18940-18949
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 18940-18949
18940. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act and supplements the provisions of the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650). 18940.5. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 18650) of Chapter 4 govern the construction of this chapter. 18941. "Inspector" means an employee of the department authorized to perform inspection functions under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and under this chapter. 18942. "Licensed livestock meat inspector" means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in custom livestock slaughterhouses. 18942.2. "Licensed processing inspector" means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in licensed meat processing establishments. 18943. "Livestock" means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, for the purposes of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and this chapter, fallow deer (Dama dama) whether alive or dead. 18944. "Livestock product" means any carcass, part of the carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock. 18945. "Slaughter" means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and preparing of livestock for human consumption. 18946. "Custom livestock slaughterhouse" means a licensed establishment where: (a) Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered and prepared for the owners of the livestock. (b) Fallow deer are slaughtered and prepared for transportation or sale, or transportation and sale. 18947. "Meat processing establishment" means a licensed establishment required to be inspected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) where livestock or poultry products are prepared by curing, drying, smoking, or rendering, or where livestock products of swine are cooked, and the products are sold on the premises to household consumers, and a licensed establishment where fallow deer products may be prepared for transportation or sale, or transportation and sale. 18948. "Sanitary" means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organisms which are known to be injurious to human health or which would render the product adulterated. 18949. "Establishment" means any business, firm, or facility that is required to be licensed by the director under this chapter.