2007 Oregon Code - Chapter 619 :: Chapter 619 - Labeling and Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products
Chapter 619 —
Labeling and Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products
2007 EDITION
LABELING AND INSPECTION OF MEAT PRODUCTS
FOOD AND OTHER COMMODITIES
STATE MEAT INSPECTION
619.010Â Â Â Â Definitions
for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066
619.016Â Â Â Â Short
title
619.021Â Â Â Â Purpose
619.026Â Â Â Â Meat
preparation establishment sanitation requirements
619.031Â Â Â Â Animal
food slaughtering and processing establishments; license fees; application of
ORS chapter 603; rules
619.036Â Â Â Â Sanitation
and record inspections; seizure of nonconforming foods and facilities
619.041Â Â Â Â Prohibition
on use of establishment or vehicle upon determination of insanitary conditions;
posting notice; removal of notice prohibited
619.046Â Â Â Â Rules
619.051Â Â Â Â Prohibited
acts
619.056Â Â Â Â Trichinae
treatment required for pork products
619.061Â Â Â Â Tagging
and identification of meat products by person operating retail sales and custom
slaughter or processing establishments
619.066Â Â Â Â Labeling
of meat products to conform to ORS chapters 616 and 618
619.071Â Â Â Â Disposition
of moneys received by department
GAME MEAT INSPECTION
619.095Â Â Â Â When
game meat inspection required; processing by approved establishment
619.105Â Â Â Â Liability
of public employees for inspection
IDENTIFICATION OF FRYERS
619.350Â Â Â Â Definitions
for ORS 619.350 to 619.380
619.355Â Â Â Â Identification
required before sale for human consumption; exception
619.360Â Â Â Â Identification
required before transporting for sale for human consumption
619.365Â Â Â Â Misrepresentation
concerning grower, state of origin or fresh condition
619.370Â Â Â Â Labeling
concerning addition of chemical preservative
619.375Â Â Â Â Certain
fryers excepted from provisions of ORS 619.350 to 619.380
619.380Â Â Â Â Enjoining
violations
LABELING OF LAMB
619.411Â Â Â Â Definitions
for ORS 619.411 to 619.426
619.416Â Â Â Â Labeling
required before sale for human consumption; restriction on use of words “Grown
in
619.421Â Â Â Â Misrepresentation
regarding grower, state of origin or fresh condition
619.426Â Â Â Â Enjoining
violations
PENALTIES
619.993Â Â Â Â Penalties
for meat inspection law violations
STATE MEAT INSPECTION
     619.010
Definitions for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066. As used in ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and
619.036 to 619.066:
     (1) “Adulterated,” “misbranded” and
similar terms or words have the same meaning and are defined as contained in
ORS chapter 616, ORS 632.275 to 632.290, 632.450 to 632.490 and 632.900 to
632.985.
     (2) “Animal food slaughtering or
processing establishment” means any establishment as defined in subsection (8)
of this section wherein animals are slaughtered or parts thereof prepared,
offered for sale, sold or used in any manner as animal food.
     (3) “Capable of use as human food” means
any carcass, part of a carcass or meat product of any meat animal, which has
not been denatured, or otherwise identified as required by rules prescribed by
the department, to deter its use as human food, or which is naturally inedible
by humans.
     (4) “Custom processing establishment”
means a stationary establishment wherein slaughtered meat animals, or meat,
caused to be delivered by the owners thereof, are prepared for compensation,
payment or remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner
thereof or to the order of the owner.
     (5) “Custom slaughtering establishment”
means a mobile or stationary establishment wherein meat animals, caused to be
delivered by the owners thereof, are slaughtered for compensation, payment or
remuneration of any kind, and are thereafter returned to the owner thereof or
to the order of the owner.
     (6) “Department” means the State
Department of Agriculture.
     (7) “Equipment” means all machinery,
fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, implements and apparatus used in and
about an establishment.
     (8) “Establishment” means and includes:
     (a) Any building, structure or vehicle in
which meat animals are slaughtered for consumption or meat products are
prepared, sold, offered or held for sale.
     (b) The ground upon which such place of
business is operated or used, and so much ground adjacent thereto as is also
used in carrying on the business of the establishment. The department may
prescribe such additional area or places which, although they may not be
contiguous or adjacent to the above area or establishment, may be included
therein.
     (9) “Federal Meat Inspection Act” means
the Act so entitled approved March 4, 1907, (34 Stat. 1260), as amended by the
Wholesome Meat Act (81 Stat. 584).
     (10) “Food” means any article used for
food or drink by humans or by dogs and cats.
     (11) “Label” means a display of written,
printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container, other than package
liner, of any article. A requirement made under authority of ORS 576.024,
619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and 619.993 that any word, statement or other
information appears on a label has not been obeyed unless such word, statement
or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any
there be, of the retail package of such article, or unless such word, statement
or information is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.
     (12) “Labeling” means all labels and other
written, printed or graphic matter upon an article or any of its containers or
wrappers, or accompanying such article.
     (13) “Meat animal” means any vertebrate
animal, except fish and aquatic mammals, not otherwise prohibited by law for
sale for human consumption.
     (14) “Meat” or “meat product” means any
edible muscle, except any muscle found in the lips, snout or ears of meat
animals, which is skeletal or found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart or
esophagus, with or without any accompanying and overlying fat, and any portion
of bone, skin, sinew, nerve or blood vessels normally accompanying the muscle
tissue and not separated from it in the process of dressing or as otherwise
prescribed by the department.
     (15) “Meat by-product” means any edible
part, other than meat, derived from one or more meat animals.
     (16) “Official mark” means the official
inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the
department to identify the status of any article or animal.
     (17) “Person” means any individual,
partnership, association, incorporated or unincorporated business organization.
     (18) “Poultry” means chickens, ducks,
geese, turkeys, and all other domesticated fowls or birds.
     (19) “Prepared” means ground, seasoned,
canned, cooked, salted, frozen, smoked, cured, pickled, packed, boned, dried,
cut up, wrapped or otherwise manufactured or processed.
     (20) “Unwholesome” includes all meat or
meat products which are diseased, contaminated, including drug or chemical residue,
putrid, unsound, unhealthful or unfit for food. [Amended by 1957 c.104 §2; 1959
c.565 §2; 1973 c.174 §4; 1993 c.162 §2; 2001 c.104 §243]
     619.016
Short title. ORS 619.010 to
619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066 shall be known as the State Meat Inspection Act.
[1973 c.174 §2]
     619.020 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.021
Purpose. The intent and
purpose of ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and 619.993 is to give
recognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act presently being enforced in this
state and at the same time recognize the responsibility of the State of
     619.026
Meat preparation establishment sanitation requirements. (1) Every establishment, including all
equipment therein or thereon, shall be kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary
condition.
     (2) Unclean, unhealthful and insanitary
conditions shall be deemed to exist if:
     (a) All the equipment utilized is not
thoroughly cleaned on a daily basis, or more often as required by the State
Department of Agriculture.
     (b) Meat and meat products being prepared,
packed, stored, sold, distributed or transported are not securely protected
from flies, dust, dirt and, as far as may be necessary, by all reasonable means
from all other foreign or injurious contamination.
     (c) The persons and clothing of all
employees or other persons therein are unclean.
     (d) The refuse, dirt and waste products,
subject to decomposition or fermentation generated in the operation of the
establishment, are not removed at least on a daily basis or as otherwise
authorized by the department. [1973 c.174 §5]
     619.030 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §3; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.031
Animal food slaughtering and processing establishments; license fees;
application of ORS chapter 603; rules. (1) A person may not operate an animal food slaughtering establishment
or processing establishment without first obtaining a license therefor from the
State Department of Agriculture.
     (2) Except as provided in subsection (3)
of this section, the license fees for an animal food slaughtering establishment
or processing establishment are:
     (a) $200 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $50,000;
     (b) $250 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $50,000 and not more
than $500,000;
     (c) $300 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $500,000 and not more
than $1 million;
     (d) $450 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $1 million and not more
than $5 million;
     (e) $500 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5 million and not more
than $10 million; or
     (f) $650 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $10 million.
     (3) The department shall increase the
license fee amounts described in subsection (2) of this section by two percent
annually, rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount for assessment and
collection purposes. The department shall determine each annual increase using
the unrounded figure from the preceding year. The first increase in the fee
amounts shall occur on July 1, 2006.
     (4) In establishing the amount of the
license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar
volume of sales and services by that applicant within
     (5) The provisions of ORS 603.025 (2) and
(5), 603.034 (1) and (2), 603.045 (7) and 603.075 shall apply to animal food
slaughtering establishments or processing establishments. Except as provided in
this subsection, the remainder of the provisions of ORS chapter 603 do not
apply to such establishments.
     (6) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this
section, a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter
meat animals and subject to federal meat inspection, or a person licensed by
the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter only poultry and rabbits and
subject to federal poultry inspection, or a person licensed by the department
under ORS chapter 603 as a nonslaughtering processor may, without being
required to obtain an additional license, also sell or dispose of meat products
as animal food provided that such licensees also comply with the provisions of
subsection (7) of this section, ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066.
     (7) In accordance with the provisions of
ORS chapter 183, the department may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and
enforce any procedures or measures to protect the health of the animals that
are fed or intended to be fed the meat products sold or disposed of by animal
food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments, and to protect
the health of other animals in this state. In addition to the provisions of ORS
619.046, for the purposes of this section the department shall take into
consideration:
     (a) The provisions of ORS chapter 596.
     (b) The procedures necessary to ensure
that meat products that are only fit for or destined for animal consumption are
not sold for human consumption.
     (8) A person licensed as provided by this
section:
     (a) May not sell, hold or offer for sale
any carcass of a meat animal or part thereof that is unfit for or unwholesome
as animal food.
     (b) May not sell, hold or offer for sale a
carcass of a meat animal or part thereof for human consumption.
     (c) Shall keep complete and accurate
records of the meat animals purchased for slaughter, including but not limited
to their description, brands if any, date of purchase and the name and address
of the person from whom the animals were purchased.
     (d) Shall keep complete and accurate
records of the sale of all meat animal carcasses or parts thereof, including
the name and address of the purchaser.
     (e) Shall comply with the provisions of
ORS 619.026. [1973 c.174 §13; 1975 c.304 §19; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §6; 1985 c.353 §3;
1991 c.632 §3; 2005 c.735 §5; 2007 c.768 §25]
     Note: The amendments to 619.031 by section 6,
chapter 735,
     619.031. (1) A person may not operate an animal food
slaughtering establishment or processing establishment without first obtaining
a license therefor from the State Department of Agriculture.
     (2) The license fees for an animal food
slaughtering establishment or processing establishment are:
     (a) $216 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is not more than $50,000;
     (b) $271 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $50,000 and not more
than $500,000;
     (c) $325 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $500,000 and not more
than $1 million;
     (d) $487 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $1 million and not more
than $5 million;
     (e) $541 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $5 million and not more
than $10 million; or
     (f) $704 if the establishment’s annual
gross dollar volume of sales and services is more than $10 million.
     (3) In establishing the amount of the
license fee for an applicant, the department shall use the annual gross dollar
volume of sales and services by that applicant within
     (4) The provisions of ORS 603.025 (2) and
(5), 603.034 (1) and (2), 603.045 (7) and 603.075 shall apply to animal food
slaughtering establishments or processing establishments. Except as provided in
this subsection, the remainder of the provisions of ORS chapter 603 do not
apply to such establishments.
     (5) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this
section, a person licensed by the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter
meat animals and subject to federal meat inspection, or a person licensed by
the department under ORS chapter 603 to slaughter only poultry and rabbits and
subject to federal poultry inspection, or a person licensed by the department
under ORS chapter 603 as a nonslaughtering processor may, without being
required to obtain an additional license, also sell or dispose of meat products
as animal food provided that such licensees also comply with the provisions of
subsection (6) of this section, ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066.
     (6) In accordance with the provisions of
ORS chapter 183, the department may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and
enforce any procedures or measures to protect the health of the animals that
are fed or intended to be fed the meat products sold or disposed of by animal
food slaughtering establishments or processing establishments, and to protect
the health of other animals in this state. In addition to the provisions of ORS
619.046, for the purposes of this section the department shall take into consideration:
     (a) The provisions of ORS chapter 596.
     (b) The procedures necessary to ensure
that meat products that are only fit for or destined for animal consumption are
not sold for human consumption.
     (7) A person licensed as provided by this
section:
     (a) May not sell, hold or offer for sale
any carcass of a meat animal or part thereof that is unfit for or unwholesome
as animal food.
     (b) May not sell, hold or offer for sale a
carcass of a meat animal or part thereof for human consumption.
     (c) Shall keep complete and accurate
records of the meat animals purchased for slaughter, including but not limited
to their description, brands if any, date of purchase and the name and address
of the person from whom the animals were purchased.
     (d) Shall keep complete and accurate
records of the sale of all meat animal carcasses or parts thereof, including
the name and address of the purchaser.
     (e) Shall comply with the provisions of
ORS 619.026.
     619.036
Sanitation and record inspections; seizure of nonconforming foods and
facilities. The State
Department of Agriculture is authorized:
     (1) To inspect at reasonable times the
equipment, meat and meat products and premises of establishments, meat seller
establishments, grocery stores, or other places of business, for the purpose of
enforcing minimum sanitary requirements, wholesomeness of meat and meat
products and other provisions of ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and
619.993 or rules adopted under ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and
619.993.
     (2) To seize, embargo or detain any food
commodity, or quarantine any building, equipment, vehicle or facility found
upon inspection or test to be in violation of ORS 619.026 to 619.066 or of any
rule adopted under ORS 619.026 to 619.066.
     (3) To inspect at reasonable times the
records required to be kept by ORS 619.031 (8). [1973 c.174 §12; 2005 c.735 §7]
     Note: The amendments to 619.036 by section 8,
chapter 735,
     619.036. The State Department of Agriculture is
authorized:
     (1) To inspect at reasonable times the
equipment, meat and meat products and premises of establishments, meat seller
establishments, grocery stores, or other places of business, for the purpose of
enforcing minimum sanitary requirements, wholesomeness of meat and meat
products and other provisions of ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and 619.993
or rules adopted under ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and 619.993.
     (2) To seize, embargo or detain any food
commodity, or quarantine any building, equipment, vehicle or facility found
upon inspection or test to be in violation of ORS 619.026 to 619.066 or of any
rule adopted under ORS 619.026 to 619.066.
     (3) To inspect at reasonable times the
records required to be kept by ORS 619.031 (7).
     619.040 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.041
Prohibition on use of establishment or vehicle upon determination of insanitary
conditions; posting notice; removal of notice prohibited. (1) Whenever the State Department of
Agriculture determines that any part of an establishment where meat products
destined for sale or distribution are prepared, packed, stored, sold or
distributed for consumption outside such premises, or any vehicle used in the
transportation of such products is kept in an unclean, unhealthy or insanitary
condition, the department shall:
     (a) Notify the owner or person in charge
that such establishment or vehicle shall not be used for its intended purpose
until it is put in a sanitary condition by making the changes ordered in the
notice; and
     (b) Post a notice upon such establishment
or vehicle to the effect that it is condemned for further use on account of the
unclean, unhealthful or insanitary condition.
     (2) The notice shall not be removed
without prior approval of the department. A continued use of such establishment
or vehicle without making the changes ordered, or an unauthorized removal of
the notice, is a violation of this section. [1973 c.174 §8]
     619.046
Rules. (1) In accordance
with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may
promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of ORS
576.024, 619.010 to 619.071, 619.370 and 619.993, including but not limited to:
     (a) The establishment of conditions under
which carcasses, meat and meat products of meat animals shall be stored or
otherwise handled by any person engaged in buying, selling, freezing, storing,
or transporting such articles, so as to assure that such articles will not be
adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer.
     (b) The establishment of requirements for
any person engaged in buying, selling or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or
diseased meat animals, or parts thereof, to assure that such animals, or the
unwholesome meat or meat products thereof, will be prevented from being used
for human food.
     (c) The establishment of minimum standards
of quality and wholesomeness, and definitions and standards of identity for
meat products. The definitions and standards so promulgated shall conform so
far as practicable to the definitions and standards promulgated by authority of
the
     (2) In promulgating such rules the
department may consider:
     (a) Meat inspection programs and standards
of other states and of the
     (b) Economic, health and welfare
consequences to this state which might result from the production, preparation,
handling, sale or consumption of unwholesome meat or meat products;
     (c) Necessary procedures required to
prohibit the sale or consumption of unwholesome meat or meat products; and
     (d) Minimum standards of refrigeration
necessary to protect meat or meat products from spoilage, contamination and
disease. [1973 c.174 §9; 1987 c.158 §120b]
     619.050 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.051
Prohibited acts. No person
shall:
     (1) Have in the person’s possession for
any reason or purpose unwholesome meat or meat products that are not denatured
and properly identified;
     (2) Carry or transport, by vehicle or
otherwise, the carcass or meat of any meat animal destined for sale or
distribution as food, unless it is thoroughly protected from dust, dirt, flies
or other contaminants;
     (3) Sell, hold or offer for sale any meat
product if such meat product is from a meat animal not slaughtered under the
auspices of the meat and poultry inspection program of the United States
Department of Agriculture if federal regulations have been established for the
inspection of the meat animal; or
     (4) Engage in an activity requiring a
license under the provisions of ORS chapter 603 without first procuring such
license from the State Department of Agriculture and maintaining it as
prescribed in ORS chapter 603. [1973 c.174 §6; 1995 c.26 §1; 2003 c.14 §371]
     619.056
Trichinae treatment required for pork products. No food consisting wholly or in part of pork
muscle tissue, such as bologna style sausage, Vienna style sausage, frankfurt
style sausage, summer sausage, all other similar sausages or pork products, or
prepared products containing pork muscle tissue, except a fresh product
consisting wholly of pork muscle tissue, shall be kept, offered or exposed for
sale as food for human consumption, unless the pork muscle tissue entering into
the products has been subjected to any method of treatment of pork or pork
products which will destroy trichinae. [1973 c.174 §7]
     619.060 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.061
Tagging and identification of meat products by person operating retail sales
and custom slaughter or processing establishments. Any person operating a retail meat seller
establishment, as defined in ORS chapter 603, in conjunction with a custom
slaughtering establishment or custom processing establishment shall mark, tag
or identify all individually wrapped packages or containers of meat or meat
products slaughtered, wrapped, prepared or handled for the owner of a meat
animal, at the time and in the manner deemed necessary by the State Department
of Agriculture to protect the people of this state from the purchase or
consumption of uninspected meat products. [1973 c.174 §10]
     619.066
Labeling of meat products to conform to ORS chapters 616 and 618. The labeling requirements for meat or meat
products shall be those prescribed in ORS chapter 616 and the labeling
requirements as to weight or measure of meat or meat products shall be those
prescribed in ORS chapter 618. [1973 c.174 §11; 1975 c.304 §18]
     619.070 [Repealed by 1957 c.104 §21]
     619.071
Disposition of moneys received by department. All moneys received by the department pursuant to ORS 619.010 to
619.071 shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such
moneys are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of
administering ORS 619.010 to 619.071. [1973 c.174 §15; 1979 c.499 §22]
     619.080 [Repealed by 1957 c.104 §21]
     619.090 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
GAME MEAT
INSPECTION
     619.095
When game meat inspection required; processing by approved establishment. (1) Game meat donated to charitable
organizations shall be inspected by the State Department of Agriculture to
determine fitness for human consumption as provided in ORS 603.045 and 619.031
or shall be inspected and determined fit for human consumption by employees of
the State Department of Fish and Wildlife or the Department of State Police who
have been trained by the State Department of Agriculture in the procedures
provided in ORS 603.045 and 619.031, and shall be processed by an establishment
approved by the State Department of Agriculture as provided in ORS 619.026 and
619.031 and may be served for human consumption by charitable organizations.
     (2) As used in subsection (1) of this
section:
     (a) “Charitable organization” means the
Department of Human Services, Oregon Youth Authority, Department of Corrections
institutions, low-income nutritional centers, public school nutritional
centers, senior nutritional centers, state hospitals and other charitable
organizations or public institutions approved by the State Department of Fish
and Wildlife.
     (b) “Game meat” includes antelope, bighorn
sheep, deer, elk, moose and mountain goat. [1983 c.575 §2; 1987 c.320 §239;
1997 c.249 §187; 2001 c.900 §209]
     619.100 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.105
Liability of public employees for inspection. No civil or criminal sanctions shall be imposed upon State Department
of Agriculture employees, State Department of Fish and Wildlife employees or
Department of State Police employees for the good faith inspection of game meat
as provided in ORS 619.095. [1983 c.575 §5]
     619.110 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §4; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.120 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.130 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.140 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.150 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.160 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.170 [Repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.180 [Repealed by 1957 c.104 §21]
     619.190 [Repealed by 1957 c.104 §21]
     619.200 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §5; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.210 [Repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.220 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §6; repealed by 1969
c.565 §48]
     619.230 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §7; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.240 [Amended by 1957 c.104 §8; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.250 [Repealed by 1955 c.11 §4]
     619.310 [1959 c.646 §1; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.315 [1959 c.646 §2; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.320 [1959 c.646 §3; 1961 c.230 §1; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.322 [1961 c.230 §4; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.325 [1959 c.646 §4; 1961 c.230 §2; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.327 [1961 c.230 §5; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.330 [1959 c.646 §§5, 6; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.335 [1959 c.646 §8; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.340 [Subsection (1) enacted as 1959 c.646 §7;
subsection (2) enacted as 1961 c.230 §6; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
IDENTIFICATION
OF FRYERS
     619.350
Definitions for ORS 619.350 to 619.380. As used in ORS 619.350 to 619.380, unless the context requires
otherwise:
     (1) “Commission” means the Oregon Fryer
Commission.
     (2) “Fryer” means a chicken of any breed
or variety, slaughtered under the age of six months, produced for sale for
human consumption as a fryer, broiler or fryer-roaster, or the cut-up parts of
such a chicken. [1959 c.385 §1; 1997 c.462 §1]
     619.355
Identification required before sale for human consumption; exception. (1) All fryers and fryer parts that are
exposed or offered for sale for human consumption in this state and that have
been grown in
     (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of
this section do not apply to fryers that are exposed or offered for sale to
ultimate consumers at the farm or ranch where the fryers were produced, if no
fryers produced elsewhere are exposed or offered for sale to ultimate consumers
at the farm or ranch. [1959 c.385 §§2,3; 1997 c.462 §2]
     619.360
Identification required before transporting for sale for human consumption. Except as provided in ORS 619.375, and
except for a common carrier, no person shall transport any fryer for purposes
of sale for human consumption unless the fryer is identified as required by ORS
619.355 (1) and 619.370. [1959 c.385 §7; 1997 c.462 §4]
     619.365
Misrepresentation concerning grower, state of origin or fresh condition. No person, by means of any representation,
either verbal, printed or written, shall willfully represent or pretend that
fryers or parts thereof:
     (1) Were grown by any person, or in any
state, other than by the person and in the state where the fryers were in fact
grown; or
     (2) Are fresh, if at any time after slaughter,
they have ever been frozen. [1959 c.385 §4; 1967 c.301 §1; 1997 c.462 §3]
     619.370
Labeling concerning addition of chemical preservative. (1) No person shall sell or display, expose,
offer or possess for sale for human consumption, a fryer to which a chemical
preservative has been added, unless it is conspicuously labeled in legible
letters or figures of not less than one-sixteenth of an inch in height with the
words “preservatives added: (here insert a list of the preservatives, by their
common or technical names).”
     (2) “Chemical preservative,” as used in
this section, means any substance, including but not limited to antibiotics,
which when added to fryers tends to prevent or retard deterioration of the
fryer, but does not include common salt, sugars, vinegars, spices or oils
extracted from spices, or substances added to food by direct exposure to wood
smoke.
     (3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this
section do not apply to a fryer or immediate container which bears a label
provided under section 81.120 of the United States Department of Agriculture
Regulations issued pursuant to the Poultry Products Inspection Act (71 Stat.
441), as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act of August 18, 1969, (82
Stat. 971; U.S.C. 451) et seq. [1959 c.385 §5; 1973 c.174 §14]
     619.375
Certain fryers excepted from provisions of ORS 619.350 to 619.380. The provisions of ORS 619.350 to 619.380 do
not apply to fryers being transported from the growerÂ’s residence or place of
business to a warehouse for storage, or to any place for inspection, grading,
packing or processing. [1959 c.385 §6]
     619.380
Enjoining violations. In
addition to other penalties and enforcement provisions contained in ORS 619.350
to 619.380, circuit courts hereby are authorized, upon petition of the Oregon
Fryer Commission, to enjoin by temporary or permanent injunction any violation
of the provisions of ORS 619.350 to 619.380. [1959 c.385 §8]
     619.410 [1957 c.104 §1; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
LABELING OF
LAMB
     619.411
Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426. As used in ORS 619.411 to 619.426:
     (1) “Commission” means the Oregon Sheep
Commission.
     (2) “Lamb” means animals defined as lamb
by the United States Department of Agriculture grading standards.
     (3) “Immediate container” means the box,
carton, bag or wrapper or other receptacle used by any person in transporting
lamb, or in which lamb is offered for sale. “Immediate container” does not
include package liners.
     (4) “Label” means the information required
by ORS 619.411 to 619.426 to be placed on the lamb or on the immediate
container by means of a stamp, stencil or printing by machine or by attaching
to the immediate container, by means of glue or paste, a machine-printed label.
[1989 c.616 §2]
     619.416
Labeling required before sale for human consumption; restriction on use of
words “Grown in
     (2) Lamb that is produced in Oregon and
processed out-of-state may carry the “Grown in Oregon” label if the producer,
processor and retailer voluntarily develop a system of tracking and are able to
prove that lamb sold for human consumption carrying the “Grown in Oregon” label
was produced in Oregon.
     (3) Lamb that is not produced in
     619.420 [1957 c.104 §10; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.421
Misrepresentation regarding grower, state of origin or fresh condition. No person, by means of any representation,
either verbal, printed or written, or by improper use of labels, shall
willfully represent or pretend that lamb:
     (1) Was grown by any person, or in any
state or country other than by the person and in the state or country where the
lamb was in fact grown.
     (2) Is fresh, if, at anytime after
slaughter, it has ever been frozen. [1989 c.616 §4]
     619.426
Enjoining violations.
Circuit courts hereby are authorized, upon petition of the Oregon Sheep
Commission, to enjoin by temporary or permanent injunction any violations of
the provisions of ORS 619.411 to 619.426. [1989 c.616 §5]
     619.430 [1957 c.104 §11; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.440 [1957 c.104 §12; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.450 [1957 c.104 §13; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.460 [1957 c.104 §14; 1967 c.637 §22; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.470 [1957 c.104 §15; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.480 [1957 c.104 §16; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.490 [1957 c.104 §§17, 18; repealed by 1973 c.174
§20]
     619.500 [1957 c.104 §19; 1971 c.695 §8; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.605 [1957 c.104 §1; 1969 c.565 §7; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.610 [1955 c.712 §1; 1957 c.614 §6; 1959 c.565 §18;
repealed by 1969 c.565 §8 (619.611 enacted in lieu of 619.610)]
     619.611 [1969 c.565 §9 (enacted in lieu of 619.610);
repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.615 [1969 c.565 §11; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.620 [1955 c.712 §10(1); repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.627 [1969 c.565 §33; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.630 [1955 c.712 §10(2); 1967 c.392 §3; repealed
by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.632 [1969 c.565 §13; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.635 [1961 c.164 §9; 1967 c.392 §4; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.637 [1965 c.483 §4; 1967 c.392 §5; 1969 c.565 §12;
repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.639 [1969 c.565 §13a; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.640 [Amended by 1955 c.712 §13; 1959 c.565 §6;
1961 c.164 §2; repealed by 1967 c.392 §11]
     619.642 [1959 c.565 §10; 1961 c.164 §3; 1967 c.392 §6;
repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.644 [1969 c.565 §26; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.645 [1957 c.614 §2; 1959 c.565 §7; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.647 [Amended by 1959 c.565 §5; 1961 c.164 §4;
repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.650 [1955 c.712 §14; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.652 [1957 c.614 §3(1); repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.654 [1957 c.614 §3(2); repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.656 [1957 c.614 §4; repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.658 [1957 c.614 §5; repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.660 [1955 c.712 §15; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.662 [1969 c.565 §29; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.664 [1969 c.565 §30; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.670 [1955 c.712 §2; 1961 c.164 §5; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
     619.675 [1969 c.565 §35; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.677 [1969 c.565 §14; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.680 [1955 c.712 §3; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.682 [1969 c.565 §40; 1971 c.734 §91; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.684 [1957 c.629 §3; 1961 c.164 §6; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.686 [1957 c.629 §5; 1961 c.164 §7; 1967 c.637 §23;
repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.687 [1959 c.565 §4; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.688 [1957 c.629 §6; 1969 c.565 §15; 1971 c.734 §92;
repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.690 [1955 c.712 §4; repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.695 [1959 c.565 §3; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.700 [1955 c.712 §5; 1959 c.565 §8; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.710 [1955 c.712 §6; 1957 c.629 §1; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.712 [1969 c.565 §27; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.714 [1969 c.565 §16; 1971 c.645 §1; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.715 [1965 c.483 §2; 1967 c.392 §7; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.716 [1971 c.645 §3; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.718 [1969 c.565 §17; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.720 [1955 c.712 §10(8); 1967 c.392 §8; repealed
by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.722 [1969 c.565 §32; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.725 [1965 c.483 §3; 1967 c.392 §9; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.730 [1955 c.712 §10(3); 1969 c.565 §18; repealed
by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.732 [1969 c.565 §23; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.734 [1969 c.565 §24; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.736 [1969 c.565 §25; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.740 [1955 c.712 §10(4); repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.750 [1955 c.712 §10(9); repealed by 1961 c.164 §11]
     619.760 [1955 c.712 §16; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.765 [1959 c.565 §13; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.769 [1969 c.565 §31; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.770 [1955 c.712 §10(6), (7); repealed by 1969
c.565 §48]
     619.774 [1969 c.565 §47; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.776 [1969 c.565 §28; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.778 [1969 c.565 §34; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.780 [1955 c.712 §§7, 9; 1957 c.614 §7; repealed
by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.781 [1969 c.565 §37; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.782 [1959 c.565 §12; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.783 [1969 c.565 §38; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.784 [1959 c.565 §11; 1967 c.392 §10; 1969 c.565 §19;
repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.786 [1959 c.565 §14; 1969 c.565 §20; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20]
     619.788 [1959 c.565 §9; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.790 [1955 c.712 §8; repealed by 1959 c.565 §20]
     619.795 [1969 c.565 §43; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.800 [1955 c.712 §11; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.810 [1955 c.712 §10(5); repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.815 [1969 c.565 §36; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.820 [1955 c.712 §12; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]
     619.822 [1969 c.565 §44; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.825 [1957 c.629 §4; 1969 c.565 §21; repealed by
1973 c.174 §20 and by 1973 c.794 §34]
     619.827 [1969 c.565 §45; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.829 [1969 c.565 §42; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.830 [1955 c.712 §10(10); repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.910 [1965 c.150 §§1, 2, 3, 4; repealed by 1973
c.174 §20]
PENALTIES
     619.990 [Subsection (5) enacted as 1955 c.712 §17;
subsection (6) enacted as 1959 c.565 §19; 1961 c.164 §10; subsection (7)
enacted as 1965 c.483 §8; subsection (8) enacted as 1965 c.150 §5; repealed by
1969 c.565 §48]
     619.991 [Derived from 1957 c.104 §20; 1959 c.385 §9;
1959 c.646 §9; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.992 [1969 c.565 §46; repealed by 1973 c.174 §20]
     619.993
Penalties for meat inspection law violations. Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 576.024, 619.010 to 619.071
and 619.370, or rules promulgated thereunder, is a misdemeanor. [1973 c.174 §16;
1975 c.304 §8]
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