Section 287.574 - Slaughtering meat animals from producer's herd; wild game animals.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES; EDIBLE RENDERING, WHOLESALE FABRICATING, PROCESSING, OR STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS (EXCERPT)
Act 280 of 1965
287.574 Slaughtering meat animals from producer's herd; wild game animals.
Sec. 4.
This act does not restrict or prohibit a livestock producer or his or her employees from slaughtering meat animals from his or her own herd on his or her own premises for his or her own consumption. Meat animals slaughtered under this section shall not be offered for sale or sold for human consumption or otherwise disposed of for a consideration. Large wild game animals that are processed shall not be purchased, offered for sale, or sold except as provided for in part 427 (breeders and dealers) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.42701 to 324.42714 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1965, Act 280, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 143, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996