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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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