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may remove inspectors from any such official establishment that
fails to so destroy any condemned carcass or part of a carcass.__
The inspectors, after the first inspection, shall, when they
consider it necessary, reinspect the carcasses or parts of
carcasses to determine whether, since the first inspection, the
same have become adulterated and, if any carcass or any part of the
carcass, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first
examination and inspection, is found to be adulterated, the carcass
must be destroyed for food purposes by the official establishment
in the presence of an inspector.__The commissioner may remove
inspectors from an official establishment that fails to so destroy
any condemned carcass or part of a carcass.

 
§2517-B.__Product inspection

 
1.__Sealed.__An inspection of products placed in a container
at an official establishment is not considered complete until the
products are sealed or enclosed under the supervision of an
inspector.

 
2.__Access to official establishment.__For purposes of a
product inspection required by this chapter, inspectors have
access at all times to any part of an official establishment
required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the
official establishment is operated or not.

 
§2518. Periodic review of noninspected licensed establishments

 
1.__Review by inspector.__The commissioner may cause
establishments that are required to be licensed under section
2514 but are exempt from inspection under section 2512,
subsection 2, paragraph K to be periodically reviewed by
inspectors to ensure that the provisions of this chapter and the
rules adopted under this chapter are satisfied and that the
public health, safety and welfare are protected.

 
2.__Review of certain slaughter or preparation establishments.__
Inspection may not be provided under this chapter at any
establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry or the
preparation of any livestock products or poultry products that
are not intended for use as human food, but these products must,
prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate
commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or
otherwise identified, as prescribed by rules of the commissioner,
to deter their use for human food.__These licensed establishments
are subject to periodic review.

 
3.__Subject to review.__A periodic review under this section
must include an examination of:


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