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An Act To Protect the Products of Maine Farmers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2512, sub-§2, ¶O, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 777, §1, is amended to read:
 
O. Establish conditions for storage and handling of livestock products and poultry products by persons engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing or transporting these products in or for intrastate commerce to ensure that these products are not adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer; and
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2512, sub-§2, ¶P, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. E, §1, is further amended to read:
 
P. Establish the method for providing voluntary inspection and withdrawal of inspection of exotic animals, wild game, domesticated deer and domestic rabbits. These rules may also provide for the inspection of meat and meat food products derived from those animals. The commissioner shall provide voluntary inspection of bison, domesticated deer and ratite produced in the State, including the inspection of meat and meat food products derived from bison, domesticated deer and ratite, for which the commissioner shall charge a fee of $35 per hour. The commissioner shall charge $35 per hour per inspection of meat and meat food products processed in the State but derived from bison, domesticated deer and ratite produced outside the State.; and
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §2512, sub-§2, ¶Q  is enacted to read:
 
Q.  Establish procedures for the disposition of inspected meat, meat products, poultry and poultry products that have been found to be misbranded but not found to be adulterated.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 129th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.