2017 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 65 PUBLIC HEALTH
Article 6a MEAT AND POULTRY
65-6a47 Imported meat, poultry or dairy products; labeling; definitions.
65-6a47. Imported meat, poultry or dairy products; labeling; definitions. Every wholesaler or retailer who sells or offers for sale in the state of Kansas through a meat market, store or otherwise, any meats, either canned, frozen or cured, or any poultry, eggs or butter, which are the products of any country foreign to the United States, shall clearly label such meat, poultry, eggs or butter as "imported," naming the country of its origin, which labeling shall be in lettering not less than 1/2 inch in height. As used in this act: (a) The word "retailer" shall mean a person regularly engaged in the business of selling meat, canned, frozen or cured, or poultry, eggs or butter, at retail to the trade and public as such, and selling only to the user or consumer and not for resale; (b) the word "meat" means the dressed flesh of cattle, swine, horses, sheep, rabbits or goats but shall not include fish or products of fish.
History: L. 1970, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 260, § 1; July 1.
