Individual and custom processing - Exemption from inspection requirements
N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-31-10
in effect4.1-31-10. Individual and custom processing - Exemption from inspection
requirements.
1. This chapter does not apply to an individual processing the individual's own animals
and the individual's preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of the
carcasses and meat food products provided the animals are for the exclusive use of
the individual, members of the individual's household, the individual's nonpaying
guests, and employees.
2. The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals, the
preparation of the carcasses and meat and meat food products at establishments
conducting those operations do not apply to the custom processing by a person of
animals delivered by the owner for processing, and the preparation or transportation in
intrastate commerce of the carcasses and meat food products of the animals, provided
the products are to be used exclusively in the household of the animal's owner by the
owner and members of the owner's household, nonpaying guests, and employees.
3. A custom processor may not engage in the business of buying or selling carcasses or
meat food products of animals, other than poultry, usable as human food unless the
carcasses or meat food products have been inspected and passed and are identified
as inspected and passed by the commissioner or the United States department of
agriculture.
4. The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the preparation of poultry
carcasses and poultry food products at establishments conducting those operations do
not apply to any retailer with respect to poultry products sold in commerce directly to
consumers in an individual retail store, provided the retailer does not engage in the
business of custom slaughter, and provided the poultry products sold in commerce are
derived from poultry inspected and passed by the commissioner or the United States
department of agriculture.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t04-1c31.pdf#nameddest=4p1-31-10Fetched: 10/16/2026