SECTIONS 18960-18963 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 18960-18963

18960. The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and
requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities,
equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling,
transporting, storing, identification, recordkeeping, registration
and labeling, and marking for carrying out the purposes of this
chapter.

18961. The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the
rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes
therein as he or she deems appropriate to make them applicable to
operations and transactions subject to this chapter.

18962. The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to
examine applicants for the positions of licensed livestock meat
inspector and licensed processing inspector.

18963. The department, in consultation with the State Department of
Health Services, shall, on or before December 31, 2001, adopt, by
regulations, standards and requirements relating to inspection,
sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation,
processing, buying, selling, transporting, storing, identification,
recordkeeping, registration and labeling, and marking for fallow deer
slaughtered and processed under this chapter. The regulations shall
provide for the safe and humane handling and transportation of the
fallow deer to a state inspected slaughter facility. No custom
livestock slaughterhouse or meat processing establishment shall be
approved by the department to slaughter or process fallow deer until
adoption of these regulations.