Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-16-1a

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section 4-16-1a - Definitions

(a) Each of the following terms, as used in the act and in the portions of the code of federal regulations adopted by reference in K.A.R. 4-16-1c, shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:

(1) "The act," "act," and "federal meat inspection act" shall mean K.S.A. 65-6a18 et seq. and amendments thereto.

(2) "Administrator," except as used in 9 C.F.R. 303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b), shall mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's designee.

(3) "Beef" shall mean the skeletal muscle of any cattle. Beef shall not include any of the following:

(A) The muscles of the tongue, heart, or esophagus;

(B) the muscles found in the lips, muzzle, or ears;

(C) any portions of bone, including hard bone, bone marrow, and related components; or

(D) any amount of brain trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, or dorsal root ganglia (DRG).

(4) "Cheek meat" shall mean meat that is the trimmed cheeks of the carcass of cattle.

(5) "Commerce" shall mean intrastate commerce.

(6) "Egg products inspection act" shall mean the Kansas egg law, K.S.A. 2-2501 et seq. and amendments thereto.

(7) "Federal food, drug and cosmetic act" shall mean the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act, K.S.A. 65-655 et seq. and amendments thereto.

(8) "Federal inspection" shall mean inspection by the Kansas department of agriculture.

(9) "Food locker plant" shall mean a "slaughter facility" or "processing facility," as defined in K.S.A. 65-6a18 and amendments thereto.

(10) "Form," either by number or by any other designation, shall mean a form supplied by the Kansas department of agriculture.

(11) "Inspected for wholesomeness by U.S. department of agriculture" shall mean inspected and passed by the Kansas department of agriculture.

(12) "Official establishment" and "establishment" shall mean any building or adjacent premises that are registered pursuant to this act, where livestock, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6a18 and amendments thereto, domestic rabbits, meat food products, poultry, or poultry products capable of use as human food are "prepared," as defined by K.S.A. 65-6a18 and amendments thereto.

(13) "Program," "food safety and inspection service," "inspection service," "service," "department," and "FSIS" shall mean the meat and poultry inspection program of the Kansas department of agriculture.

(14) "Secretary," "national supervisor," "area supervisor," "inspection service supervisor," "inspection program supervisor," "circuit supervisor," and "station supervisor" shall mean the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's designee.

(15) "U.S." and "the United States" shall mean Kansas or the state of Kansas, as appropriate.

(16) "U.S. inspected" and "government inspected" shall mean inspected by the Kansas department of agriculture.

(17) "U.S.D.A." and "USDA" shall mean Kansas department of agriculture or KDA, as appropriate.

(b) The phrase "official review and copying" in 9 C.F.R. 417.5(f), as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 4-16-1c, shall mean review and copying by the secretary of the department of agriculture or the secretary's designee.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-16-1a

Authorized by K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 65-6a20, as amended by L. 2012, ch. 145, sec. 29, K.S.A. 65-6a25, K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 65-6a30, and K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 65-6a44; implementing K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 65-6a20, as amended by L. 2012, ch. 145, sec. 29, K.S.A. 65-6a21, K.S.A. 65-6a22, K.S.A. 65-6a23, K.S.A. 65-6a25, and K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 65-6a30; effective May 1, 1982; amended May 1, 1986; amended Jan. 1, 1989; amended Jan. 21, 1991; amended Jan. 25, 1993; amended Dec. 12, 1994; amended Sept. 5, 1997; amended Sept. 1, 2006; amended Dec. 5, 2008; amended May 10, 2013.