Title 3, Agriculture and Forestry
0 chapters · 1,436 sections in this title.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4157 Powers and duties of the commissioner
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§4157. Powers and duties of the commissioner A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. In the administration and enforcement of this Part, the commissioner, or his duly authorized ag…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4158 Repealed by Acts 2016, No
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§4158. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 10, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4159 Assessment
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§4159. Assessment A. The board is hereby authorized to levy an assessment not to exceed ten cents per hundredweight, or equivalent thereof, on all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components sold. The assessment shall be due and payable at the first point of sale. The assess…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:416 §§416 to 420 Repealed by Acts 1978, No
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§416. §§416 to 420 Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 242, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4160 Failure to pay assessment; penalty
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§4160. Failure to pay assessment; penalty A. Each dairy cooperative association, processor, or distributor who fails to file any report required by the board or to pay the assessment within the time prescribed by this Part shall forfeit to the commissioner the amount of the asses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4161 Disposition of assessments
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§4161. Disposition of assessments A. All funds derived from assessments imposed under this Part shall be used for the operational and promotional expenses of the board. The board shall control its own funds subject to the budgetary review of the commissioner. B. The board may sel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4162 Confidentiality of information
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§4162. Confidentiality of information Information which is obtained by any person pursuant to this Part is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any other person except to a person with the same right to obtain the information or any attorney employed to give legal advice up…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:42 Powers of the commissioner
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§42. Powers of the commissioner A. The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the registration of unmanned aerial systems used in the course of agricultural commercia…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4201 Definitions
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§4201. Definitions As used in this Chapter, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: (1) The term "commissioner" means the "Commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture." (2) The term "firm" means any partnership, association, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4202 Objective
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§4202. Objective It is the objective of this law to provide meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Insp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4203 Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter
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§4203. Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter A. For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4204 Postmortem inspection
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§4204. Postmortem inspection For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, poultry…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4205 Reinspection upon reentry
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§4205. Reinspection upon reentry The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines or the meat or meat products or poultry products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4206 Inspected and passed or condemned
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§4206. Inspected and passed or condemned For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-cannin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4207 Labeling
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§4207. Labeling A. When any meat or meat food product or poultry product prepared for intrastate commerce which has been inspected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Louisiana Inspected and Passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4208 Sanitation
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§4208. Sanitation The commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation, or other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mule…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4209 Daytime or nighttime
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§4209. Daytime or nighttime The commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, slaughtered and the meat and meat food products prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purpo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:421 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§421. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4210 Prohibitions
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§4210. Prohibitions No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of any such animals: (1) Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4211 Prohibits
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§4211. Prohibits A. No brand manufacturer, printer or other person, firm or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certifi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4212 Identification
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§4212. Identification No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products ther…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4213 Appointments and regulations
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§4213. Appointments and regulations The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4214 Prohibits gifts
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§4214. Prohibits gifts Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm or corporation, who shall give, pay or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector or any other officer or employee of this state authorized…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4215 Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type
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§4215. Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type establishments A. The provisions of this Chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4216 Added exemptions
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§4216. Added exemptions The commissioner shall, by regulation and under such conditions, including sanitary standards, practices and procedures, as he may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this Chapter: (1) The slaughtering by any person of poultry of his own raising,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4217 Storage regulations
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§4217. Storage regulations The commissioner may, by regulations, prescribe conditions under which carcasses, meat, meat food products and poultry products of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or oth…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4218 Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption
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§4218. Inspection not provided for slaughtering not intended for human consumption 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 …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4219 Records required
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§4219. Records required A. The following classes of persons, firms and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reas…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:422 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§422. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4220 Registration required
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§4220. Registration required No person, firm or corporation shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4221 4-D animals
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§4221. 4-D animals No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4222 Federal and state cooperation; designated authority
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§4222. Federal and state cooperation; designated authority A. The commissioner is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the secretary of agriculture of the United States under the provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4223 Auxiliary provisions
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§4223. Auxiliary provisions The commissioner may, for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw inspection service under the provisions of this Chapter with respect to any establishment if he det…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4224 Authority to detain meats
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§4224. Authority to detain meats Whenever carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat food product or poultry product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of meat food product or poultry product, or any…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4225 Condemnation and seizure
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§4225. Condemnation and seizure A. Any carcass, part of carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal or fowl described above that is being transported in intrastate comm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4226 Courts
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§4226. Courts The appropriate courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this Chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all kinds of cases arising under this Chapter. Acts 1968, No. 376, §24; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4227 Assaults
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§4227. Assaults Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this Chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4228 Penalties
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§4228. Penalties A. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of this Chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this Chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than one thousand d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4229 Access to records; testimony; penalties
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§4229. Access to records; testimony; penalties A. The commissioner shall have access at all times: (1) To gather and compile information concerning and, to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices and management of any person, firm, or corporat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:423 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§423. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4230 Application
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§4230. Application The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to persons, firms or corporation establishments, animals and articles regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act* or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4231 Designation; Chapter as superseding other laws
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§4231. Designation; Chapter as superseding other laws This Chapter shall be designated as the Louisiana Meat and Poultry Inspection Law. This Chapter supersedes all city, municipal or other ordinances or laws in the state on meat and poultry inspection in all facets of meat and p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4232 Commissioner of agriculture
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§4232. Commissioner of agriculture A. The commissioner of agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. B. The commissioner may employ such personnel as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this Chapter. C. The commissioner may adopt such rules an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4233 Violations, penalties, injunctive relief
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§4233. Violations, penalties, injunctive relief A. The following actions are prohibited: (1) The slaughter of animals required to be slaughtered under inspection when an inspector is not present. (2) The processing of meat or meat products required to be processed under inspectio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:424 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§424. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:425 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§425. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:426 Repealed by Acts 2009, No
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§426. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 24, §7, eff. June 12, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4271 Louisiana Forestry Commission established; state policy
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§4271. Louisiana Forestry Commission established; state policy A. To protect, conserve, and replenish the natural resources of the state, the practice of forestry in the state is placed under the Louisiana Forestry Commission, which is hereby established in the executive branch o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4272 Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office
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§4272. Members; appointment; qualifications; terms of office A. The commission shall consist of seven members, five of whom shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and two of whom shall serve ex officio--namely, the head of the department of for…
La. Rev. Stat. § 3:4273 Officers; meetings; compensation
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§4273. Officers; meetings; compensation The commission shall select its own chairman and vice-chairman, and fix the terms and duties of these offices; prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and operation; meet quarterly or oftener on call of the chairman,…