(a) In each official establishment, the Secretary may perform the following acts:
(1) Antemortem inspection;
(2) Postmortem inspection; and
(3) Quarantine, segregation, or reinspection.
(b) Every livestock carcass, part of it, meat, or meat food product found by an inspector to be adulterated in any official establishment shall be retained for condemnation. If no appeal is taken from the determination of condemnation, the adulterated article shall be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of the inspector in the manner prescribed by the rules and regulations. However, any article which may be reprocessed so that it is not adulterated need not be condemned and destroyed if it is reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and found to be not adulterated.
(c) If an appeal to the Secretary is taken from a determination of condemnation, the article shall be marked appropriately and segregated pending completion of an appeal inspection. If the Secretary determines that the appeal is frivolous, the appellant shall bear any cost of the appeal inspection. If the determination of condemnation is sustained, every article shall be destroyed for human food purposes in accordance with this section.
(d) Veterinary inspectors or inspectors supervised by veterinary inspectors shall conduct the inspections required by this section. For the purposes of this subsection, “veterinary inspector” means a veterinarian who has graduated from a college recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Subtitle 1 - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act
Section 4-102 - Declaration of Policy; Federal Matching Funds
Section 4-103 - Applicability of Subtitle
Section 4-104 - Cooperation With Other Governmental Units
Section 4-106 - Administration
Section 4-107 - Rules and Regulations; Reports
Section 4-108 - Required Inspections; Condemnation
Section 4-109 - Exemptions From Inspection
Section 4-110 - Payment of Cost of Inspection
Section 4-111 - Slaughterhouse Premises, Facilities, and Sanitary Practices
Section 4-112 - Labeling, Marking, and Container
Section 4-113 - Entry of Article Into Inspected Establishments
Section 4-114 - Separate Establishments for Equine Carcasses
Section 4-115 - False or Misleading Name, Marking, or Labeling; Misleading Container
Section 4-116 - Products Prepared Without Supervision of Inspector
Section 4-117 - Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection
Section 4-118 - License Required; Fee
Section 4-120 - Records; Access to Premises; Samples
Section 4-122 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Dead, Disabled, or Diseased Livestock
Section 4-123 - Prohibited Acts
Section 4-123.1 - Inhumane Slaughter of Livestock
Section 4-124 - Detention of Carcass or Meat Food Product
Section 4-125 - Seizure and Condemnation of Carcass or Meat Food Product
Section 4-126 - Oaths; Subpoenas; Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Section 4-127 - Responsibility for Acts of Agent or Employee
Section 4-128 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution
Section 4-129 - Injunctions; Proceedings to Be in Name of State