The Florida Senate

585.76  Antemortem inspection.--

(1)  ANTEMORTEM INSPECTION OF ANIMALS, EXCEPT POULTRY.--In order to safeguard the public health, the department shall conduct an antemortem inspection of all animals, except poultry, before each animal is slaughtered for food purposes.

(2)  ANTEMORTEM INSPECTION OF POULTRY.--In order to safeguard the public health, the department may, when deemed necessary, conduct an antemortem inspection of all poultry before the poultry is slaughtered for food purposes.

(3)  FACILITIES; NOTIFICATION.--Satisfactory facilities shall be provided for conducting such inspection and for separating any animal, including poultry, which is deemed unfit for immediate slaughter from the animals which pass inspection. If any owner or person in charge of an establishment is about to slaughter for food purposes any animal which the department believes may be affected with a dangerous disease condition, the department shall notify the owner or person in charge of the establishment to refrain from slaughtering the animal for food purposes until that animal is released and until the disposition of the animal is determined.

History.--s. 49, ch. 90-321.