Minnesota Administrative Rules

1721.0200 INTRASTATE MOVEMENT REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Breeding swine and feeding swine.

Breeding swine and feeding swine that are moved from a premises to another location in the state must be officially identified except for:

A.

swine which move under an approved swine production system health plan;

B.

swine that are moved to another location within the same herd;

C.

swine in slaughter-only classes moved to a public exhibition;

D.

swine consigned to a state-federal approved livestock market that move directly from the farm of origin to the market;

E.

swine moving from the farm of origin to an approved slaughter-swine buying station; or

F.

swine moving directly to slaughter at a slaughtering establishment under federal inspection.

Subp. 2.

Slaughter sows, boars, and stags.

An agent transporting sows, boars, and stags from a livestock producer to a livestock dealer, livestock market, stockyards, commission company, concentration point, or slaughter establishment must supply the receiving agent or agency with the name and address of the producer. Sows, boars, and stags received by a livestock dealer, livestock market, stockyard, commission company, buying station, swine concentration point, or slaughtering establishment must be identified with an official back tag, tattoo, or other identification device authorized by the board so they can be traced back to the herd of origin. Records of the identification numbers and date of application in correlation to the name and address of the producer must be maintained and submitted to the board upon request.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 35.03

History:

37 SR 1396

Published Electronically:

April 4, 2013