Duties and Powers of the Meat Inspection Board
- Supervision and control over all abattoirs, private and public corrals, meat processing butchers' shops, packing plants, and boiling down works.
- Regulation of stock slaughtering, prohibiting slaughter outside supervised abattoirs.
- Licensing and inspection of slaughterhouses, packing houses, butchers' shops, and all establishments where meat is processed or sold.
- Regulation and supervision of carriage, storage, and treatment of meat and live stock intended for slaughter.
- Provision for destruction and disposal of diseased or unfit stock and carcasses.
- Branding of carcasses or meat from stock slaughtered in abattoirs.
- Authority to prescribe and collect fees for slaughterhouse services and inspection, including for imported meat and meat products.
- Regulation and control over the slaughter of horses for food or animals.
- Setting qualifications and duties for meat inspectors and other Board employees.
- Responsibility for design and construction of city-authorized abattoirs, stockyards, and corrals.
- Promulgation of rules and regulations, subject to mayoral approval, to implement the article's provisions effectively.
- Measures to control and prevent zoonotic transmission of animal diseases.
- Establishment of an inspection system for fish, marine products, milk, and milk products.
Amendment to the Functions of the City Treasurer
- City Treasurer to act as municipal collector of taxes.
- Collection of all taxes, assessments, licenses, and rents due to the city.
- Administration of markets and receipt of fees, fines, and court-imposed costs.
Health and Sanitary Supervision Amendments
- Expanded general supervision and control over city health and sanitary conditions, including crematories, cemeteries, and markets.
Sanitary Building and Cleaning Services Amendments
- Oversight of sanitary building and plumbing inspections.
- Care and cleaning of public buildings, markets, public toilets.
- Collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, human waste, and other offensive substances.
Transfer of Resources Upon Establishment of the Meat Inspection Board
- Transfer of appropriations, personnel, equipment, supplies, and records from Division of Veterinary Service, Division of Slaughterhouses and Stockyards, and Meat Delivery Service to the new Board.
Effectivity
- The Act takes effect upon approval.
- Approved on June 22, 1957.