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| 6.__Denial, suspension or revocation of license.__The commissioner | | may, after notice and opportunity for hearing in conformance with | | the applicable provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure | | Act, suspend or revoke a license or may take any other action that | | the commissioner determines appropriate concerning a license.__The | | following are grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a | | license: |
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| | | A.__The commissioner determines that a false statement was | | made in the license application; or |
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| | | B.__The commissioner finds that the licensee failed to | | comply with this chapter or the rules made under this | | chapter. |
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| | | INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS |
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| | | §2517.__Ante mortem examination of animals to be slaughtered |
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| | | For the purpose of preventing the use in commerce of meat and | | meat food products that are adulterated, the commissioner shall | | appoint inspectors to examine and inspect all livestock before | | they are allowed to enter into a slaughtering, packing, meat- | | canning, rendering or similar official establishment in which | | they are to be slaughtered and the meat and meat food products of | | which are to be used in commerce.__All livestock found on such | | inspection to show symptoms of disease must be set apart and | | slaughtered separately from all other livestock and when so | | slaughtered the carcasses of the livestock are subject to a | | careful examination and inspection, as provided by the rules | | established by the commissioner and adopted pursuant to this | | chapter. |
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| | | §2517-A.__Post mortem examination of carcasses |
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| | | The commissioner shall appoint inspectors to examine the | | carcasses and parts of carcasses of all livestock to be prepared | | at a slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or | | similar official establishment in the State as articles of | | commerce that are useable as human food.__The carcasses and parts | | of carcasses of all such animals found to be not adulterated must | | be marked, stamped, tagged or labeled as "Inspected and Passed" | | and the inspectors shall label, mark, stamp or tag as "Inspected | | and Condemned" all carcasses and parts of carcasses of animals | | found to be adulterated.__All carcasses and parts thus inspected | | and condemned must be destroyed for food purposes by the official | | establishment in the presence of an inspector.__The commissioner |
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