§ 21-11-3. License required for processing and packing houses.
No person, firm, association, or corporation shall operate within this state any establishment for the purpose of slaughtering any animal for human consumption, or for canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, or handling the carcass of any animal or part of the carcass, or for the manufacturing of any meat product or meat food product, until that person, firm, association, or corporation shall have obtained a license from the department of health. This section shall not apply to a retail market offering for sale only those primal parts commonly known in the trade as sides, quarters, shoulders, hams, backs, bellies, tongues, livers, or similar parts, or meat, meat products, or meat food products, which have been obtained from the establishment of a person, firm, association, or corporation licensed in accordance with provisions of this section, nor to any retail market where meat processing consists solely of grinding meat for sale on the premises.
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 264, § 2; P.L. 1943, ch. 1306, § 1; P.L. 1944, ch. 1469, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-11-3; P.L. 1970, ch. 141, § 3; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 47.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 21-11-1. - “Animals” defined.
Section 21-11-2. - Sale of meat not handled in compliance with provisions.
Section 21-11-3. - License required for processing and packing houses.
Section 21-11-4. - Issuance and term of licenses — Suspension or revocation.
Section 21-11-5. - Regulations concerning processing and packing plants.
Section 21-11-6. - Stamping of meat — Sale of unstamped meat prohibited.
Section 21-11-6.1. - Watering of meat.
Section 21-11-7. - Processing for private use.
Section 21-11-8. - Federally inspected meat exempt.
Section 21-11-9. - Penalties for violations.
Section 21-11-10. - Enforcement — Prosecution of violations.