36-06 Purchase of Livestock by Packing Plants - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 36-06PURCHASE OF LIVESTOCK BY PACKING PLANTS36-06-01. Packing plant defined. The term "packing plant" as used in this chaptermeans a place where livestock, exclusive of poultry, is purchased for the purpose of slaughtering,
dressing, curing, or processing the same for storage and distribution at wholesale for human
consumption.36-06-02.Livestock purchased by weight to be graded - Penalty.No officer oremployee of a packing plant within this state may purchase any livestock by weight unless such
livestock has been graded and sorted in the yard and the price per pound [.45 kilogram] for each
grade fixed and determined before the weighing thereof. Any officer or employee of a packing
plant who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.36-06-03. Penalty for purchase of livestock by weight without grading the same.Each purchase of livestock in violation of section 36-06-02 is a separate offense and constitutes
an infraction upon the part of every owner of a packing plant in which such violation occurs.36-06-04. Livestock sold or purchased at packing plant to be weighed by licensedweighmaster - Duplicate scale ticket - Penalty. Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 375,