La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § X-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section X-103 - Permits; Regulated and Exempted Facilities [formerly paragraph 10:002]

A. No slaughter house, meat packing plant, poultry processing plant or other establishment operated to slaughter, manufacture, pack or prepare any meat, meat food product, poultry or poultry products for human consumption shall be allowed to operate until the owner, manager or operator has obtained a permit to operate from the state health officer; provided these regulations do not apply to establishments slaughtering cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equines, chickens or turkeys or preparing meats therefrom, and do not apply to retail meat markets.

B. [formerly paragraph 10:003] The inspection of slaughter houses, meat packing plants and sausage kitchens preparing cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equines, chickens and turkeys is vested in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) under authority of the State Meat and Poultry Inspection Law, R.S. 40:2271 et seq. The only services the Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH) shall provide such establishments will be approval of their water supplies and waste disposal facilities and registration of meat products in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:627, and Parts XII and XIII of this Code.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § X-103

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1312 (June 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4.A.(1)(a), (6), (8) and 40:5(5), (9). Also see R.S. 40:627.