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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-32 - Issuance of certificate for healthy cattle

4:5-32. Issuance of certificate for healthy cattle
Whenever the department has made or caused to be made an examination of cattle within this state, and shall have ascertained them to be sound and in good health, the department shall, upon request of the owner, give to him a certificate in writing, signed by the secretary of agriculture, certifying to the fact of the examination and of the good health and condition of the animal or herd.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-33 - Co-operation with federal bureau

4:5-33. Co-operation with federal bureau
The department may co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States in any general national system which may be adopted by such bureau for the prevention of the spread of bovine tuberculosis and any other contagious or infectious disease, and its eradication in the United States and its territories.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-34 - Obtaining information as to owners and cattle in given area

4:5-34. Obtaining information as to owners and cattle in given area
The department may obtain information regarding the number of cattle owners and the number of cattle in a county, township, municipality or other designated area in order to carry out a plan for the tuberculin testing of cattle for the control and eradication of tuberculosis in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture. A record of the information obtained shall be filed in the office of the Department of Agriculture. Expenses incurred in procuring this information shall be paid for from funds appropriated to the department.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 876, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-35 - Co-operation by department with local organizations

4:5-35. Co-operation by department with local organizations
The department may co-operate with an organization or organizations or recommend the formation of a new organization in a county, township, municipality or other designated area and delegate to such organization or organizations any duties it may deem advisable for the purpose of promoting and carrying out the work in connection with the tuberculin testing of cattle for the control and eradication of tuberculosis.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-36 - Appropriations by municipalities and counties

4:5-36. Appropriations by municipalities and counties
The county boards of freeholders in their respective counties and the governing bodies of townships, municipalities or other designated areas may make such appropriations from the general funds of their county, township, municipality or other designated area as will enable them to co-operate effectively with the cattle owners, the state department of agriculture and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of tuberculosis under the area plan of testing or any other plan.
The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used in the county, township, municipality or other designated area in which it originated subject to the approval of the state department.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-37 - Testing at instance of majority of owners in area, representing three-fourths of cattle

4:5-37. Testing at instance of majority of owners in area, representing three-fourths of cattle
When a majority of the resident cattle owners, representing seventy-five per cent of the cattle in a county, township, municipality or other designated area have either placed their cattle under supervision or petitioned upon forms issued and approved by the department for tuberculin testing of their cattle, the department shall notify the board of freeholders or other governing body of the county, township, municipality or other designated area of such fact and may commence tuberculin testing under the area or any other approved plans without expense to the owner to the extent of funds available, provided the owners agree to comply with all the provisions of this article and all orders, rules and regulations formulated thereon.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-38 - Testing and quarantine at instance of three-fourths of owners within area

4:5-38. Testing and quarantine at instance of three-fourths of owners within area
When seventy-five per cent of the cattle owners in a county, township, municipality or other designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin testing of their cattle under the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department, the department shall cause a notice of such fact to be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the county or counties where the cattle are maintained and after a period of thirty days from the publication of the notice the state board of agriculture shall order placed under quarantine all cattle that have not been officially tuberculin tested or whose owners have not petitioned for an official tuberculin test and under such quarantine no cattle shall be sold, given away or otherwise removed from the premises except on written order issued by the department.
All owners of cattle quarantined under this section shall be allowed the same privilege of petitioning the department for the application of an official tuberculin test and removal of the quarantine as provided for in this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-39 - Testing all cattle within area at instance of ninety per cent of owners

4:5-39. Testing all cattle within area at instance of ninety per cent of owners
When ninety per cent of the cattle owners of a county, township, municipality or other designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin testing of their cattle under the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department, the department, through its authorized veterinarians, may enter the premises of the remaining ten per cent and officially tuberculin test and retest all cattle at such times as they may deem advisable and order the quarantine and slaughter of all reactors found, without the consent of the owner, and compensation or indemnity for such reactors if eligible to appraisement may be paid as provided for when a petition and agreement signed by the owner has been filed with the department.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-40 - Assistance by owners in testing

4:5-40. Assistance by owners in testing
The owners of cattle which are to be officially tuberculin tested or retested shall, when requested to do so by a representative of the department, stable the cattle and furnish all reasonable assistance to the representative of the department in restraining, handling and caring for them until the completion of the test.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-41 - Notice to owner of special quarantine

4:5-41. Notice to owner of special quarantine
Any veterinarian, agent or authorized representative of the department establishing a special quarantine shall transmit to the owner or representative a written notice advising of the establishment of the quarantine. Such quarantine shall continue for such time as may be deemed advisable to accomplish the purpose of the quarantine.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-42 - Bringing in or removing cattle from area adopting plan

4:5-42. Bringing in or removing cattle from area adopting plan
Whenever a county, township, municipality or other designated area has become enrolled in the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department, no cattle shall be brought into or moved within the county, township, municipality or other designated area except as provided in the rules and regulations prescribed by the state board of agriculture.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-43 - Interference with test or mark of identification

4:5-43. Interference with test or mark of identification
No person shall treat any cattle with a material or substance for the purpose of interfering with a tuberculin test or with a reaction to a tuberculin test, or shall interfere in any way with a representative of the department who is making or assisting with a tuberculin test or shall alter or change an ear tag or other mark of identification for the purpose of concealing the identity of any cattle or shall otherwise attempt to interfere with the identification of any cattle.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-44 - Quarantine and slaughter of reactors

4:5-44. Quarantine and slaughter of reactors
All cattle reacting to an official or authorized private tuberculin test or declared tuberculous as a result of an authorized physical examination or other method of determining tuberculosis approved by the Department of Agriculture, shall not be again presented for a tuberculin test but shall be immediately segregated, quarantined and held at the owner's expense, until the department issues a written order to move the cattle, which removal shall be done immediately at the owner's expense, to designated slaughtering centers. The cattle shall be slaughtered at the time and place specified in the written order under the supervision of an authorized veterinarian approved by the department who shall judge the carcass for evidence of tuberculosis and as to fitness for food and file a report of the same within five days.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 876, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-45 - Disposal of reactors or removal of cattle from quarantine

4:5-45. Disposal of reactors or removal of cattle from quarantine
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away or otherwise dispose of or purchase any cattle that have been classed as reactors, declared tuberculous or suspicious of being tuberculous either on official or private test, or shall remove any cattle from any herd that has been quarantined except on written order issued by the department as provided in section 4:5-44 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-46 - Transportation of cattle classed as reactors or suspicious

4:5-46. Transportation of cattle classed as reactors or suspicious
No person shall deliver for transportation, receive for transportation, transport, drive on foot or otherwise remove from the premises where they are located to any other point or place any cattle that have been classed as reactors, declared tuberculous or suspicious of being tuberculous either on official or private tuberculin test except on written order issued by the department as provided in section 4:5-21 of this Title.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 876, s. 18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-47 - Standard of tests; report of tests

4:5-47. Standard of tests; report of tests
All tuberculin tests, either official or private, shall be made according to the standards established, methods prescribed and in a manner acceptable to the department.
A report of such tests shall be made to the department by the veterinarian making the same within seven days, on forms provided by the department and shall include the name and address of the owner, location of premises and a complete record of the animals and such other information as may be required on the forms.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-48 - Rejection of tests or alleged tests; official test

4:5-48. Rejection of tests or alleged tests; official test
The department may refuse to accept any tuberculin test or tests of native or imported cattle, either made or alleged to have been made, which in its judgment have not been properly conducted and hold such cattle in segregation and quarantine at the owner's expense subject to an official test.
If the owner of cattle so quarantined shall request the department to authorize an official tuberculin test of the cattle and agree to carry out all the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the state board of agriculture, reactors found on such test or tests may be appraised, if eligible to appraisement, and indemnity paid as provided in this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-49 - Marking cattle passing test or declared suspicious

4:5-49. Marking cattle passing test or declared suspicious
All cattle passing or declared suspicious as the result of an official or private tuberculin test shall be marked for identification by an approved metal ear tag furnished by the department or designated by the department and furnished by the owner, except pure breds which may be reported for identification by registration name and number, tattoo or chain lock number. No two animals in one lot shall bear the same number.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-50 - Marking condemned cattle

4:5-50. Marking condemned cattle
All cattle condemned as a result of an official or private tuberculin test shall be plainly and permanently marked for identification by a representative of the department or the individual making or assisting with the test in a manner acceptable to or authorized by the department.
The marking of cattle for identification as provided for in this article, shall not be construed as cruelty to animals within the meaning of any laws of this state.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-51 - Loss of rights by owner on failure to comply with article

4:5-51. Loss of rights by owner on failure to comply with article
Whenever the department is satisfied that any owner has failed to comply with any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under the provisions of this article, the owner shall be so notified in writing by the department, and shall immediately lose all rights or interest acquired, if any, under the provisions of this article. The owner shall not be reinstated thereunder except by the authority of the department upon written application made by him to the department for that purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-52 - Certification of area as modified accredited area

4:5-52. Certification of area as modified accredited area
When the percentage of tuberculous cattle within a county, township, municipality or other designated area enrolled in the area or any other plan of tuberculin testing approved by the department as shown by the last preceding tuberculin test of all breeding and dairy cattle within the county, township, municipality or other designated area is reduced to meet the requirements of a "modified accredited area" as officially defined by the United States department of agriculture, the department shall apply to the United States department of agriculture for the certification of such county, township, municipality or other designated area as a "modified accredited area" .
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-53 - Failure to have retest; penalty

4:5-53. Failure to have retest; penalty
Any owner of cattle enrolled in the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department who fails or refuses to have his animals retested when notified by the department shall be considered as violating his agreement and shall become subject to the penalty provided in section 4:5-75 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-53.2 - Quarantine

4:5-53.2. Quarantine
When the percentage of tuberculous cattle within a county, township, municipality or designated part thereof, exceeds one-half of one per centum ( 1/2 of 1%) of the cattle within such county, township, municipality or designated part thereof, the department may impose a quarantine on all the cattle within such county, township, municipality or designated part thereof, during the period of the quarantine. Such quarantine may be continued by the department until such time as the infection is reduced below one-half of one per centum ( 1/2 of 1%) according to the official tests.
L.1945, c. 204, p. 702, s. 3, supplementing chapter five of Title 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-53.3 - Disinfecting quarters of infected animals

4:5-53.3. Disinfecting quarters of infected animals
When positive reaction to any tuberculin test results, the department may provide special services to insure complete and continued disinfecting of the quarters in which such infected animals have been housed and may make recommendations for such change in the ventilation and accommodations of such quarters as will tend to eradicate the infection.
L.1945, c. 204, p. 702, s. 4, supplementing chapter five of Title 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-53.4 - Cattle consigned to auction markets

4:5-53.4. Cattle consigned to auction markets
All cattle exceeding two hundred pounds in weight except those to be sold for dairy purposes delivered to any regularly established auction market shall be plainly and permanently marked with the letter "S" in a conspicuous place by the operators or representatives of the auction market. Such marking shall not be construed as cruelty to animals within the meaning of any law of this State.
Cattle delivered to any regularly established auction market to be sold for dairy purposes need not be branded, but if they were consigned to the auction market from a point within this State they shall have been officially tested within sixty days before the sale or shall be tuberculin tested before leaving the sale, the tuberculin test chart to accompany the animal. Cattle consigned to the auction market from any point outside this State shall have met all regulations concerning the importation of cattle into New Jersey as provided in this article.
L.1946, c. 247, p. 878, s. 24. Amended by L.1951, c. 30, p. 136, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-54 - Tuberculin test as prerequisite to importation; exceptions; health certificate; quarantine

4:5-54. Tuberculin test as prerequisite to importation; exceptions; health certificate; quarantine
The importation of cattle into this State is hereby prohibited, except as provided in section 4:5-69 of this Title, unless such cattle have passed a tuberculin test within thirty days immediately prior to their importation; except, however, that when the State Board of Agriculture has knowledge of specific areas that are sufficiently free of tuberculosis to warrant an exception to this requirement, the board may designate such areas as sources from which cattle may be imported without such test prior to importation, but all cattle imported from such designated area shall be accompanied by a health certificate approved by the chief regulatory official of the point of origin showing the number of animals shipped and certifying that they originated in a modified accredited area and are free from and have not been exposed to contagious, infectious or parasitic diseases, and upon arrival in New Jersey such cattle shall be held in quarantine until officially tuberculin tested at the owner's expense and released by the department.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 877, s. 19; L.1947, c. 207, p. 868, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-57 - Standard for all tests

4:5-57. Standard for all tests
All tuberculin tests shall be made according to the standards established by the department and executed by a veterinarian in good standing recognized by the department.
In the case of tests made outside of the state the certificates of tests of the veterinarians shall be certified by the authorities of the state in which the test is made, having jurisdiction similar to that of the department in this state. The department may refuse to accept any such certificate if in its judgment the veterinarian is not competent.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-58 - Certificate accompanying cattle imported and display thereof

4:5-58. Certificate accompanying cattle imported and display thereof
Cattle imported into this State, excepting those for immediate slaughter as specified in section 4:5-69 of this Title, shall be accompanied by the certificate of tuberculin test prescribed in section 4:5-59 of this Title, or by the health certificate prescribed in section 4:5-54, the certificate to be in the possession of the attendant or drover bringing the cattle into this State or, if the importation is by common carrier, in the possession of the agent of the common carrier having charge of the importation.
All such attendants, drovers or agents shall be required to show the certificate of tuberculin test or the health certificate upon request of any officer or agent of the department and to satisfy such officer or agent that the provisions of this article are being complied with.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 877, s. 20; L.1947, c. 207, p. 868, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-59 - Contents of certificate

4:5-59. Contents of certificate
The certificate of tuberculin test shall contain the following information:
a. The number of cattle to be brought in and the lines and route over which they are to travel;
b. The tag number, gender, breed, approximate age, color and markings of the animal;
c. The name and address of the person from whom the cattle were consigned, and the name and address of the consignee;
d. The date of the tuberculin test, and the kind of test made; and
e. The signature of the veterinarian making the test with a complete record of the same made in accordance with the method prescribed by the department, and such other information as may be deemed advisable.
Amended by L.1947, c. 207, p. 869, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-61 - Tagging or marking cattle imported

4:5-61. Tagging or marking cattle imported
All cattle imported into this State, except those imported from areas designated by the board as provided in section 4:5-54 of this Title, and except those imported for immediate slaughter as specified in section 4:5-69 of this Title, shall bear a tag number or other mark of identification to be furnished or designated by the department. No two or more of such tags or marks used in the same shipment shall bear the same number.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 877, s. 21; L.1947, c. 207, p. 869, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-62 - Notice to division of intention to import cattle

4:5-62. Notice to division of intention to import cattle
A copy of the certificate shall be mailed to the Director of the Division of Animal Health on or before the date the cattle are started on their journey into this State. The copy shall serve as a notice of the shipper's intention to bring such cattle into the State.
Amended by L.1967, c. 175, s. 3, eff. July 25, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-63 - Notice to division of arrival and location of cattle imported

4:5-63. Notice to division of arrival and location of cattle imported
Within 3 days after the arrival of the cattle at their destination within the State, the owner or custodian shall notify the Director of the Division of Animal Health, Department of Agriculture, Trenton, either by telegraph or telephone, of the arrival of the cattle imported and their location in this State.
Amended by L.1967, c. 175, s. 4, eff. July 25, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-64 - Where certificate is unsatisfactory

4:5-64. Where certificate is unsatisfactory
The department may refuse to accept any certificate which, in its judgment, does not show a satisfactory test or which is not properly executed.
The department may quarantine cattle imported into this State without a satisfactory certificate at the expense of the shipper until receipt of evidence that a satisfactory test has been made, that the cattle meet all requirements for shipment to this State and that the certificate has been approved by the proper regulatory official of the State of origin. In lieu of this approved certificate the cattle shall be returned to the State of origin on permit issued by the regulatory officials of that State or be consigned to slaughter.
Amended by L.1953, c. 315, p. 1856, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-65 - Inspection of imported cattle prior to removal from destination; retest

4:5-65. Inspection of imported cattle prior to removal from destination; retest
Cattle coming into the State shall not be sold or removed from their destination in the State until they have been inspected by a representative of the department, and retested at the owner's expense if thought advisable. The charge shall be paid by the shipper before the cattle are tested by an authorized agent of the department. If the provisions of this article have been complied with, the Division of Animal Industry of the department shall authorize the field representative to sign the certificate, thus releasing the cattle.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 878, s. 22; L.1953, c. 315, p. 1856, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-67 - Importation contrary to article

4:5-67. Importation contrary to article
Where cattle are imported into the State contrary to this article the department shall immediately place a quarantine on the farm where the imported cattle shall be held at the owner's expense, and no animals nor dairy products shall be moved from such farm, pending the return of such imported cattle to the State of origin on a permit issued by the regulatory official of the State of origin, or until such cattle have been sent to slaughter under written permit from the department.
Amended by L.1953, c. 315, p. 1857, s. 4; L.1961, c. 79, p. 619, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-69 - Importation for immediate slaughter

4:5-69. Importation for immediate slaughter
Cattle may be imported into this State for immediate slaughter when consigned by railroad to a public stockyard or abattoir having State, Federal or other veterinary inspection approved by the department or when permission for such importation, in writing, is obtained from the Director of the Division of Animal Health at the time shipment is made. When cattle entering under such written permission have reached their destination the owner or custodian shall immediately notify the Director, Division of Animal Health, at Trenton, either by telegraph or telephone, of their arrival and shall hold them in quarantine, separated from other cattle and stock, at the point of destination, until slaughtered under the supervision of the approved veterinary meat inspector who shall make a report to the Director of the Division of Animal Health attesting to the slaughter of all stock covered by the permit.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 878, s. 23; L.1950, c. 293, p. 993, s. 10; L.1967, c. 175, s. 5, eff. July 25, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-71 - Removal of cattle from stockyard or auction market

4:5-71. Removal of cattle from stockyard or auction market
All cattle removed from any public stockyard or regularly established auction market within this State, except cattle that qualify for dairy purposes as provided in section twenty-four of this act, shall be subject to the same quarantine and other regulations as cattle of the same class imported into this State.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 879, s. 25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-72 - Carriers to require certificates

4:5-72. Carriers to require certificates
No common carrier shall transport cattle from any point outside of this State to any point within this State except for slaughter as prescribed in section 4:5-69 or unless they have a certificate of tuberculin test or a health certificate as prescribed in sections 4:5-54, 4:5-58, and 4:5-59.
Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 879, s. 26; L.1947, c. 207, p. 869, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-73 - Recognition and employment of veterinarians

4:5-73. Recognition and employment of veterinarians
The department may recognize and employ as many official veterinarians as may be necessary to make all the tuberculin tests under its jurisdiction. All inspectors, in the performance of their duties, shall have the rights and privileges of constables.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-74 - Rules, regulations and orders; quarantine orders preventing entrance of diseased cattle

4:5-74. Rules, regulations and orders; quarantine orders preventing entrance of diseased cattle
For the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article the state board of agriculture may make and enforce orders, rules and regulations for the control and eradication and to prevent the spread of tuberculosis or any other contagious or infectious disease to the cattle of the state; and may issue any quarantine orders deemed necessary to prevent the entrance of cattle affected with a contagious or infectious disease.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75 - Penalty for violating article or regulations

4:5-75. Penalty for violating article or regulations
A person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or any order, rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under this article shall for a first offense be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars, and shall for each subsequent offense be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
The penalty shall be sued for and recovered and the imprisonment imposed in an action to be brought by and in the name of the secretary of agriculture in the manner provided in article 2 of chapter 23 of this title (s. 4:23-11 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.1 - Notice to Department of disease

4:5-75.1. Notice to Department of disease
Veterinarians, herd-owners, or other persons who gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of foot-and-mouth disease in the State shall immediately notify the Department of Agriculture of such fact.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1686, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.2 - Concealing or transporting diseased animals

4:5-75.2. Concealing or transporting diseased animals
The owner or manager of any animal or animals having, or suspected of having, or which have been exposed to, the disease called foot-and-mouth disease shall not conceal or move or transport such animals or any materials from the premises, or permit such animals or materials to be concealed or moved or transported, except that under certain conditions the Department of Agriculture may authorize the movement of animals or materials. Such owner or manager shall not permit any other animals to enter his premises until the department has examined all animals on the premises and declared them and the premises to be free of the disease, and he shall take every precaution to prevent the spread of the disease to other premises.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1686, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.3 - Rules and regulations

4:5-75.3. Rules and regulations
The Department of Agriculture is authorized to make and enforce rules and regulations for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, establish quarantines, and order the immediate slaughter of infected animals and animals which have been exposed to but are not affected with the disease.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1686, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.4 - Materials exposed to disease; disinfection or disposal

4:5-75.4. Materials exposed to disease; disinfection or disposal
To prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, materials contaminated by or exposed to the disease shall be cleaned and disinfected, if practicable. In all cases where the cost of disinfection would exceed the value of the materials, or if cleaning and disinfection would be impracticable for any reason, the materials contaminated by or exposed to the disease shall be destroyed.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1687, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.5 - Appraisal of animals to be slaughtered; indemnification of owner

4:5-75.5. Appraisal of animals to be slaughtered; indemnification of owner
Animals affected by or exposed to foot-and-month disease or any other exotic or foreign disease, shall be appraised in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 4:5-10, and the owner shall be indemnified in accordance with this Title and the rules and regulations of the board.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1687, s. 5. Amended by L.1973, c. 47, s. 3, eff. March 2, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.6 - Appraisal of value of materials destroyed

4:5-75.6. Appraisal of value of materials destroyed
The value of materials ordered destroyed by the department because of contamination by or exposure to the disease shall be determined by agreement between the owner or his agent and an authorized agent or representative of the department, such appraisement to be based on the market price and the condition of such materials. Such appraisal shall be official and shall be accepted by the owner and the department, and no further claim shall be made against the State by the owner.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1687, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.7 - Appraisement where agreement cannot be reached

4:5-75.7. Appraisement where agreement cannot be reached
In all cases where an immediate agreement cannot be reached as to the value of animals or materials, the appraisement of such animals or materials shall be made by an authorized agent or representative of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and an authorized agent or representative of the United States Department of Agriculture, together with a third person who shall be a disinterested citizen appointed by the first two. The valuation shall be determined as provided in sections five and six of this act. Such appraisal shall be official and shall be accepted by the owner and the department, and no further claim shall be made against the State by the owner.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1687, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.8 - Reports of appraisals

4:5-75.8. Reports of appraisals
(a) Appraisals of animals shall be reported on forms furnished by the department. Reports of appraisals shall show the number of animals and either the value per head or the weight and value per pound.
(b) Appraisals of materials shall be reported on forms furnished by the department and such appraisals shall, when practicable, show the number, size or quantity, unit price, and total value of each kind of material appraised.
(c) Reports of appraisals shall be made in quadruplicate and shall be signed by the persons making the appraisements.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1688, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.9 - Supervision of slaughtering and disinfection

4:5-75.9. Supervision of slaughtering and disinfection
The killing and the disposal of all animals slaughtered under this act, and the disinfection or destruction of materials as herein prescribed, shall be carried out under the supervision of an authorized agent or representative of the Department of Agriculture who shall promptly prepare and transmit to the department a certificate listing the animals or materials, and showing the disposition thereof.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1688, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.10 - Disposal of animals killed

4:5-75.10. Disposal of animals killed
Animals killed pursuant to this act shall be buried at least four feet beneath the surface of the ground, or shall be otherwise disposed of in accordance with instructions issued by the department, at the expense of the department or at the joint expense of the department and the United States Department of Agriculture.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1688, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.11 - Stockyards, cars and vessels, disinfection of; farms and privately owned premises

4:5-75.11. Stockyards, cars and vessels, disinfection of; farms and privately owned premises
Stockyards, pens, cars, vessels, and other public premises and conveyances shall be cleaned and disinfected, whenever necessary for the arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, by the owners thereof at their own expense, under the supervision of an authorized agent or representative of the department. Farms and other privately owned premises and materials, unless satisfactorily cleaned and disinfected by the owners under the supervision of an authorized agent or representative of the department, shall be cleaned and disinfected by such agent or representative at the expense of the department, or at the joint expense of the department and the United States Department of Agriculture.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1688, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.12 - Indemnification of owner for slaughtered animals or destroyed materials

4:5-75.12. Indemnification of owner for slaughtered animals or destroyed materials
When an animal is killed or materials destroyed to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease or any other exotic or foreign disease, the State shall pay to the owner an indemnity as provided in R.S. 4:5-10, subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, which may provide for indemnity for materials that may need to be destroyed to control any such disease or prevent its spread.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1689, s. 12. Amended by L.1973, c. 47, s. 4, eff. March 2, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.13 - Funds from which payments are to be made

4:5-75.13. Funds from which payments are to be made
The department is authorized to make payment for all necessary expenditures incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act from any funds appropriated therefore and from any funds appropriated for indemnities for condemned cattle.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1689, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.14 - Compliance by owner with laws and regulations as prerequisite to payment of claims by State

4:5-75.14. Compliance by owner with laws and regulations as prerequisite to payment of claims by State
The department shall not pay any claims arising out of the slaughter of animals affected by or exposed to the disease or the destruction of materials contaminated by or exposed to the disease if it be determined that the owner has not complied with all the quarantine and other regulations of the department and the provisions of this act.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1689, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-75.15 - Penalty for violations

4:5-75.15. Penalty for violations
A person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this act or with an order or regulation of the Department of Agriculture, or its constituted agent, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation or failure to comply, to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the Secretary of Agriculture in the manner provided in chapter twenty-three of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1948, c. 436, p. 1689, s. 15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.21 - Definitions

4:5-93.21. Definitions
As used in this act:
"Brucellosis," commonly called Bang's disease of live stock, is a disease that causes an economic loss in dairy herds and is a menace to public health.
"Board" means the State Board of Agriculture.
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
"Division" means the Division of Animal Health.
"Live stock" includes any domestic animal subject to brucella infection.
"Owner" includes any person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation owning or leasing any live stock.
"Official test" includes all tests for brucellosis made by a veterinarian under the supervision of or authorization from the director of the division.
"Private test" includes all tests for brucellosis other than official tests made at the owner's expense.
"Positive" applies to live stock giving a reaction sufficient to indicate the presence of brucellosis.
"Suspicious" applied to live stock tested for brucellosis and giving a reaction not sufficient to justify the classification as positive.
"Vaccine" means any type of brucella vaccine approved by the board to be administered by a veterinarian authorized by the division.
"Calfhood vaccination" means the administration by an authorized veterinarian of brucella vaccine to calves between the ages of 4 and 8 months.
"Adult vaccination" means the administration by an authorized veterinarian of brucella vaccine to animals over 8 months of age.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 893, s. 1. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 30, s. 1; L.1967, c. 175, s. 6, eff. July 25, 1967.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.22 - Rules and regulations

4:5-93.22. Rules and regulations
The board shall make rules and regulations respecting the testing, vaccination or other methods of control and eradication of brucellosis of live stock, the prevention of the spread thereof to the live stock of this State, the retention or disposal by sale, segregation or slaughter of positive or suspicious live stock, the payment of indemnity, the disinfection of the premises, the introduction of live stock into the State of New Jersey and into supervised herds, and other regulations to aid in the proper enforcement of this act.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 894, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.23 - Program and agreements for control and eradication of disease

4:5-93.23. Program and agreements for control and eradication of disease
The board shall establish a program for the control and eradication of brucellosis and may enter into agreements with owners of live stock within the State under plans and methods adopted by the board for the control and eradication of this disease.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 894, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.24 - Expense of inspection and test

4:5-93.24. Expense of inspection and test
If the owner complies with the provisions of the agreement and rules and regulations made by the board under sections two and three of this act, the expense of any such test, vaccination or other treatment may be borne by the department, except that in certain instances the department may, with the owner's approval, authorize test, vaccination or other treatment to be made without expense to the State.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 894, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.25 - Certificate showing freedom from disease

4:5-93.25. Certificate showing freedom from disease
Whenever official tests of any herd of live stock are made and such live stock is found to be free from brucellosis, a certificate setting forth such fact may be issued by the director of the division when authorized by the board; provided, all rules and regulations and provisions of any agreement, under the plan adopted by the board for the control and eradication of brucellosis in the herd, shall have been complied with.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 5. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 31, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.26 - Failure of owner to comply with regulations or agreement

4:5-93.26. Failure of owner to comply with regulations or agreement
Whenever the director of the division is satisfied that any owner has failed to comply with any of the provisions of any agreement, rule or regulation made by the board under the provisions of this act, the owner shall be so notified in writing by the director of the division, and the board, after a hearing, if so desired, may, in its discretion, forfeit the owner's rights or interest acquired, if any, under the provisions of this act. When such rights or interests are so forfeited, they shall not be restored except under regulations of the board as shall be provided for that purpose.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 6. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 31, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.27 - Tests; standards

4:5-93.27. Tests; standards
All tests, either official or private, shall be made according to the standards established and methods prescribed and by laboratories or individuals approved by the board. Tests shall be accepted only where the technic employed in conducting them has been approved by the director of the division who also may refuse to accept any test.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 7. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 32, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.28 - Report of tests

4:5-93.28. Report of tests
A report of any test for brucellosis shall be made in writing to the director of the division within seven days immediately following the completion of the test, upon blank forms furnished by the department and signed by the person drawing the blood samples, and also by the director of the laboratory or the person making the test.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 8. Amended by L.1950, c. 9, p. 32, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals › Section 4:5-93.29 - Marking tested or treated stock

4:5-93.29. Marking tested or treated stock
All live stock subjected to an official or private test for brucellosis and all animals vaccinated or otherwise treated under a program under the supervision of the department shall be marked as prescribed by the board.
Such markings shall not be construed as cruelty to animals within the meaning of any law of this State.
L.1946, c. 257, p. 895, s. 9.