Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 31 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 770. Meat, poultry, and game slaughtering and processing

18 AAC 31.770. Meat, poultry, and game slaughtering and processing

(a) Except as provided in 18 AAC 31.205, 18 AAC 31.820, (b) and (c) of this section, and 18 AAC 32, meat, poultry, and game meat slaughtered, processed, distributed, or sold as part of commerce and intended for human consumption must come from a facility under a USDA mandatory or voluntary inspection program.

(b) The requirements of this section do not apply to processes that are usually and traditionally conducted at food service establishments or markets when meat, poultry, or game meat are processed into normal retail quantities for sale at that food service establishment or market. Processes usually and traditionally conducted at a food service establishment or market include

(1) cutting, slicing, and trimming carcasses, halves, quarters, or wholesale cuts into retail cuts such as steaks, chops, and roasts, and freezing those cuts;

(2) grinding and freezing products made from meat, poultry, or game meat;

(3) curing, cooking, smoking, rendering, or refining meat, poultry, or game meat, or other preparation of products, except slaughtering or thermal processing of canned products; and

(4) packaging or repackaging products, other than canning or bottling.

(c) A facility where meat, poultry, or game meat is slaughtered or processed for the owner of the meat, poultry, or game meat for consumption by the owner, a member of the owner's household, or a nonpaying guest of the owner, shall ensure that

(1) meat, poultry, or game meat entering or processed at the facility is

(A) conspicuously marked, labeled, or tagged with the common and usual name of the meat, poultry, or game animal; and

(B) processed separately from other permitted operations by time or space;

(2) for products that are shipped in containers, each container is labeled with the

(A) name and location address of the processing facility; and

(B) common and usual name of the meat, poultry, or game animal; and

(3) for products that are individually packaged, each package is conspicuously labeled "NOT FOR SALE."

History: Eff. 6/28/2001, Register 158

Authority: AS 17.20.005

AS 17.20.010

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