2006 Utah Code - 4-32-4 — License required to operate slaughterhouse -- Slaughtering livestock except in slaughterhouse prohibited -- Exceptions -- Violation a misdemeanor.

     4-32-4.   License required to operate slaughterhouse -- Slaughtering livestock except in slaughterhouse prohibited -- Exceptions -- Violation a misdemeanor.
     (1) No person shall operate a slaughterhouse in this state without a license issued by the department, nor shall any person, except in a licensed slaughterhouse, slaughter livestock as a business or assist other persons in the slaughter of livestock except as otherwise provided in Subsection (2) or (3).
     (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person who raises his own livestock or an employee of that person may slaughter livestock without a farm custom slaughter permit if:
     (a) the livestock is slaughtered on property owned by that person;
     (b) the livestock product derived from the slaughtered animal is consumed exclusively by that person or his immediate family, regular employees of that person, or nonpaying guests; and
     (c) the livestock product is marked "Not For Sale."
     (3) Domesticated elk may only be slaughtered as provided in this chapter and in Chapter 39 of this title.
     (4) Farm custom slaughter may be performed by a person who holds a valid farm custom slaughter permit.
     (5) Any person who violates this section, except as otherwise provided in Subsection (5), is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
     (6) Any person who offers for sale or sells any uninspected livestock product is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 302, 1997 General Session