RS 3:4203 Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter - Louisiana Statutes

§4203.  Antemortem inspection

For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspector appointed for that purpose, an antemortem inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering or similar establishment, in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are conducted solely for intrastate commerce, and all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be condemned if the diseased condition warrants such action, or shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, horses, mules or other equines, and when so slaughtered, the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines shall be subject to a careful examination, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner as herein provided for.

Acts 1968, No. 376, §2.  Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.