The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations providing for poultry meat grading at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants or establishments to the end that consumers of poultry and poultry products may be supplied with a product which complies with the requirements of such rules and regulations and which may also comply with requirements of the federal government or any municipality receiving such poultry or poultry products or any state to which such poultry or poultry products may be shipped.
Ala. Code § 2-18-1 (1975)