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SC Code § 47-19-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-40. Inspection of live poultry, carcasses and poultry products; quarantine, segregation and reinspection; condemnation and destruction or reprocessing of adulterated carcasses.

 (a) For the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in intrastate commerce of any poultry product which is capable of use as human food and is adulterated, the director shall, where and to the extent considered by him necessary, cause to be made by inspectors antemortem inspection of poultry in each official establishment engaged in processing poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce.  (b) The director, whenever processing operations are being conducted, shall cause to be made by inspectors postmortem inspection of the carcass of each bird processed, and at any time such quarantine, segregation and reinspection as he deems necessary of poultry and poultry products capable of use as human food in each official establishment engaged in processing such poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce.  (c) All poultry carcasses and parts thereof and other poultry products found to be adulterated shall be condemned and shall, if no appeal be taken from such determination of condemnation, be destroyed for human food purposes under the supervision of an inspector; provided, that carcasses, parts and products, which may by reprocessing be made not adulterated, need not be so condemned and destroyed if so reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and thereafter found to be not adulterated. If an appeal be taken from such determination, the carcasses, parts or products shall be appropriately marked and segregated pending completion of an appeal inspection, which appeal shall be at the cost of the appellant if the director determines that the appeal is frivolous. If the determination of condemnation is sustained, the carcasses, parts and products shall be destroyed for food purposes under the supervision of an inspector.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-634; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-50. Sanitary conditions and practices required in slaughtering and processing establishments.

 (a) Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products solely for intrastate commerce shall have such premises, facilities and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the board for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in intrastate commerce of poultry products which are adulterated.  (b) The director shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities or equipment, or the operation thereof, fails to meet the requirements of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-635; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-80. Processing except in compliance with chapter is prohibited.

 No establishment processing poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce shall process any poultry or poultry product capable of use as human food except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-638; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-90. Poultry and poultry products not intended for use as human food need not be inspected.

 Inspection shall not be provided under this article at any establishment for the slaughter of poultry or the processing of any carcasses or parts or products of poultry which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the board to deter their use for human food. No person shall buy, sell, transport or offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any poultry carcasses or parts or products thereof which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the board or are naturally inedible by humans.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-639; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-100. Persons required to keep records.

 The following classes of persons shall, for such period of time as the board may by regulations prescribe, not to exceed two years unless otherwise directed by the director for good cause shown, keep such records as are properly necessary for the effective enforcement of this chapter in order to insure against adulterated or misbranded poultry products for the American consumer; and all persons subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the director, afford such representative access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory and records thereof, to copy all such records and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor:  (1) Any person who engages in the business of slaughtering any poultry or processing, freezing, packaging or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any poultry, for intrastate commerce, for use as human food or animal food;  (2) Any person who engages in the business of buying or selling (as poultry products brokers, wholesalers or otherwise) or transporting, in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for intrastate commerce, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any poultry;  (3) Any person who engages in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the business of buying, selling or transporting, in intrastate commerce, any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-640; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-110. Registration with director required of persons engaged in poultry related businesses.

 No person shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a poultry products broker, renderer or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in intrastate commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any poultry intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for intrastate commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting in intrastate commerce any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry or parts of the carcasses of any poultry that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the board, he has registered with the director his name and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business and unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the board may prescribe.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-641; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-120. Violations; interference with person performing official duties under chapter.

 (a) Any person who violates the provisions of Sections 47-19-70, 47-19-80, 47-19-90, 47-19-100, 47-19-35, or 47-19-110 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, such person shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. When construing or enforcing the provisions of such sections, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation or association within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, corporation or association, as well as of such person.  (b) No carrier shall be subject to the penalties of this chapter, other than the penalties for violation of Section 47-19-90, by reason of his receipt, carriage, holding or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier of poultry or poultry products owned by another person unless the carrier has knowledge or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe that such poultry or poultry products were not inspected or marked in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or were otherwise not eligible for transportation under this chapter or unless the carrier refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the director the name and address of the person from whom he received such poultry or poultry products and copies of all documents, if there be any, pertaining to the delivery of the poultry or poultry products to such carrier.  (c)(1) A person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with a person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  (2) A person who, in the commission of any acts contained in item (1), uses a deadly or dangerous weapon is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-642; 1969 (56) 425; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 79, eff January 1, 1994; 2000 Act No. 290, Section 8, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-19-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-130. Notice of violations and opportunity to be heard.

 Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the director to the Attorney General or the appropriate solicitor for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his views orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for criminal prosecution violation of this chapter when he believes that the public interest will be adequately served and compliance with the chapter obtained by a suitable written notice or warning.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-643; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-150. Limiting entry of poultry products into inspected establishments.

 The director may limit the entry of poultry products and other materials into any official establishment under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-645; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-165 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-165. Application of chapter to pigeons.

 The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to pigeons, either live or dead, and when the term "poultry" is used in this chapter it shall be construed to include pigeons unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 492; 1982 Act No. 466 Part II Section 36.
SC Code § 47-19-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-170. Rules and regulations.

 The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall enable the director to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-646; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-19-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 19 - Poultry Products Inspection Law|Section 47-19-180. Costs of inspection.

 The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this chapter shall be borne by this State, except as provided in Section 47-19-30 and except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this chapter, at such rates as Clemson University may determine, shall be borne by such establishments. Sums received by Clemson University in reimbursement for sums paid out for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-647; 1969 (56) 425.
SC Code § 47-20-165 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 20 - Confined Swine Feeding Operations|Section 47-20-165. Promulgation and effect of separate and distinct confined swine feeding operations regulations.

 (A) In addition to any regulations authorized to be promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall promulgate regulations regarding confined swine feeding operations which are separate and distinct from the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.  (B) The separate and distinct regulations shall not be proposed until after the regulations required to be promulgated pursuant to this chapter take effect.  (C) The provisions of this chapter and Section 46-45-30 are severable and enforceable irrespective of whether a particular regulation has been promulgated.  (D)(1) The separate and distinct regulations shall include, but are not limited to, including the following:  (a) definitions;  (b) setback requirements;  (c) land application rates for animal waste and waste storage ponds;  (d) lagoon construction and maintenance requirements;  (e) odor control;  (f) vector control;  (g) application and annual operation fees;  (h) monitoring wells;  (i) certification of owners or operators of confined animal feeding operations and waste management systems;  (j) public notice requirements; and  (k) permit renewals.  (2) In addition, the separate and distinct regulations shall be based upon an evaluation of the impact upon the interests of the environment and agribusiness.  (3) In promulgating the separate and distinct regulations, the department shall use the limits, distances, and other requirements provided in this chapter as the basis for the regulations. When the department submits the proposed regulations to the General Assembly for approval, in addition to the information which must be filed pursuant to Section 1-23-120 of the 1976 Code, the department shall include an explanation for each change proposed in the separate and distinct regulations from the requirements of this chapter.  (E) When the regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this section are approved by the General Assembly or take effect without action of the General Assembly, the provisions of this chapter and Section 46-45-30, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to authority granted in this chapter, are thereby repealed and shall no longer have the force and effect of law.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 460, Section 3, eff July 1, 1996.
SC Code § 47-21-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Farm Animal, Crop Operation, and Research Facilities Protection Act".  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Actor" means a person accused of any of the offenses defined in this chapter.  (2) "Animal" means a warm- or cold-blooded animal used in food or fiber production, agriculture, research, testing, or education, including poultry, fish, and insects.  (3) "Animal facility" includes a vehicle, building, structure, or premises where an animal is kept, tested, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for sale and includes a research facility where research or testing on animals is conducted.  (4) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent.  (5) "Crop operation" includes a vehicle, building, structure, or premises where a crop is raised, maintained, tested, handled, housed, exhibited, or offered for sale and includes a research facility where research on or testing of crops is conducted.  (6) "Deprive" means:  (a) to withhold an animal or other property from the owner permanently or for such an extended time that a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner;  (b) to restore the animal or other property only upon payment for reward or other compensation; or  (c) to dispose of an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or property by the owner unlikely.  (7) "Effective consent" includes consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not effective if:  (a) induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud;  (b) given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner;  (c) given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions; or  (d) given solely to detect the commission of an offense.  (8) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor.  (9) "Person" means an individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation, joint-stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or other legal entity.  (10) "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-30. Unlawful acquisition or exercise of control.

 Without the effective consent of the owner, it is unlawful for a person to acquire or otherwise exercise control over an animal facility, an animal from an animal facility, or other property from an animal facility with the intent to deprive the owner of the facility, animal, or property, and to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-40. Unlawful damage or destruction.

 Without the effective consent of the owner, it is unlawful for a person to damage or destroy an animal facility, an animal, or property in or on an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-50. Unlawful entry or concealed presence.

 Without the effective consent of the owner, and with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility, it is unlawful for a person to:  (1) enter an animal facility, not then open to the public, with intent to commit an act prohibited by this section;  (2) remain concealed, with intent to commit an act prohibited by this section, in an animal facility; or  (3) enter an animal facility and commit or attempt to commit an act prohibited by this section.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-60. Unlawful entry or presence with notice to not enter or leave.

 (A) Without the effective consent of the owner, it is unlawful for a person to enter or remain in an animal facility with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility, and the person:  (1) had notice that the entry was forbidden; or  (2) received notice to depart but failed to do so.  (B) For purposes of this section, "notice" means:  (1) oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner;  (2) fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain animals; or  (3) a sign or signs posted on the property or at the entrance to the building, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-70. Exemptions.

 This chapter does not apply to, affect, or otherwise prohibit actions taken by:  (1) the Department of Agriculture, any other federal, state, or local department or agency, or an official or employee of these entities while in the exercise or performance of a power or duty imposed by law or regulation;  (2) a licensed veterinarian practicing veterinary medicine pursuant to Chapter 69, Title 40 and according to customary standards of care; or  (3) a person holding a legal interest in an animal facility, an animal from an animal facility, or other property in or on an animal facility who has an interest in the facility, animal, or other property superior to the interest held by the person incurring damages.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
SC Code § 47-21-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 21 - Farm Animal, Crop Operation, And Research Facilities Protection Act|Section 47-21-80. Violations; penalties.

 (A) A person violating Sections 47-21-30, 47-21-40, and 47-21-50 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  (B) A person violating Section 47-21-60 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 327, Section 1, eff April 10, 1992; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 102, eff January 1, 1994; 2012 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.