The Florida Senate

828.25  Administration; rules and regulations; inspection; fees.--

(1)  The department shall administer the provisions of this act. It shall promulgate and may from time to time revise rules and regulations which shall conform substantially to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to the Federal Humane Slaughter Act of 1958, Pub. L. No. 85-765, 72 Stat. 862, and any amendments thereto; provided, however, that the use of a manually operated hammer, sledge or poleax is declared to be an inhumane method of slaughter within the meaning of this act.

(2)  The department may appoint any member of its staff as an official inspector for the purposes of this act. Such inspector shall have the power to enter the premises of any slaughterer for the purposes of verifying compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of this act.

(3)  As soon as practicable after October 1, 1961, an inspection shall be made of the premises of each slaughterer. Additional inspections shall be made not less frequently than quarterly. No fee shall be charged for such inspection.

History.--s. 1, ch. 61-254; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106.