NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 463

SENATE BILL 91

 

 

AN ACT TO REWRITE THE MEAT MARKET LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 130-167 is rewritten to read:

"§ 130-167. Regulation of places selling meat. - For the purpose of protecting the public health, the Commission for Health Services shall promulgate rules governing the sanitation of markets where meat food products (as defined in G.S. 106-549.15(14)) or poultry products (as defined in G.S. 106-549.51(26)) are prepared and sold. The rules shall also provide a system of grading such markets. All such markets shall satisfy minimum sanitation standards as prescribed by the rules in order to operate. The rules shall include only: the preparation and storage of all food at such markets; construction and cleanliness of the building, equipment and utensils; water supply; toilet facilities; handwashing facilities; disposal of waste; lighting and ventilation; vermin control; and health of employees."

Sec. 2. G.S. 130-168 is repealed.

Sec. 3. G.S. 130-169 is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 130-169. Application of Article. - The provisions of this Article shall not apply to markets where meat food products or poultry products are prepared and sold which are under continuous inspection by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture."

Sec. 4. The title of Article 14 of Chapter 130 of the General Statutes is rewritten to be "Meat Markets."

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1981.