La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXXV-111

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

Section XXXV-111 - Poultry; Live; Dressed-Method of Sale

A. The offer to sell and/or the sale of all poultry (except when for immediate consumption on the premises and except when sold by count as provided for in R.S. 3:4615) shall be only on the basis of either live weight or dressed and drawn weight.

B.Live Weight-the net weight of poultry which is alive at time of sale, and as such, shall be classified as live poultry.

C.Dressed and Drawn Weight-the net weight of poultry after being killed, defeathered and eviscerated, and as such, shall be classified as dressed and drawn poultry, with only the edible parts thereof being included in the established weight.

D.Poultry-includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, guineas, and any other kind of domesticated bird commercially processed and sold for human consumption.

E. Live poultry shall be weighed within 30 minutes of delivery to a poultry processing facility.

F. All poultry, when placed in a container, or in any covering or wrapper, shall have its net weight plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled on the outside of the container, covering or wrapper.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXXV-111

Adopted by the Department of Agriculture, Commission of Weights and Measures, April 1953, amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agro-Consumer Services, Division of Weights and Measures, LR 19:1532 (December 1993).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:4615, R.S. 3:4613 and R.S. 3:4608 (formerly R.S. 55:13, R.S. 55:11 and R.S. 55:6).