Effective - 28 Aug 1971
265.442. Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited. — 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation:
(1) Any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation;
(2) Any meat or meat food products required to be inspected under sections 265.300 to 265.460 unless they have been so inspected and passed;
(3) Any meat or meat products with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, on which is performed any act, while the articles are being transported, or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.
2. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any carcass of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the director to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.
3. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any meat or meat products which are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the director, or are naturally inedible by humans.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 39 §§ 2, 3)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals
Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products
Section 265.010 - Definitions.
Section 265.020 - Director to promulgate standards — rulemaking, procedure.
Section 265.030 - Director to specify dates when standards become effective.
Section 265.040 - Authorized to cooperate with United States or any department.
Section 265.050 - Appointment of agents — bond — action on bond.
Section 265.060 - Appointment of inspectors — fees — suspension or revocation of license.
Section 265.070 - Appeal of inspector's decision — reasonable fee.
Section 265.080 - Certificate to be prima facie evidence.
Section 265.110 - Misrepresentation of grade, classification, quality or condition — penalty.
Section 265.120 - Rules for grading apples.
Section 265.130 - Apples — how marked — exemptions — penalty for violation.
Section 265.140 - Director to enforce — powers.
Section 265.150 - Merchandising fee imposed — exemptions.
Section 265.160 - Fees, when due — installment payments — records and reports of growers — penalty.
Section 265.170 - Unpaid fees to bear interest — manner of collection.
Section 265.180 - Creation of apple merchandising fund, not transferable.
Section 265.190 - Expenditure of moneys.
Section 265.200 - Powers and duties of Missouri state horticultural society.
Section 265.210 - Duty of state and county officers.
Section 265.220 - Prosecutions, procedure.
Section 265.280 - Definitions.
Section 265.283 - Sale of fresh meat from a foreign nation, when.
Section 265.286 - Label to include country of origin.
Section 265.289 - Department to enforce provisions — violations, procedure, penalty.
Section 265.300 - Definitions.
Section 265.310 - All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated.
Section 265.320 - Certain operations exempted.
Section 265.330 - Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties.
Section 265.340 - Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation.
Section 265.350 - Inspectors, how assigned, duties.
Section 265.360 - Inspections, when conducted.
Section 265.380 - Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how.
Section 265.400 - Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination.
Section 265.410 - License required, application, fee.
Section 265.420 - Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained.
Section 265.430 - Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption.
Section 265.440 - Inspector may serve two or more plants.
Section 265.444 - Stop-sale order, when — seizure of product when, appeal.
Section 265.450 - Violation basis for suspension or refusal to license.
Section 265.460 - Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty.
Section 265.471 - Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act.
Section 265.490 - Definitions.
Section 265.492 - Meat advertising to be truthful, accurate.
Section 265.494 - Prohibited practices, required disclosures.
Section 265.497 - Inspections, department of agriculture.
Section 265.499 - Remedies not to be exclusive, certain grocery retailers to be exempt.
Section 265.505 - Duties and powers of director of the department of agriculture.
Section 265.510 - Violation, penalty for.