Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-2-203 - Licenses; Registration; Records

A. Any person operating a business in any of the following categories shall obtain the appropriate license from the Department.

1. Types of slaughter licenses.

a. Official slaughter - the slaughtering of animals in a slaughterhouse for sale for human consumption.

b. Exempt slaughter.

i. Exempt non-mobile slaughter - the slaughtering or dressing of an animal in a stationary building for human consumption, that is not sold or offered for sale.

ii. Exempt mobile slaughter - the slaughtering or dressing of an animal for human consumption by using a mobile structure on the property of the animal's owner, that is not sold or offered for sale.

2. Types of meat licenses.

a. Broker - any person, firm or corporation engaged in buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or poultry food products, or by-products from state or federally inspected establishments. A broker negotiates purchases or sales of these products other than for the broker's own account, as an employee of another person, and is paid a commission.

b. Exempt - any person, firm, or corporation engaged in processing meat or poultry products without meat inspection, for an individual owner of meat that is not for sale.

c. Distributor - any person, firm, or corporation engaged in receiving carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or poultry food products, or by-products from state or federally inspected establishments and storing or distributing these products to commercial outlets, processors, or individuals. A distributor does not process any of these products.

d. Jobber - any person, firm, or corporation with an established place of business that buys meat or poultry food products and offers the products for sale to someone other than the end-use consumer.

e. Pet food manufacturer - any person, firm, or corporation engaged in manufacturing animal food from meat or poultry unfit for human consumption.

f. Processor - any person, firm, or corporation that changes meat or poultry food products by cutting, mixing, blending, canning, curing or otherwise preparing meat or meat food products wholesale for human consumption.

g. Renderer - any person, firm, or corporation that renders and tallows and any person, firm, or corporation engaged commercially in the hide, hair, or pelt removal, cutting up, or rendering of animals.

B. Applications for a license or registration pursuant to A.R.S. § 3-2081(A), shall be made on forms provided by the Department and shall contain the following:

1. The name of the applicant and the applicant's partners, officers or directors of the business, if any;

2. The business name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and Social Security number of the applicant;

3. The exact location of the business, if different from subsection (B)(2).

C. All persons licensed or registered under this Section, and all other persons described in A.R.S. § 3-2081, shall maintain the records required under A.R.S. § 3-2081 for a minimum of one year. In addition, all registered dead animal haulers, licensed rendering and tallow plants, and pet food manufacturing plants shall prepare and submit the reports required under A.R.S. § 3-2695 and shall include copies of those reports as part of records maintained under this Section and A.R.S. § 3-2081.

D. During fiscal year 2024, the fee to obtain or renew a license to slaughter is:

1. Not to exceed 45 head of cattle, and not to exceed 55 head of sheep, goats or swine in one calendar year: $250.

2. For more than 45 and not to exceed 150 head of cattle and more than 45 and not to exceed 160 head of sheep, goats or swine in one calendar year: $300.

3. For more than 150 head of cattle and more than 160 head of sheep, goats or swine in any one calendar year: $450.

E. During fiscal year 2024, the fee to obtain or renew a meat license is:

1. For a broker, $450.

2. For exempt processing, $300.

3. For a distributor, $500 for a large distributor (more than $100,000 in sales per calendar year) and $150 for a small distributor (not to exceed $100,000 in sales per calendar year).

4. For a jobber, $450.

5. For a pet food manufacturer, $300.

6. For a processor, $300.

7. For meat storage, $450.

8. For transportation, $300.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-2-203

Adopted effective August 19, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Section R3-2-208 renumbered from Section R3-9-208 (Supp. 91-4). Amended effective July 13, 1995 (Supp. 95-3). Former Section R3-2-203 renumbered to R3-2-208; new Section R3-2-203 renumbered from Section R3-2-208 and amended by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 1593, effective May 5, 1999 (Supp. 99-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1331, effective June 29, 2010 (Supp. 10-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1756, effective July 20, 2011 (Supp. 11-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 2060, effective August 2, 2012 (Supp. 12-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 3127, effective September 14, 2013. Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 2449, effective 7/24/2014. Amended by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 2404, effective 7/3/2015. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 1937, effective 8/9/2017. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2219, effective 8/3/2018. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 2081, effective 8/27/2019. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 1471, effective 8/25/2020. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 1264, effective 9/29/2021. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 2017, effective 9/24/2022. Amended by exempt rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 3483, effective 10/30/2023. Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 530, effective 4/8/2025.