Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                        CHAPTER 258-S.F.No. 1140
           An act relating to agriculture; requiring swine herd 
          identification for disease control and meat inspection;
          proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapter 17A.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [17A.091] [SWINE IDENTIFICATION AND HEALTH 
STANDARDS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DELAY BEFORE SLAUGHTER REQUIRED.] Any 
livestock dealer, market operator, stockyard operator, 
commission company, buying station, or slaughtering 
establishment must identify the herd of origin, regardless of 
country of origin, of sows, boars, stags, and other swine.  
Sows, boars, stags, or other swine delivered for slaughter in a 
United States Department of Agriculture sealed shipment may not 
be slaughtered for a period of (1) seven days after receipt for 
slaughter or (2) until the commissioner determines, based upon 
laboratory analysis results for 50 percent of the animals in the 
shipment, that the animals meet United States Department of 
Agriculture and the United States Food and Drug Administration 
standards, whichever is later. 
    Subd. 2.  [RULES.] The commissioner may adopt permanent and 
emergency rules to implement this section. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved May 30, 1985