Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 16 - MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS INSPECTION
Section 4-16-1a - Definitions
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 4-16-1a
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Each of the following terms, as used in the act and in the portions of the code of federal regulations adopted by reference in K.A.R. 4-16-1c, shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:
(1) "The act,"
"act," and "federal meat inspection act" shall mean
K.S.A.
65-6a18 et seq. and amendments
thereto.
(2) "Administrator,"
except as used in 9 C.F.R.
303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b), shall
mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's
designee.
(3) "Beef" shall mean the
skeletal muscle of any cattle. Beef shall not include any of the following:
(A) The muscles of the tongue, heart, or
esophagus;
(B) the muscles found in
the lips, muzzle, or ears;
(C) any
portions of bone, including hard bone, bone marrow, and related components;
or
(D) any amount of brain
trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, or dorsal root ganglia (DRG).
(4) "Cheek meat" shall mean meat
that is the trimmed cheeks of the carcass of cattle.
(5) "Commerce" shall mean intrastate
commerce.
(6) "Egg products
inspection act" shall mean the Kansas egg law,
K.S.A.
2-2501 et seq. and amendments
thereto.
(7) "Federal food, drug
and cosmetic act" shall mean the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act,
K.S.A.
65-655 et seq. and amendments
thereto.
(8) "Federal inspection"
shall mean inspection by the Kansas department of agriculture.
(9) "Food locker plant" shall mean a
"slaughter facility" or "processing facility," as defined in
K.S.A.
65-6a18 and amendments thereto.
(10) "Form," either by number or by any other
designation, shall mean a form supplied by the Kansas department of
agriculture.
(11) "Inspected for
wholesomeness by U.S. department of agriculture" shall mean inspected and
passed by the Kansas department of agriculture.
(12) "Official establishment" and
"establishment" shall mean any building or adjacent premises that are
registered pursuant to this act, where livestock, as defined in
K.S.A.
65-6a18 and amendments thereto, domestic
rabbits, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products capable of use as
human food are "prepared," as defined by
K.S.A.
65-6a18 and amendments thereto.
(13) "Program," "food safety and inspection
service," "inspection service," "service," "department," and "FSIS" shall mean
the meat and poultry inspection program of the Kansas department of
agriculture.
(14) "Secretary,"
"national supervisor," "area supervisor," "inspection service supervisor,"
"inspection program supervisor," "circuit supervisor," and "station supervisor"
shall mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's
designee.
(15) "U.S." and "the
United States" shall mean Kansas or the state of Kansas, as
appropriate.
(16) "U.S. inspected"
and "government inspected" shall mean inspected by the Kansas department of
agriculture.
(17) "U.S.D.A." and
"USDA" shall mean Kansas department of agriculture or KDA, as
appropriate.
(b) The phrase "official review and copying" in 9 C.F.R. 417.5(f), as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 4-16-1c, shall mean review and copying by the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's designee.
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