DATE:     9/13/99
CONTACT:  Charles King, (803) 788-8747
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Processing Plant Permit Revoked for Marvin's Meats

     COLUMBIA -- The operator of a slaughterhouse and meat
processing plant in Charleston County has had his operating
permit revoked for two years because of repeated violations of
the state meat inspection law.
     Frank M. Marvin, operator of Marvin's Meats at 5314 Highway
162 in Hollywood, signed a consent agreement in January of this
year agreeing to the penalty, according to Charles King, director
of Clemson University's S.C. Meat-Poultry Inspection Department.
     The violations which led to the permit revocation began in
1998.
     "After a formal hearing, Marvin's Meats was found to have
sold, on several occasions, meat products in wholesale intrastate
commerce which had not been inspected for wholesomeness," King
said. "Some products were mislabeled and other products did not
contain the mandatory Safe Handling Instructions label."
     At that time, the business had its permit suspended for 
120 days and it was fined a total of $4,000.
     King said that Marvin's Meats later sold wholesale meats
while its permit was suspended.
     "Marvin's Meats is not permitted to sell cooked products 
or multiple ingredient products such as sausage in the wholesale 
trade," he said.
    The consent agreement involving Marvin's Meats was signed by
King and Jones W. Bryan, director of Clemson University's
Livestock-Poultry Health Programs.
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