603-029-1475 Transportation and Other Transactions Concerning Dead, Dying, Disabled, or Diseased Meat Animals, and Parts of Carcasses of Meat Animals that Died Otherwise than by Slaughter No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce in Oregon any dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals or parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter shall: (1) Buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, in commerce in Oregon any dead meat animal if its hide or skin has been removed; (2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce in Oregon, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal, or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such meat animal and parts are consigned and delivered, without avoidable delay, to animal food processing establishments, renderers, or collection stations that are registered as required by OAR 603-029-1300 to 603-029-1330, or to state-inspected establishments that operate under Federal inspection, or to establishments that operate under a State or Territorial inspection system approved by the Secretary as one that imposes requirements at least equal to the Federal requirements for purposes of paragraph 301(c) of the Act;4 A list of such registrants, States, and amendments thereof, will be published in the Federal Register, and information concerning the registration status of particular animal food processing establishments, renderers, or collection stations, or the status of particular States or Territories may also be obtained from the Director, Administrative Management Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250. (3) Buy any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless the person is an animal food processing establishment or renderer and is registered as required by OAR 603-029-1300 to 603-029-1330, or is the operator of an establishment inspected as required by section (2) of this rule and such meat animal or parts of carcasses are to be delivered to establishments eligible to receive them under section (2) of this rule; (4) Unload en route to any establishment eligible to receive them under section (2) of this rule, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, which are transported in commerce in Oregon by any such person: Provided, That any such dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal, or parts of carcasses may be unloaded from a means of conveyance en route where necessary in case of a wreck or otherwise extraordinary emergency, and may be reloaded into another means of conveyance; but in all such cases, the carrier shall immediately report the facts by telephone to the Department. (5) Load into any means of conveyance containing any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal, or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, while in the course of transportation in commerce in Oregon of any meat animal or parts of carcasses not within the foregoing description or any other products or other commodities. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 603.085, ORS 619.042 & ORS 619.046 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 619.042, ORS 619.046, ORS 619.026 & ORS 619.036 History: DOA 19-2022, adopt filed 07/27/2022, effective 07/28/2022