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duties prescribed by this chapter who accepts money, gifts or | | anything of value from a person or its officers, agents or | | employees that is given with intent to influence the inspector's | | official action or who receives or accepts from a person engaged in | | intrastate commerce a gift, money or anything of value given with | | any purpose or intent whatsoever is guilty of a crime punishable by | | a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $10,000 and by | | imprisonment for not less than one year or more than 3 years. |
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| | | 1.__Own use.__The provisions of this subchapter requiring | | inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the | | carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products at | | establishments conducting such operations do not apply: |
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| | | A.__To the slaughtering by a person of animals owned and | | raised by that person and the preparation by that person and | | transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, | | parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products of those | | animals exclusively for use by that person and members of | | that person's household and nonpaying guests and employees; |
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| | | B.__To the custom slaughter by a person of cattle, sheep, | | swine or goats delivered by the owner for custom slaughter | | and the preparation by the slaughterer and transportation in | | intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts of carcasses, | | meat and meat food products of those animals exclusively for | | use in the household of the owner by the owner and members | | of the owner's household and nonpaying guests and employees; | | or |
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| | | C.__To the custom preparation by a person of carcasses, | | parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products derived from | | the slaughter by a person of cattle, sheep, swine or goats | | of that person's own raising or from game animals delivered | | by the owner of the game animal for custom preparation and | | transportation in intrastate commerce of the custom prepared | | articles exclusively for use in the household of the owner | | by the owner and members of the owner's household and | | nonpaying guests and employees. |
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| | | When a person engages in custom operations at an establishment at | | which inspection under this chapter is maintained, the | | commissioner may exempt from inspection at that establishment any | | animals slaughtered and meat or meat food products otherwise | | prepared on such a custom basis.__Custom operations at such an | | establishment may be exempt from inspection requirements under | | this section only if the establishment complies with rules that |
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