The town council of the town determines that it is for the best interests of the health and general welfare of the inhabitants of the town, that all meat or meat products, as defined in this chapter, offered for sale, displayed for sale, sold or served commercially by any person in the town, shall bear the official stamp, emblem or legend of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, of the state of Montana, or of the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Ord. 21A (part), 1967)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words, phrases, names and terms shall be construed respectively to mean:
A. 
"Animals"
means cattle, calves, sheep, swine and goats;
B. 
"Carcass"
means all parts, including viscera, of a slaughtered animal that are capable of being used for human food;
C. 
"Meat"
means the flesh of all edible parts capable of being used for human food and consumption, of cattle, calves, sheep, swine and goats;
D. 
"Person"
means a natural person, partnership, corporation, or other organization and every officer, agent and employee thereof, and the singular shall include the plural as the case may be.
(Ord. 21A (part), 1967)
It is unlawful for any person to offer for sale, display for sale or sell any meat or meat products as de fined in this chapter, which does not bear the official stamp, emblem or legend of either the State Livestock Sanitary Board of the state or of the United States Department of Agriculture, or shall any meat or meat products be served commercially unless the whole of such portions served was a part of meat or meat products which bore the official stamp, emblem or legend of the State Livestock Board or of the United States Department of Agriculture. All of such meat or meat products bearing such official stamp, emblem or legend must have been inspected by veterinarians authorized to so inspect and place the official stamp, emblem or legend thereon by either the State Livestock Sanitary Board or the United States Department of Agriculture, and inspected and approved in accordance with their respective rules and regulations and in conformity with the state and federal laws.
(Ord. 21A (part), 1967)
The sanitary inspector of the town-county health department of the town and the county shall, after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, inspect all establishments within the town offering for sale, displaying for sale or selling meats or meat products to the public, either wholesale or retail, and places of commercial consumption of meat or meat products to insure that only meat and meat products bearing accepted and approved inspection legend are stored, kept, sold, distributed, processed or otherwise handled by such establishments, and such sanitary inspector, or his deputies, are authorized and directed, under the authority hereof, to enter and inspect any of the above mentioned establishments at any time.
(Ord. 21A (part), 1967)
The general rules and regulation of the Montana Livestock Sanitary Board governing the preparation, processing, storage, or other handling or disposition of any product coming within the general scope and purview of this chapter, shall be and are adopted for the conduct and guidance of meat inspection within the channels of trade of the town.
(Ord. 21A (part), 1967)
Violation of this chapter is a municipal infraction subject to the provisions of Sections 7-1-4150 through 7-1-4152, MCA.
(Ord. 207 §§ 23, 46, 2000)