Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. Definitions.
1. Commission means the State
Livestock-Poultry Health Commission, Clemson University.
2. Director means the Director,
Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University.
3. Custom Processor means the custom
preparation by any person of carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food
products derived from the slaughter by any individual of cattle, sheep, swine
or goats of his own raising or from game animals, delivered by the owner
thereof for such custom preparation and transportation in commerce of such
custom prepared article, exclusively for the use in the household by the owner
and members of the owners household and the owners non-paying guests and
employees in an establishment permitted by the State Meat Inspection Department
for that purpose.
B.
Permit required; fee; application; refusal, revocation or suspension.
1. Custom processors shall secure a permit
from the Commission.
2. The permit
fee is twenty-five dollars ($25.00) annually or for part of a year. The permit
year is July 1 to June 30. The fee must be retained by the Commission. The
Commission by regulation may increase the fee to not more than fifty dollars
($50.00).
3. The Commission, for
cause, may refuse to grant a permit, may revoke or modify a permit, or assess a
civil penalty in accordance with Section
47-4-130, South Carolina Code of
Laws (1976) as amended.
C. Adoption of Federal Meat Inspection
Regulations.
The United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Meat Inspection Regulations, 9 CFR, Chapter III, Subchapter
A, Parts 300-321, 325, 329, 332, 335, 352 and 354, and Subchapter E, Parts 412,
416-418, 424, 430, 441, 442 and 500 and all changes thereto in effect as of
January 1, 2024, are hereby adopted as the State Meat Inspection Regulations,
with exceptions as noted below.
D. Exceptions to the Federal Meat Inspection
Regulations.
1. Subchapter A, Part 307,
Section 307.5(a) - Overtime
Inspection Service. Fees and charges for overtime inspection service will be
established, as required, by the Commission.
2. Subchapter A, Part 307, Section
307.5(b) - Holiday
Inspection Service. State holidays as designated by the State Budget and
Control Board will be utilized by the state inspection program.
3. Subchapter A, Part 312 - Official Marks,
Devices and Certificates. Official state marks, devices and certificates of
inspection will be utilized by the state inspection program.
4. Subchapter A, Part 352, Section
352.5 - Holiday and Overtime Inspection
Services. Fees and charges for overtime and state holiday inspection services
will be established, as required by the Commission.
5. Subchapter A, Part 352, Section
352.7 - Marking Inspected Products.
Official state marks, devices and certificates of inspection will be utilized
by the state inspection program.
E. In addition to temporary suspension in
whole or in part of inspection services, as provided for in this regulation,
the Director may, when he determines that the operator of any official
establishment or any subsidiary therein, acting within the scope of his office,
employment or agency, has threatened to forcible assault or has forcibly
assaulted, intimidated, harassed or interfered with any program employees in or
on account of his official duties under the law, assess a civil penalty in
accordance with Section
47-4-130(b), S.C.
Code of Laws, (1976) as amended.
F.
The complete text of these regulations is available for review at the
Meat-Poultry Inspection Department, Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson
University.
