Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-3-10 - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION
Section 80-3-10-.02 - Meat Inspection Regulations Of USDA Adopted By Reference

(1) The meat inspection regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture for administration and enforcement of the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967, as published in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 9, Chapter III, Subchapter A, entitled Meat Inspection Regulations and Subchapter E entitled Regulatory Requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference thereto, as if same were fully set out herein, as the procedures and requirements which shall be followed by the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries for implementation, administration and enforcement of the state meat and poultry statutes. The specific regulations adopted hereunder by reference are as follows: Under Subchapter A, all of Parts 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 325, 329; and under Subchapter E all of Parts 416, 417, 424, 430, 441 and 500; however, Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250 shall be construed to mean the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and the U.S.D.A. Mark of Inspection under 312 above shall mean Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Mark of Inspection.

(2) It is hereby intended that the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, for meat inspection pursuant to the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967, shall be the procedures and requirements to be followed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in conducting meat and meat products inspections and in carrying out the other requirements of the meat and poultry inspection statutes of the State of Alabama, except where such regulations are in conflict with the provisions and requirements of said state statutes or any regulations promulgated thereunder or where such regulations are not applicable to, or required for, the administration and enforcement of said statutes in the manner as herein intended by the provisions of said legislative enactments.

Authors: Reginald L. Sorrells, Robert J. Russell