HLS 16RS-638 ENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 515
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS
AGRICULTURE/MEAT: Provides relative to the inspection of meat
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 3:4215(B)(introductory paragraph), relative to exemptions
3 applicable to the inspection of meat; to remove the exemption from inspection
4 applicable to slaughtered animals; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 3:4215(B)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted
7to read as follows:
8 ยง4215. Exemption; farmers, custom, retailers, restaurants, and similar retail type
9 establishments
10 * * *
11 B. The provisions of this Chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of
12 animals and the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products
13 shall not apply when all of the following apply:
14 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 515 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Anders
Abstract: Removes the exemption from inspection applicable to the slaughter of animals.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-638 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 515
Present law provides that the requirement for the inspection of the slaughter of animals and
the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall not apply when
certain conditions are met.
Proposed law modifies present law by removing the slaughter of animals from the exemption
of inspection.
(Amends R.S. 3:4215(B)(intro. para.))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.