2025 Session
Last amended: 1921 session
§ 31.601 — Protection of Meat
Plain-Language Summary
This section requires meat, fish, fowl, and game sellers to protect their products from dust, flies, and other contamination while selling or transporting them. Violating this rule is a misdemeanor.
31.601 PROTECTION OF MEAT.
Every dealer in meats, fish, fowl, or game for human food, at the place of offering or exposing for sale, and in the transportation of such food from place to place to customers, shall protect the same from dust, flies, and other vermin or substance which may injuriously affect it, by securely covering it while being so offered or exposed for sale or transported. Every violation of the foregoing provision shall be a misdemeanor.
History:
History: History: (3825) 1921 c 495 s 36
Practical Notes
If you sell meat, fish, or poultry, you must keep it covered and protected from contamination during sales and delivery. Failing to properly protect food products is a criminal offense.