# Title 4.1 — Agriculture

## Chapter 4.1-30 — Livestock Purchased by Packing Plants

### § 4.1-30-01. Packing plant defined.

The term "packing plant" as used in this chapter means a place where livestock, exclusive
of poultry, is purchased for the purpose of slaughtering, dressing, curing, or processing the
same for storage and distribution at wholesale for human consumption.
### § 4.1-30-02. Livestock purchased by weight to be graded - Penalty.

An officer or employee of a packing plant within this state may not purchase any livestock
by weight unless such livestock has been graded and sorted in the yard and the price per pound
[.45 kilogram] for each grade fixed and determined before the livestock is weighed. Any officer
or employee of a packing plant who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.
### § 4.1-30-03. Penalty for purchase of livestock by weight without grading.

Each purchase of livestock in violation of section 4.1-30-02 is a separate offense and
constitutes an infraction upon the part of every owner of a packing plant in which such violation
occurs.
