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| 16.__Meat broker.__"Meat broker" means a person engaged in the | | business of buying or selling on commission meat, meat food | | products or the carcasses or parts or products of carcasses or | | otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of the articles other than | | for the meat broker's own account or as an employee of another | | person. |
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| | | 17.__Meat food products.__"Meat food products" means products | | fit for human food that are made wholly or in part from the meat | | or other portions of the carcass of an animal, excepting products | | that contain meat or other portions of the carcass only in a | | relatively small proportion or that historically are not | | considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry and | | that are exempt from definition as meat food products by the | | commissioner under conditions the commissioner prescribes to | | ensure that the meat or other portions of the carcass contained | | in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not | | represented as meat food products. |
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| | | 18.__Misbranded.__"Misbranded" applied to a carcass, meat or a | | meat food product means that: |
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| | | A.__Its labeling is false or misleading; |
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| | | B.__It is offered for sale under the name of another food; |
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| | | C.__It is an imitation of another food, unless its label | | bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word | | "imitation" and immediately after the word "imitation" the | | name of the food imitated; |
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| | | D.__Its container is made, formed or filled so that it is | | misleading; |
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| | | E.__Its package or container does not bear a label showing: |
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| | | (1)__The name and place of business of the | | manufacturer, packer or distributor; and |
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| | | (2)__An accurate statement of the quantity of the | | contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical | | count, except that under this subparagraph reasonable | | variations may be permitted and exemptions for small | | packages may be established by the commissioner by | | rule; |
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| | | F.__A word, statement or other information required by this | | chapter to appear on the label or other labeling is not placed on | | the label prominently and in terms likely to be |
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