Pennsylvania Act 1970-65 — INSTITUTIONAL SAFE MEAT ACT

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INSTITUTIONAL SAFE MEAT ACT
                  Act of Mar. 9, 1970, P.L. 166, No. 65               Cl. 31
                                  AN ACT

     Defining, regulating and relating to the sale of meat and
        poultry products to institutions owned, operated, related or
        funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; prescribing
        restrictions on such sales or contracts; and providing
        remedies and penalties.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Short Title.--This act shall be known and may be
     cited as the "Institutional Safe Meat Act."
        Section 2.  Definitions.--Unless the context or subject
     matter otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section
     govern the construction of this act.
        (1)  "Federal Inspection Service" means the meat and poultry
     inspection service conducted by the Meat Inspection Division and
     the Poultry Inspection Division of the Consumer and Marketing
     Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
        (2)  "Institution" means any institution or facility which is
     owned, or operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or
     receives any funds from the Commonwealth or any of its agencies,
     bureaus, departments or authorities, directly or indirectly.
        (3)  "Meat and poultry product" means any food sold for human
     consumption which is derived wholly or in part from carcasses,
     or parts or products of carcasses, of cattle, calves, sheep,
     swine, goats, poultry or other animals and whether such meat or
     poultry is prepared by slaughtering, canning, salting,
     rendering, boning, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
        (4)  "Person" means any person who has made a purchase or a
     contract with a seller on behalf of any institution.
        (5)  "Seller" means any person, firm, partnership,
     association, or other incorporated business.
        Section 3.  Prohibited Acts.--Notwithstanding the provisions
     of any other regulation or rule of law: (a) No seller shall sell
     to any institution any meat or poultry product which has not
     been inspected by the Federal Inspection Service or a
     municipality or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which has an
     inspection program consistent with and containing authorities
     comparable to such Federal Inspection Service.
        (b)  No person shall contract or purchase from any seller any
     meat or poultry product which has not been inspected as provided
     in section 3 for any institution.
        Section 4.  Penalties.--(a) Any seller or person who violates
     any provision of this act shall upon conviction be subject to
     imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine of not more than
     five thousand dollars ($5,000). For a second and subsequent
     offense any person or seller shall, upon conviction, be
     sentenced to undergo both imprisonment not exceeding one year
     and a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)
     notwithstanding the fact the seller was convicted for a first
     offense under another corporate name.
        (b)  All fines imposed and recovered for the violation of any
     of the provisions of this act shall be paid into the State
     Treasury through the Department of Revenue and credited to the
     General Fund.
        Section 5.  Severability.--If any provision of this act or
     the application thereof to any person, seller, or circumstance
     is held unconstitutional, the remainder of the act and the
     application of such provision to other persons, sellers or
     circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
        Section 6.  Repealer.--All acts or regulations or parts
     thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
        Section 7.  Effective Date.--This act shall take effect
     immediately.