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AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED “THE JONESBORO MEAT INSPECTION ORDINANCE,” PROVIDING FOR AN AGENCY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT AND SUPERVISION THEREOF, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
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WHEREAS, the sanitary slaughter of animals and the sanitary preparation and processing of the carcasses and parts thereof, and meats, prepared meats, meat food products and edible meat by-products, for market, and the preparation and labeling of such carcasses, parts, meats and products in a non-deceptive manner promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of this city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: Definitions: As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in this section:
a. The term “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other organized group of any of the foregoing.
b. The term “meat” means the skeletal part of an animal, intended for human food or without the overlying fat, portions of bones, skin and other normal components of the flesh, and the edible part of the muscle found in the tongue, the heart and the esophagus.
c. The term “prepared meat” means the product intended for human food obtained by subjecting meat to a process of drying, curing, smoking, cooking, comminuting, seasoning, or flavoring, or to any combination of such processes, to which no considerable quantity of such processes, to which no considerable quantity of any substance other than meat or meat by-products has been added.
d. The term “meat food products” means any articles of food or any articles which enter into the composition of food for human consumption, which are derived or prepared, in whole or in substantial and definite part, by a process of manufacture, from any edible portion of an animal.
e. The term “meat by-products” means all edible parts, other than meat, intended for human food, derived from an...
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