LD 2687
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or poultry products are prepared for human food solely for
distribution in intrastate commerce;

 
B.__Require the identification of livestock and poultry for
inspection purposes and the marking and labeling of
livestock products or poultry products or their containers,
or both, as "Maine Inspected and Passed" if the products are
not found upon inspection to be adulterated and "Maine
Inspected and Condemned" if they are found upon inspection
to be adulterated and the destruction for food purposes of
all the condemned products under the supervision of an
inspector;

 
C.__Prohibit the entry into official establishments of
livestock products and poultry products not prepared under
federal inspection or inspection pursuant to this chapter
and further limit the entry of these articles and other
materials into licensed establishments under conditions that
the commissioner determines necessary to carry out the
purposes of this chapter;

 
D.__Require that when livestock products and poultry
products leave official establishments they bear directly on
the products or on their containers, or both, as the
commissioner may require, all information required under
section 2511, subsection 29 and require approval of all
labeling and containers to be used for the products when
sold or transported in intrastate commerce to ensure that
they comply with the requirements of this chapter;

 
E.__Investigate the sanitary conditions of each licensed or
official establishment under paragraph A and withdraw or
otherwise refuse to provide inspection service at a licensed
or official establishment where the sanitary conditions are
such as to render adulterated the livestock products or
poultry products prepared or handled there;

 
F.__Establish standards relating to sanitation for all
establishments required to have inspection under paragraph A
or required to be licensed under section 2514; and

 
G.__Require that persons licensed under this chapter keep
records; fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved
in their business; and afford to the commissioner and the
commissioner's representatives, including representatives of
other governmental agencies designated by the commissioner,
access to their places of business and opportunity, at all
reasonable times, to examine the facilities, inventory and
records, to copy the records and


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