SECTIONS 21451-21459 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 21451-21459

21451. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, inspection of
carcasses with the hide on and of hides shall be made in the same
manner as inspection of cattle pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 21051) of this division.

21452. The chief may provide for the release of hides or carcasses
from inspection in cases in which inspection would serve no useful
purpose.

21453. A new inspection need not be made of the hide or carcass of
an animal which was previously inspected as follows:
(a) Inspected pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 21051.
(b) Inspected pursuant to subdivisions (d), (f) and (g) of Section
21051 and slaughtered in accordance with Section 21057.
(c) Inspected pursuant to Section 22004 and subdivision (c) of
Section 22008.

21455. Every person not a licensed slaughterer that slaughters any
cattle or calves and does not send the carcass and hide to a licensed
frozen food locker plant pursuant to Section 22003 shall do all of
the following:
(a) Keep in his possession the hide, with the brands attached to
it, without any alteration or disfiguration, until the hide is
inspected or released.
(b) Exhibit the hide to any inspector or peace officer on demand.

21456. A person shall not have in his possession a carcass or any
meat from a carcass which was not slaughtered by a licensed
slaughterer, unless he has in his possession and exhibits to any
inspector or peace officer on demand one of the following:
(a) The hide of the animal from which the meat was obtained, with
the ears and the brands attached to it, without alteration or
disfiguration.
(b) A certificate of inspection or release of the hide or of the
carcass with the hide on it, which was issued pursuant to this
article.

21457. A person shall not remove any evidence of inspection from a
hide until after it has been partially tanned.

21458. A person shall not sell, give away, deliver, transport, buy,
accept, or receive the hide of any animal unless the hide has been
inspected or released.

21459. A person shall not obliterate, alter, or remove a brand
which is on a hide, or burn or in any manner destroy the hide until
it has been inspected or released.