Alabama § 2-17-8 - Persons, Firms, Etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, Etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, Etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Etc., to Comply with Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 2-17-8 — Persons, Firms, Etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, Etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, Etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Etc., to Comply with Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-17-8. Persons, Firms, Etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, Etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, Etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Etc., to Comply with Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes.
No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, mules or other equines or poultry or parts of the carcasses of any such animals or birds that died otherwise than by slaughter unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe to assure that such animals or birds or the unwholesome parts or products thereof will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 2-17-8 cover?
Section 2-17-8 ("Persons, Firms, Etc., Buying, Selling, Transporting, Etc., Dead, Dying, Disabled, Diseased, Etc., Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Etc., to Comply with Regulations of Commissioner for Prevention of Use of Same for Human Food Purposes.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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