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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 35. Agriculture § 35-33-201. Processing facilities--operation--rules

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Each processing facility licensed under this article must be operated and maintained in a manner sufficient to prevent the creation of unsanitary conditions and to ensure that meat or meat products are not adulterated.

(2) Deleted by Laws 2009, Ch. 123, § 10, eff. April 16, 2009.

(3) All persons coming in contact with meat or meat products shall wear clean garments and a suitable head covering and shall keep their hands clean. No person with infected cuts or a communicable disease shall be allowed to handle meat or meat products.

(4) Deleted by Laws 2009, Ch. 123, § 10, eff. April 16, 2009.

(5) Deleted by Laws 2009, Ch. 123, § 10, eff. April 16, 2009.

(6) Unpackaged or uncovered meat or meat products shall not be moved through the slaughter, holding, or refuse rooms or areas.

(7) Deleted by Laws 2009, Ch. 123, § 10, eff. April 16, 2009.

(8) Deleted by Laws 2009, Ch. 123, § 10, eff. April 16, 2009.

(9)(a) Adulterated or inedible meat shall be decharacterized so as to unequivocally preclude its use for human food and shall be disposed of by methods approved by the commissioner.

(b) Decharacterization of adulterated or inedible meat shall be accomplished by freely slashing and covering all exposed surfaces with an edible green dye, charcoal, or such other methods as may be approved by the commissioner.

(10) All meat and meat products, except poultry, resulting from the processing or slaughter of uninspected animals:

(a) Shall, as soon as is practicable, be marked or coded with the owner's name and marked “NOT FOR SALE” in letters not less than three-eighths of an inch in height;

(b) Shall, when packaged, be marked or coded with the owner's name, the date of wrapping of the package, and the package contents, and labeled “NOT FOR SALE”; and

(c) Shall be returned to the owner or decharacterized and disposed of by methods approved by the commissioner, except for unclaimed meat from wildlife subject to the jurisdiction of the Colorado division of parks and wildlife, which shall be donated or disposed of in accordance with any applicable state or federal health or wildlife laws.

(11) All poultry and poultry products must be marked as required by the commissioner by rule.

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