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Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 32a - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing
Part 2 - Domesticated Game Slaughter and Processing
Section 201 - Definitions.
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UT Code § 4-32a-201 (2025)
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Effective 5/14/2019
4-32a-201. Definitions.
As used in this part:
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
4-32a-201. Definitions.
As used in this part:
- (1) "Antemortem inspection" means the inspection of live domesticated game immediately before slaughter.
- (2) "Domesticated game" means one of the following that is commercially raised for wholesale or retail sale to a restaurant, store, or end consumer:
- (a) a domesticated elk;
- (b) a bison;
- (c) a game bird; or
- (d) a rabbit.
- (3) "Domesticated game carcass" means any part of the slaughtered body of domesticated game, including entrails and edible meats.
- (4) "Domesticated game slaughter" means the slaughter of domesticated game that is not regulated under Chapter 32, Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act.
- (5) "End consumer" means an individual who:
- (a) purchases a product directly from an agricultural operation or a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105; and
- (b) does not resell the purchased product.
- (6) "Farm custom slaughter license" means a farm custom slaughter license issued under Section 4-32-107.
- (7) "Postmortem inspection" means the inspection of a domesticated game carcass after slaughter.
- (8) "Process" means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or prepare products from a domesticated game carcass.
- (9) "Slaughter" means killing domesticated game in a humane manner, including skinning or dressing.
- (10) "Veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed under Title 58, Chapter 28, Veterinary Practice Act, who has successfully completed formal training in antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection.
- (11) "Veterinarian designee" means an individual designated by a veterinarian as successfully completing formal training in antemortem inspection and postmortem inspection.
Enacted by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session
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