# Title 7 — Agriculture Commissioner

## Article 7-13 — Meat Inspection

## Chapter 7-13-04 — Custom Slaughtering and Processing

### § 7-13-04-01. Marking of products.

All custom-exempt plants are required to mark all custom-exempt meat and meat food products,
other than poultry, with the words "NOT FOR SALE", stamped in block letters. The letters must be at
least three-eighths of one inch [0.95 centimeter] in height. Custom slaughtered poultry must be marked
with the owner's or processor's name and address and the statement "Exempted - P.L. 90-492."
Stamps, brands, and marks for custom-exempt meat and meat food product identification must be
preapproved by the department.
1. Each side, quarter, or other part of a carcass, including detached organs or custom
slaughtered or custom processed animals, not including poultry, must be legibly marked
immediately after slaughter or, if the animal is not slaughtered at the plant, at the time the
meat enters the plant for processing.
2. All boxes, cartons, packages, or containers of custom processed meat or meat food products,
not including poultry, must be marked at the time of packaging with the name of the facility, or
the registration number assigned by the department, with the words "NOT FOR SALE" at least
three-eighths of one inch [0.95 centimeter] in height set forth in block letters.
3. All boxes, cartons, packages, or containers of custom slaughtered poultry or poultry food
products must be marked at the time of packaging with the name and address of the owner or
processor and the statement "Exempted - P.L. 90-492."
History: Effective August 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-31-04
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-31-04, 4.1-31-07
### § 7-13-04-02. Prohibited sales.

A person or slaughtering establishment, meat processing establishment, or custom-exempt plant
that is required to be inspected pursuant to North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-31 to operate
under this chapter may not offer for sale or for barter any noninspected carcasses or parts of
carcasses.
History: Effective August 1, 2000.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-31-24
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-31-06
### § 7-13-04-03. Farm slaughter and game animals.

Animals slaughtered on the farm, or game animals, may be processed at facilities under the same
provisions as custom slaughtering or processing, provided that such animal carcasses are clean and
wholesome and are handled, stored, and prepared so as to prevent the contamination of other food
products handled, stored, or prepared at the plant. A person may not offer for sale or barter any meat,
meat byproduct, or any meat food product slaughtered or processed in this method.
History: Effective August 1, 2000.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-31-11, 4.1-31-12, 4.1-31-24

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-31-10, 4.1-31-11
### § 7-13-04-04. Sanitary requirements.

A person or facility may not conduct custom slaughtering, custom processing, or custom-exempt
operations unless such operations are conducted in accordance with the sanitary requirements under
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 303 and 381.
History: Effective August 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2004.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-31-24
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-31-11
