ENROLLED
H. B. 4530
(By Delegates Beane, Ennis, Perdue, Blair and Frich)
[Passed March 11, 2004; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §19-2B-1 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a
new section, designated §19-2B-1a, all relating to
continuation of the meat and poultry inspection program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §19-2B-1 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding
thereto a new section, designated §19-2B-1a, all to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2B. INSPECTION OF MEAT AND POULTRY.
§19-2B-1. Purpose and construction.
Subject to the provisions of section seven of this article,
the basic purpose of this article is to provide for the inspection,
labeling and disposition of animals, poultry, carcasses, meat
products and poultry products which are to be sold or offered for sale through commercial outlets for human consumption, the
licensing of commercial slaughterers, custom slaughterers and
processors, and the inspection of slaughterhouses and processing
plants located in the state of West Virginia. This article, being
intended to protect the health of the citizens of West Virginia,
shall be liberally construed.
§19-2B-1a. Continuation of meat and poultry inspection program.
The meat and poultry inspection program shall continue to
exist, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, until the first day of July, two thousand ten, unless
sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the
provisions of that article.