts within this state is prohibited:(1) The processing, the sale or offering for sale, transportation, or delivery or receiving for transportation, in intrastate commerce, of any livestock carcass, part of a livestock carcas…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-215 Records
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(a) (1) For the purpose of enforcing this subchapter, persons engaged in this state in the business of processing for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping, or receiving in intrastate commerce livestock slaughtered for human consumption or meat or meat food products, or h…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-216 Federal or other approved inspection — Basis for exemption
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A commercial plant at which livestock or poultry are slaughtered or meat or meat food products are processed for human consumption shall be exempted by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture from the inspection provisions of this subchapter if the secretary finds that the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-217 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-60-217Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-301 Title
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This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Meat and Meat Products Certification Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-302 Policy — Definitions
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(a) (1) Meat and meat food products are purchased by numerous agencies administered and operated by the State of Arkansas.(2) Meat and meat food products are procured by competitive bidding methods and in accordance with official published specifications. (1) Meat and meat food p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-303 Regulatory authority of Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
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The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules that are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-304 Acceptance service — Authority of meat inspectors
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(a) The acceptance service to be provided by the Department of Agriculture is to be accomplished by employees of the state who are authorized to inspect livestock, livestock carcasses, parts of livestock carcasses, or meat food products under the provisions of the Arkansas Meat a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-305 Acceptance service — Availability
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The acceptance service shall be made available to all official establishments operating under the direct supervision of the Department of Agriculture under the provisions of the Arkansas Meat and Meat Products Inspection Act, § 20-60-201 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-306 Acceptance service — Cost
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The cost of providing the acceptance service and ensuing certification shall be borne and paid by the seller, slaughterer or processor, or vendor or merchant requesting the acceptance service at the rate that the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture determines to be necessa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-60-307 Appropriations
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The sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter may be appropriated.