24:16B-4 - Transfer of authority from Department of Health to Department of Agriculture; general power of Department of Agriculture - New Jersey Statutes

24:16B-4.  Transfer of authority from Department of Health to Department of  Agriculture;  general power of Department of Agriculture
    The jurisdiction and authority to provide for the proper inspections of animals to be slaughtered and the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products, animal food product or by-product of animals;  packaging and labeling  of animal carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products, animal food  products or by-products of animals, is hereby transferred from the Department  of Health to the Department of Agriculture.  The Department of Agriculture is  hereby declared to be the principal instrumentality of the State for attaining  the ends declared in this act.  The department shall have all necessary power  to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act and the rules and  regulations of the board.

     L.1968, c. 105, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1968.