Provisions of parts
1540.0010 to
1540.4520 shall apply to all
slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering, or similar establishments in
this state, in which carcasses or parts are prepared solely for intrastate
commerce and which includes but is not limited to slaughterhouses, retail meat
markets, wholesale meat processing establishments, frozen food processing
plants, and sausage plants; provided that except as provided in item B the
parts of this chapter requiring mandatory antemortem and postmortem inspection
of the slaughtering of animals in the preparation of carcasses shall apply to
all commercial slaughterhouses and shall not apply:
A. to the slaughtering by any person of the
person's own animals and the preparation by the person and transportation in
intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food
products of those animals exclusively for use by the person and members of the
person's household and nonpaying guests and employees; nor
B. to the custom slaughter by any person of
cattle, sheep, swine, or goats delivered by the owner for slaughter, and the
preparation by a slaughterer and transportation in intrastate commerce of the
carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products of animals, exclusively
for use in the household of the owner, by the owner and members of the owner's
household and nonpaying guests and employees; provided, that all meat derived
from custom slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, cervidae, bison, or goats shall
be identified and handled as required by the commissioner, during all phases of
slaughtering, chilling, cooling, freezing, preparation, storage, and
transportation; provided further, that the custom slaughterer does not engage
in the business of buying or selling any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat,
or meat food products of any animals capable of use as human food unless the
carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products have been inspected
and passed and are identified as having been inspected and passed by the
Minnesota Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of
Agriculture.
