§ 6-243. Slaughterhouses, meat packing or processing plants or similar establishments.

(a)

No person shall operate or maintain in the City any slaughterhouse, meat packing or processing plant or similar establishment in which cattle, sheep, swine or goats are slaughtered for sale as food for human consumption or in which meat or meat food products of or derived from any of such animals are canned, cooked, cured, smoked, salted, packed, rendered or otherwise prepared for sale as food for human consumption, unless such establishment has complied with the standards regarding the physical plant, equipment, sanitary facilities, operating practices and refuse disposal facilities applicable thereto and fixed by the United States Department of Agriculture or by the State Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services or by any other meat inspection service approved by the District Health Director.

(b)

The District Health Director shall approve such other meat inspection service when its minimum sanitation standards are equivalent to those of the United States Department of Agriculture. Certification of any such establishment by any of such authorities shall constitute evidence that such establishment has complied with the required standards.

(Code 1993, § 6-134; Code 2004, § 18-329)

State Law reference— Slaughterhouses, Code of Virginia, § 3.2-5406 et seq.

(Code 1993, § 6-134; Code 2004, § 18-329)

State law reference

Slaughterhouses, Code of Virginia, § 3.2-5406 et seq.