Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 265

Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products Formerly "Standardization, Inspection and Marketing of Agricultural Products"

←265.440

Section 265.442.1

265.444→

August 28, 2015

Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited.

265.442. 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or

transportation, or receive for transportation:



(1) Any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food,

and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation,

offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation;



(2) Any meat or meat food products required to be inspected under

sections 265.300 to 265.460 unless they have been so inspected and passed;



(3) Any meat or meat products with respect to any such articles which

are capable of use as human food, on which is performed any act, while the

articles are being transported, or held for sale after such transportation,

which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be

adulterated or misbranded.



2. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation,

or receive for transportation any carcass of horses, mules, or other equines

or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless

they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified

as required by regulations prescribed by the director to show the kinds of

animals from which they were derived.



3. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or

transportation, or receive for transportation, any meat or meat products

which are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or

otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the director, or are

naturally inedible by humans.



(L. 1971 S.B. 39 §§ 2, 3)







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