2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals
Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products
Section 265.442 Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited.

Effective 28 Aug 1971

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

265.442. Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited. — 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation:

(1) Any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation;

(2) Any meat or meat food products required to be inspected under sections 265.300 to 265.460 unless they have been so inspected and passed;

(3) Any meat or meat products with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, on which is performed any act, while the articles are being transported, or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.

2. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any carcass of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the director to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.

3. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any meat or meat products which are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the director, or are naturally inedible by humans.

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(L. 1971 S.B. 39 §§ 2, 3)