The Florida Senate

585.75  Inspection of animal products.--

(1)  The department shall conduct inspections of all animals, of all animal products, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which animal products are prepared. Inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any animal product prepared in any establishment operating under the provision of this part, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be wholesome and safe for human consumption; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this part and by rules promulgated by the department.

(2)  The Grant of Inspection number shall be the establishment's official state number, and such number shall be used to identify all inspected and passed meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products or all poultry meat, poultry byproducts, and poultry food products inspected for wholesomeness that are prepared in such establishment. Such Grant of Inspection number may be suspended or revoked by the department at any time when the management of such establishment violates any statute or rule of the department affecting standard operating procedures and acceptable sanitary standards. Inspection may be withheld, in all or in part of an establishment, when deemed necessary by the department for specific violations. Such withheld inspection shall be continued until the violative condition has been abated by the management of the establishment to the full satisfaction of the department.

(3)  Every meat carcass inspected and passed shall be branded with a brass stamp bearing the number of the establishment and the words "Florida Inspected and Passed" or such abbreviation as approved by the department.

(4)  At all establishments within the state, there shall be inspection of animal products by the United States Department of Agriculture or the department.

History.--s. 48, ch. 90-321.