| | | A.__The styles and sizes of type to be used in labeling to | | avoid false or misleading labeling of any articles or | | animals subject to this subchapter and subchapter II; and |
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| | | B.__For articles subject to this subchapter, definitions and | | standards of identity or composition and standards of fill | | of container that are not inconsistent with standards | | established under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or | | under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. |
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| | | 4.__Use withheld.__If the commissioner has reason to believe | | that the marking or labeling or the size or form of a container | | in use or proposed for use with respect to an article subject to | | this subchapter is false or misleading, the commissioner may | | direct that the use be withheld unless the marking, labeling or | | container is modified in a manner the commissioner prescribes so | | that it is not false or misleading.__If the person using or | | proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not | | accept the determination of the commissioner, that person may | | request a hearing, which must be held in a manner consistent with | | the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, but, if the commissioner | | directs, the use of the marking, labeling or container must be | | withheld pending hearing and final determination by the | | commissioner. |
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| | | The withholding of use pending the opportunity for a hearing may | | not be considered licensing or an adjudicatory proceeding as | | those terms are defined by the Maine Administrative Procedure | | Act. |
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| | | The commissioner, by appointed experts in sanitation or by | | other competent inspectors, shall inspect all slaughtering, meat- | | canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in | | which animals are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products | | are prepared solely for intrastate commerce.__The commissioner | | shall adopt rules of sanitation that such establishments must | | maintain.__When the sanitary conditions of an establishment | | result in adulterated meat or meat food products, the | | commissioner shall refuse to allow the meat or meat food products | | to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "Maine Inspected and | | Passed." |
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| | | §2515-A.__Time of inspection |
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| | | When the slaughtering of animals or the preparation of food | | products of animals is conducted at night at an establishment in | | which animals are prepared for intrastate commerce, the | | commissioner, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, shall |
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