106-549.28. Regulation of storage of meat.
The Board may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, fallow deer, red deer, bison, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles, whenever the Board deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Willful violation of any such regulation is a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1969, c. 893, s. 14; 1991, c. 317, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 800; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 194, s. 11; 1997-142, s. 14.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 49B - Meat Inspection Requirements; Adulteration and Misbranding.
§ 106-549.16 - Statement of purpose.
§ 106-549.17 - Inspection of animals before slaughter; humane methods of slaughtering.
§ 106-549.18 - Inspection; stamping carcass.
§ 106-549.19 - Application of Article; place of inspection.
§ 106-549.20 - Inspectors' access to businesses.
§ 106-549.21 - Stamping container or covering; regulation of container.
§ 106-549.22 - Rules and regulations of Board.
§ 106-549.23 - Prohibited slaughter, sale and transportation.
§ 106-549.24 - Prohibited acts regarding certificate.
§ 106-549.25 - Slaughter, sale and transportation of equine carcasses.
§ 106-549.26 - Inspection of establishment; bribery of or malfeasance of inspector.