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the commissioner adopts to ensure: that carcasses, parts of | carcasses, meat or meat food products, wherever handled on a custom | basis, and any containers or packages containing those articles are | separated at all times from carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or | meat food products prepared for sale; that articles prepared on a | custom basis and containers or packages containing those articles | are plainly marked "Not For Sale" immediately after being prepared | and are kept so identified until delivered to the owner; and that | the establishment conducting the customer operation is maintained | and operated in a sanitary manner. |
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| | 2.__Retail stores and restaurants.__The provisions of this | chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the | preparation of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food | products do not apply to operations of types traditionally and | usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants when those | operations are conducted for the sale, in normal retail | quantities, or the service of those articles to consumers at such | establishments. |
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| | 3.__Limitations.__The slaughter of animals and preparation of | articles referred to in subsection 1, paragraph B and subsection | 2 must be conducted in accordance with sanitary conditions the | commissioner establishes by rule. |
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| | 4.__Application.__The adulteration and misbranding provisions | of this subchapter, other than the requirement of the inspection | legend, apply to articles that do not require inspection under | this section. |
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| §2519-A.__Storage and handling |
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| | Whenever the commissioner determines it necessary to ensure | that carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat food products | fit for human food are not adulterated or misbranded when | delivered to the consumer, the commissioner may set by rule | conditions under which persons engaged in the business of buying, | selling, freezing, storing or transporting those articles in or | for intrastate commerce must store or handle them. |
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| §2520.__Registration of commercial establishments |
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| | A person may not operate a commercial slaughterhouse or | commercial meat processing establishment where commercial | slaughter or commercial preparation of meat or meat food products | is performed in accordance with this chapter unless that | establishment is registered by the commissioner. |
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