S.C. Code Regs. § 27-1023

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 5, May 24, 2024

Section 27-1023 - State Meat Inspection Regulation

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.

S.C. Code Regs. 27-1023

Amended by State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 1995; State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 12, eff December 25, 1998; State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 12, eff December 22, 2000; State Register Volume 26, Issue No. 4, eff April 26, 2002; State Register Volume 27, Issue No. 10, eff October 24, 2003; State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 10, eff October 22, 2004; State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 1, eff January 27, 2006; State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 11, eff November 24, 2006; State Register Volume 31, Issue No. 12, eff December 28, 2007; State Register Volume 32, Issue No. 12, eff December 26, 2008; State Register Volume 33, Issue No. 12, eff December 25, 2009; State Register Volume 34, Issue No. 12, eff December 24, 2010; State Register Volume 35, Issue No. 12, eff December 23, 2011; State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 12, eff December 28, 2012.; State Register Volume 38, Issue No. 3, eff March 28, 2014; State Register Volume 38, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/26/2014; State Register Volume 39, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/25/2015; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/23/2016; State Register Volume 41, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/22/2017; State Register Volume 42, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/28/2018; State Register Volume 43, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/27/2019; State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/25/2020; State Register Volume 45, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/24/2021; State Register Volume 46, Issue No. 12, eff. 12/23/2022; State Register Volume 48, Issue No. 01, eff. 1/26/2024.