{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94-120","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, § 120","heading":"Slaughtering of livestock or poultry; license required; application; fee","body":"Section 120. No person shall engage in the slaughter of livestock or poultry unless he has obtained a license from the department. No person shall process or manufacture meat or meat food products, poultry or poultry products, in an establishment unless he has obtained a license from the department. Persons engaged in the business of slaughter or meat or meat food processing or poultry or poultry processing, shall apply annually for a license. Such application shall be signed and sworn to by one or more of the owners or persons carrying on such business or if a corporation, by an authorized officer thereof. Such person shall state the name and address of all owners or persons carrying on said business except in the case of a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers of such corporation, and the location of said establishment or such other information as the commissioner may require. The fee for a license issued by the department shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 94"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter94/Section120","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:04Z","sha256":"e5b3951091db71ab17bd3b197f7915778e83fdfa8a0fde7f6f8aa08ade3e9266","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94-119","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-94-121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}