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inspectors appointed for that purpose, examine and inspect animals | before they are allowed to enter into a slaughtering, packing, | meat-canning, rendering or similar establishment in this State in | which slaughtering and preparation of the meat and meat food | products are conducted solely for intrastate commerce.__Animals | found on inspection to show symptoms of disease must be set apart | and slaughtered separately from all other animals.__After a | diseased animal is slaughtered, its carcass must be subject to a | careful examination and inspection, as provided by rules adopted by | the commissioner. |
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| §2512-A.__Postmortem examination and inspection |
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| | 1.__Postmortem examination.__The commissioner, by inspectors | appointed for that purpose, shall perform a postmortem | examination and inspection of the carcass of an animal that is | fit for human food at a slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, | packing, rendering or similar establishment in this State in | which meat and meat food products are prepared for intrastate | commerce. |
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| | 2.__Carcass not adulterated.__The carcass of an animal found | to be not adulterated must be marked, stamped, tagged or labeled | as "Inspected and Passed."__After the first inspection, an | inspector may reinspect a carcass to determine whether that | carcass has been adulterated since the first inspection. |
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| | 3.__Adulterated carcass.__If, after a first or 2nd inspection, | a carcass is found to be adulterated, the carcass must be marked, | stamped, tagged or labeled "Inspected and Condemned."__A carcass | that is inspected and condemned must be destroyed for food | purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. |
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| | Sections 2512 and 2512-A apply to all carcasses of animals and | the meat or meat products of those carcasses, fit for human food, | that are brought into a slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, | packing, rendering or similar establishment where inspection | under this subchapter is maintained, and the examination and | inspection must be performed before those carcasses are allowed | to enter into any department where they are to be treated and | prepared for meat food products.__Sections 2512 and 2512-A apply | to all products that, after having been issued from a | slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or | similar establishment, must be returned to the same or to any | similar establishment where inspection is maintained. |
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| §2514.__Inspectors; powers and duties |
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