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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.050 - Investigation of place of business and applicant; issuance of license.

(1) Upon receiving an application for a license, the State Department of Agriculture shall immediately cause one of its officers, employees or deputies to inspect the place where the applicant desires to conduct the business, and ascertain:
(a) Whether the applicant is a responsible and suitable person to be entrusted with a license to conduct such business.
(b) Whether the place where the business is to be conducted is a suitable and sanitary place in which to dispose of the bodies, carcasses and parts of animals.
(c) Whether it conforms to the rules and regulations prescribed by the department.
(2) If the applicant meets the requirements set forth in this section, the department shall issue the applicant a license to conduct business. [Amended by 2003 c.14 §359]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.060 - License limitations.

Any licenses issued under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 shall be nontransferable by the licensee and shall apply to only one place of business or conveyance, as specified in the license. Any licensee, operating more than one place of business or conveyance shall obtain a separate license for each such place or conveyance.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.070 - Revocation or refusal to issue license.

Upon determining that any person licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080, or who has applied for a license under ORS 601.040 or 601.080, has violated, or failed to comply with any of the provisions of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 or any of the rules and regulations of the State Department of Agriculture made under such sections, or that such person has failed to place and keep the premises, where the person conducts the licensed business or the conveyance, in the manner required by such sections, the department may revoke the license of the person, or refuse to issue a license to such person. [Amended by 1961 c.425 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.080 - License for conveyance transporting dead animals; fee.

(1) Before any person, not holding a license for the disposal of bodies, carcasses or parts of animals, transports for hire the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals upon the highways of the state, the person shall obtain a license for such truck or conveyance used, from the State Department of Agriculture.
(2) The license fee for each conveyance shall be $10 per year. The license shall expire on June 30 next succeeding the date of its issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Application for the license shall be made on forms furnished by the department with such information as the department may require. [Amended by 2007 c.768 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.090 - Requirements as to conduct of business and construction of premises.

Every person engaged in the business of disposing of the bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall conduct such business and shall construct, arrange and keep the premises on which such business is conducted in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) All buildings on such premises shall be constructed as to allow them to be kept in a sanitary condition and shall be provided with properly drained concrete or cement floors. Such buildings shall be fly-tight and so constructed as to exclude rats, other rodents and vermin.
(2) Such place shall be so situated, arranged and constructed as not to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by any of the residents of this state.
(3) In case such dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are to be disposed of by rendering, the cooking vats or tanks shall be airtight except for proper escapes or vents for steam used in rendering or cooking. Such escaping steam shall be released through traps, or other means, in such manner as not to cause unnecessary annoyance or create a nuisance in its disposal.
(4) All storing, skinning and dismembering of dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall be done within a building on the premises in such a manner that no public annoyance or nuisance shall be caused by the unsightly appearance or stench of such bodies, carcasses or parts of animals.
(5) In no case shall the process of skinning, butchering or dismembering of animals or parts of animals be commenced except at the place where the process of rendering, burning or burying is to be completed.
(6) In case dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are disposed of by burning, the place where such burning is done shall be so located, constructed and arranged as not to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by residents of this state. All parts of such bodies, carcasses or parts of animals not entirely consumed by such burning shall be disposed of by burying, as provided by this section, or in any such manner as may be directed by the State Department of Agriculture.
(7) In case dead bodies, carcasses or parts of animals are disposed of by burying, they shall be buried to such a depth that no part of any such body, carcass or part of an animal shall be nearer than four feet to the natural surface of the ground and every part of such body, carcass or part of an animal shall be covered with quicklime and by at least four feet of earth.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.100 - Transportation and handling of dead animals; assembly plant license fee.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, all persons licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 shall transport bodies, carcasses or parts of animals to their establishments in a covered wagon, truck bed or tank which is watertight and so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape therefrom. Such wagon, truck bed or tank shall be so constructed as to conform to the rules and regulations that may be established by the State Department of Agriculture. The bodies, carcasses or parts of animals shall not be removed from such wagon, truck bed or tank except at the place of final disposition.
(2) However, any person licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080 may, for the purpose of securing economy of handling and transportation, establish a refrigerated assembly plant where whole bodies of dead animals or their carcasses or parts may be placed in storage pending the assembly of an economical quantity for transportation to the central plant. Such assembly plant shall conform to such regulations by the department as shall keep it in sanitary condition. Each such assembly plant shall be subject to an annual license fee of $10.
(3) Whole bodies of dead animals, the condition of which has not become obnoxious to human senses, and which cannot be placed in an ordinary wagon, truck bed or tank as described in subsection (1) of this section, may be transported in an open wagon or truck. In such case the body shall be suitably covered and concealed.
(4) In the case of transporting offal or parts of bodies from slaughterhouses or other places, the containers in which they are transported must have tight covers and be kept in a sanitary condition.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.110 - Inspection of place of business or conveyance.

The State Department of Agriculture shall cause one or more of its officers, employees or deputies to inspect, as often as it may deem advisable, each place or conveyance licensed under ORS 601.050 or 601.080. However, each such place for disposal shall be inspected at least once during each license year. For the purpose of making such inspection, every authorized officer, employee and deputy of the department shall have free access to all premises licensed under such sections.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.120 - Department to administer and enforce disposal provisions; rules and regulations.

The State Department of Agriculture shall administer and enforce ORS 601.010 to 601.130 and may make and enforce all rules and regulations which the department deems necessary to carry out the purposes of such sections. Such rules and regulations shall be published in pamphlet form as provided by ORS 561.190.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.130 - Jurisdiction of courts; restraining violation.

(1) Justice courts and municipal courts acting as justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts of all prosecutions arising under ORS 601.010 to 601.130.
(2) In addition to any penalty provided by ORS 601.990 (1), the circuit court is vested with jurisdiction to restrain any violation, or threatened violation, of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 upon suit by the State Department of Agriculture. In any such suit, the district attorney of the county where such suit is instituted shall represent the department, or the Attorney General may represent the department in such suit.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.140 - Carcass of domestic animal to be buried or destroyed.

No person shall knowingly leave the carcass of any domestic animal, which the person has owned or had in charge, within one-half mile of any dwelling or within one-fourth mile of any running stream of water for longer than 15 hours without burying or burning it.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 601 - Dead Animals › Section 601.990 - Penalties.

(1) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any provision of ORS 601.010 to 601.130 or any rule or regulation of the State Department of Agriculture made under ORS 601.010 to 601.130, is a Class B violation.
(2) Violation of ORS 601.140 is a Class D violation. [Amended by 1999 c.1051 §206]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Apiary" and "apiary property" includes bees, honey, beeswax, bee comb, hives, frames and other equipment, appliances and material used in connection with an apiary.
(2) "Appliances" means any implement or device used in the manipulating of bees or their brood or hives, which may be used in any apiary.
(3) "Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis and includes the adults, eggs, larvae, pupae or other immature stages thereof, together with such materials as are deposited into hives by their adults, except honey and beeswax in rendered form.
(4) "Colony" or "colonies of bees" refers to any hive occupied by bees.
(5) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
(6) "Disease" means pests, disease or any condition affecting bees or their brood.
(7) "Hive" means any receptacle or container made or prepared for use of bees, or box or similar container taken possession of by bees.
(8) "Location" means the premises upon which an apiary is located.
(9) "Nucleus colony" means a colony that is used primarily to produce new queens or workers for the purpose of starting a new colony or adding to an existing colony.
(10) "Person" includes any individual, partnership, association or corporation, but does not include any common carrier when engaged in the business of transporting bees, hives, appliances, bee cages or other commodities which are the subject of this chapter, in the regular course of business. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §1; 1963 c.65 §1; 1989 c.738 §5; 1993 c.350 §1; 2017 c.52 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.020 - Chief Apiary Inspector.

The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to appoint a Chief Apiary Inspector and such deputy apiary inspectors as may be necessary to conduct service work requested by the apiary industry. The administration of the program shall be under the direction and control of the Director of Agriculture. The apiary industry shall pay service fees in amounts established by the department by rule to cover all expenses incurred in the conduct of the program. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §2; 1993 c.350 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.035 - Beekeeping within residential areas.

(1) The Oregon State University Extension Service, in consultation with the State Department of Agriculture and beekeeping organizations, shall establish by written policy best practices for beekeeping within residential areas.
(2) The policy set forth under subsection (1) of this section shall include recommendations to address:
(a) The application of local nuisance ordinances to manage conflicts that arise from beekeeping within residential areas;
(b) Methods for mitigating conflicts that arise from beekeeping within residential areas; and
(c) Local government oversight of beekeeping activities within residential areas.
(3) The Oregon State University Extension Service shall collaborate with the League of Oregon Cities and the Association of Oregon Counties to:
(a) Disseminate the best practices described in subsection (1) of this section to local governments; and
(b) Make information about the activity of beekeeping in residential areas available to the governing bodies of local governments and the general public. [2015 c.823 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.045 - Local ordinances; fees.

A local government may:
(1) Adopt ordinances consistent with the best practices described in ORS 602.035; and
(2) Charge a reasonable fee for registering hives in residential areas. The fee that a local government charges for registering hives in residential areas may not exceed the amount charged under State Department of Agriculture rules for the registration of colonies that are subject to fees under ORS 602.090 (3). [2015 c.823 §3; 2017 c.52 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.090 - Registration of bee colonies; fees; rules.

(1) Every person who owns or is in charge of five or more colonies of bees located within this state, shall cause the colonies to be registered with the State Department of Agriculture.
(2) Application for registration shall be made on a form furnished by the department. The registration shall cover each colony of bees owned by the applicant, and shall give the address and telephone number of the owner and the name, address and telephone number of the person in charge if the person in charge is not the owner. The registration shall be made before June 1 of each year for all colonies. Each registrant shall furnish an address to which any notice required by this chapter to be given may be sent, and shall agree that any notice sent by the department to such address shall be deemed to be notice in fact.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the application for registration shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed $10 per application and $0.50 per colony. For each registration after July 1, the fee shall not exceed $20 per application and $0.50 per colony. The department shall establish the fees by rule, not to exceed the maximum limits prescribed in this subsection.
(4) There is no per application fee or per colony fee to register a nucleus colony. However, this subsection does not cancel or reduce any fee under subsection (3) of this section payable by a person for the registration of other colonies.
(5) When the ownership of colonies that are subject to a fee under subsection (3) of this section is changed, the department shall transfer the registration to the new owner without charges. However, if the colony has not been previously registered, the new owner shall pay any registration fee due under subsection (3) of this section without penalty.
(6) The department shall maintain records of registered beekeepers and the number of colonies registered. [Amended by 1953 c.400 §7; 1961 c.177 §6; 1963 c.65 §2; 1989 c.354 §1; 1991 c.633 §1; 1993 c.350 §3; 2015 c.744 §2; 2017 c.52 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.180 - Disposition of fees.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall deposit all fees paid to it under this chapter into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such fees are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter, including release and publication of information and material to better acquaint the bee industry with the law and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(2) All moneys collected pursuant to ORS 602.090 shall be spent on pollinator research that is predominantly focused on honeybees. [Amended by 1961 c.177 §7; 1979 c.499 §16; 2015 c.744 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.190 - Designation of diseases; eradication and control programs; regulation of commercial use of diseased wax; rules.

In order to prevent and control apiary diseases, the State Department of Agriculture:
(1) May designate diseases and conditions which threaten the honey bee population in this state.
(2) May establish by rule treatment programs designed to eradicate or control the disease or condition.
(3) May establish rules regulating commercial facilities which render diseased wax. [1989 c.738 §2; 1993 c.350 §4; 1993 c.742 §63]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 602 - Bees › Section 602.990 - Penalties.

Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any of the provisions of ORS 602.090 or 602.190, or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, is a Class B misdemeanor. [Amended by 1993 c.350 §5; 1999 c.1051 §320; 2011 c.597 §245]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.015 - Policy.

The purpose and intent of ORS 599.205 and this chapter is to protect the livestock industry of this state against theft of meat animals and, giving cognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, to provide the State Department of Agriculture with the means to complement the enforcement of that Act by authorizing the department to take necessary and proper measures for the protection of the health and welfare of Oregon consumers. Such measures should include the prevention of sale and distribution of unwholesome meat and meat products, the exercising of quality controls and supervision, the establishment of general sanitary and safeguard provisions and the identification of meat animals and meat products. [1973 c.175 §2; 1981 c.248 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.027 - Refund of license fee in specific instances; application; rules.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025 (2), whenever any business licensed pursuant to the requirements of ORS 603.025 (4)(a) is transferred by sale or otherwise, the person to whom the license was issued may apply to the State Department of Agriculture for a refund of that portion of the license fee applicable to the then unexpired portion of the license period. The person to whom the business is transferred shall not be required to pay a license fee that exceeds the amount of any refund to which the transferor is entitled pursuant to this subsection.
(2) Application for the refund referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be made at such time and in such manner as the department by rule may prescribe. [1975 c.188 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.031 - Additional users of establishment; fees; rules.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may issue licenses under this chapter to one or more additional users of a custom processing establishment, custom slaughtering establishment, meat seller establishment, nonslaughtering processing establishment or slaughterhouse that is licensed primarily for operation by another person. A license issued to an additional user of an establishment described in this subsection shall cover all operations at that establishment by the person licensed. Regardless of the number of persons licensed to use an establishment described in this subsection, the department may not recognize more than one person as the primary operator of the establishment.
(2) The department may assess a license fee to an additional user of an establishment described in this section, calculated as provided in rules adopted under ORS 603.025. In calculating license fees as provided under ORS 603.025, the establishment’s annual gross dollar volume of sales and services for an additional user of the establishment is independent of the establishment’s annual gross dollar volume of sales for any other user or the primary operator of the establishment.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 603.025, the department may adopt rules to establish the license expiration, renewal and application dates for additional users of an establishment.
(4) The department may adopt rules to determine the responsibilities of an establishment’s primary operator and additional users of the establishment under ORS 603.034, 603.045 (6), 603.055 and 603.059 and rules adopted under ORS 603.055 and 603.085.
(5) A recognized primary operator of an establishment shall notify the department upon the expiration or termination of the rental or lease of the establishment by an additional user of the establishment. The renting or leasing of an establishment to a person licensed by the department as an additional user of the establishment or the expiration or termination of use by a person licensed as an additional user of the establishment does not, by itself, constitute the transfer of a business for purposes of ORS 603.027. [2007 c.645 §2; 2012 c.64 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.034 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license; multiple activities; license exemption.

(1) In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license to any applicant or licensee whose establishment construction, equipment or sanitation does not meet the requirements of the State Meat Inspection Act as defined in ORS chapter 619, or of ORS 599.205 and this chapter, or of the rules promulgated thereunder.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 183, upon conviction of a licensee of any violation of the State Meat Inspection Act, as defined in ORS chapter 619, or of any provisions of ORS 599.205 and this chapter, or of the rules promulgated thereunder, or upon determination by the department that a licensee has failed to maintain the surety bond or letter of credit required by ORS 603.025 (3), the department is authorized to forthwith suspend or revoke such license. The department shall, by certified mail addressed to such licensee at the address shown on the license, render notice that such license has been revoked or suspended.
(3) Subject to ORS 603.025, authority to carry on more than one type of activity at the same establishment shall be approved by the department only if there is compliance with the laws and rules applicable to each separate activity.
(4) ORS 599.205 and this chapter shall not require a person to obtain a license to slaughter on the person’s own premises a meat animal, owned by the person, for the person’s consumption or for consumption by members of the person’s household, nonpaying guests or employees. [1973 c.175 §5; 1975 c.703 §2; 1981 c.248 §27; 1991 c.331 §93; 2007 c.645 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.038 - Licensing exemption for certain poultry and rabbit processors.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Poultry" means live or dead chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl or other domesticated birds.
(b) "Rabbit" means a live or dead member of a species in the Leporidae family.
(2) ORS 603.025 and 616.706 do not apply to a person that complies with this subsection:
(a) During the calendar year, the person may slaughter not more than 1,000 poultry or rabbits for use as human food. The person may slaughter and process only poultry or rabbits that have been raised since two weeks of age by the person and that are free from disease. The person may not slaughter, process or sell poultry, poultry products, rabbits or rabbit products except poultry or rabbits described in this subsection and poultry eggs.
(b) The person must slaughter the poultry or rabbits at the business premises of the person in an establishment that meets the requirements in ORS 619.026 and any State Department of Agriculture rules adopted under ORS 619.046. The person may not allow other persons to use the establishment.
(c) The person must comply with any federal limitations or prohibitions on introducing the poultry, poultry products, rabbits or rabbit products into interstate commerce.
(d) A person that claims exemption from ORS 603.025 and 616.706 under this section must maintain slaughtering, sales, sanitation and other records pertaining to the poultry or rabbits as required by the department. The person shall allow the department to inspect the records and the slaughtering establishment upon request and as provided under ORS 576.024 and 619.036.
(3) The exemption described in this section is in addition to any exemption that a person may claim under ORS 603.034 (4) for the slaughtering and processing of poultry or rabbits for personal use. [2011 c.119 §1; 2023 c.81 §1]
Note:
603.038 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 603 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.045 - Custom slaughter and processing regulations.

A custom slaughtering establishment or a custom processing establishment shall:
(1) Not buy or sell carcasses of meat animals, meat or meat products capable of use as human food unless such are marked, tagged or otherwise identified as inspected meat or meat products as required by ORS chapter 619.
(2) Mark, tag or otherwise identify all individually wrapped packages or containers of meat or meat products slaughtered or prepared for the owner of a meat animal, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the State Department of Agriculture, so as to protect the people of this state from the purchase, use or consumption of uninspected or unwholesome meat or meat products. In addition to such marking, tagging and identifying as the department may prescribe, each such package or container shall be marked with the words "Not Inspected" and "Not For Sale" in letters at least three-eighths inch in size.
(3) Provide the owner of the meat animal with a certificate, prescribed by the department, giving the accurate weight of the carcass resulting from the slaughter of such animal and the weight of the resulting product delivered to the owner.
(4) Provide the owner of the meat animal with certificate and tags, prescribed by the department, establishing ownership of said carcass.
(5) Record, and deliver to the department as it directs:
(a) An accurate description of the breed characteristics and the brand or marks of each animal slaughtered.
(b) The name and address of the person from whom each such animal was received and the date thereof.
(c) The name and address of the person to whom the meat products of each such animal were delivered upon completion of the slaughter or preparation and the date thereof.
(6) Maintain and only utilize an establishment and equipment in accordance with rules promulgated by the department.
(7) Prepare and maintain records of all meat animals received by the establishment for slaughter. Such records shall include:
(a) The number and kind of poultry or rabbits or, in the case of other meat animals, an accurate description of the breed characteristics and the brand or marks of such other meat animal, slaughtered.
(b) The name and address of the person from whom each such animal was received and the date thereof.
(c) The name and address of the person to whom the meat products of each such animal were delivered upon completion of the slaughter and the date thereof. [1973 c.175 §6; 1977 c.758 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.055 - Equipment and facilities requirements.

Each establishment, other than those subject to ORS 603.045, shall maintain and only utilize an establishment and equipment in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture. [1973 c.175 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.065 - Slaughter methods.

(1) Cattle, equines, sheep or swine shall be slaughtered by a licensee and handled in connection with slaughter, by any method which:
(a) Renders each such animal insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before the animal is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or
(b) Is in accordance with the ritual requirements of any religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
(2) No licensee engaged in the slaughter of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.075 - Brand inspection service fee.

The State Department of Agriculture may impose on any establishment required by the laws of this state to have brand inspection the service fee established under ORS 604.046 (2). Such fee is appropriated as set forth in ORS chapter 604. Notwithstanding ORS 604.046 (2), the department may waive the service fee under circumstances the department deems appropriate. [1973 c.175 §8; 1975 c.574 §1; 1981 c.248 §19; 2007 c.229 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.085 - Rulemaking authority.

In accordance with the provisions of ORS chapter 183 the State Department of Agriculture may promulgate rules necessary to carry out and enforce ORS 599.205 and this chapter, including but not limited to:
(1) The methods of marking or tagging packages required by ORS 603.045 (2).
(2) The establishment of minimum standards of construction of establishments and equipment and of maintenance and sanitation of such establishments and equipment.
(3) The establishment of the major phases of processing and forms of the certificates and tags required by ORS 603.045 (3) and (4). [1973 c.175 §9; 1981 c.248 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.095 - Disposition of funds received by department.

Except as provided in ORS 603.075, all moneys received by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 599.269 and this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering ORS 599.269, ORS chapters 604, 616 and 619 and this chapter and for the purpose of administering such provisions of ORS chapters 162, 164 and 607 as apply to theft of livestock. [1973 c.175 §10; 1975 c.574 §1a; 1979 c.499 §17; 1981 c.248 §32; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.200 - Payment by processors to producers; payment by sellers to processors; interest; definitions.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) In the absence of a contract or other agreement providing otherwise, any processor who purchases meat animals from the producers thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the second business day after the day the processor takes delivery of any such meat animal.
(2) In the absence of a contract or other agreement providing otherwise, any meat seller who purchases meat or meat products from the processor thereof shall make full payment therefor not later than the seventh business day after the day the meat seller takes delivery of any such meat or meat product.
(3) Any person who fails to make payment as required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall pay, in addition to the amount due, interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Meat animal" has the meaning for that term provided in ORS 603.010.
(b) "Meat or meat product" has the meaning for that term provided in ORS 603.010.
(c) "Meat seller" means a person required to obtain a license described in ORS 603.025 (4)(a).
(d) "Processor" means a person required to obtain a license described in ORS 603.025 (4)(b) to (e). [1975 c.703 §10; 2012 c.64 §35]
Note:
603.200 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 603 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.992 - Penalties.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, violation of this chapter, or rules promulgated thereunder, is a misdemeanor.
(2) Violation of ORS 603.065 is a Class B misdemeanor.
(3) Violation of ORS 603.059 is a Class D violation. If the nuisance is not removed within five days after the first offense, it is considered a second offense, and every like neglect of each succeeding five days thereafter is considered an additional offense. [1973 c.175 §12; 1981 c.248 §29; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §3; 2001 c.104 §237]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 603 - Meat Sellers and Slaughterers › Section 603.995 - Civil penalties; rules; disposition of penalty moneys.

(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 603.992, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter or of rules adopted under this chapter. For the purposes of this section, each day a violation continues after the period of time established for compliance shall be considered a separate violation unless the department finds that a different period of time is more appropriate to describe a specific violation event.
(2) The department may adopt rules establishing a schedule of civil penalties that may be imposed under this section. Civil penalties imposed under this section may not exceed $10,000 for each violation.
(3) When the department imposes a civil penalty under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall impose the penalty in the manner provided by ORS 183.745, except that the written application for a hearing must be received by the department no later than 10 days after the date of mailing or personal service of the notice of civil penalty.
(4) Moneys received by the department from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Account. [2009 c.175 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Brand" means a distinctive design, mark or other means of identification applied to a designated location of the hide, wool or skin of livestock, by methods prescribed by administrative rule of the State Department of Agriculture promulgated pursuant to ORS chapter 183.
(2) "Brand inspection" means the department’s:
(a) Examination of the brands, tags, breed, flesh marks including dewlaps and wattles, earmarks, coloring, sex, age or other distinguishing characteristics of livestock;
(b) Examination of documents and other evidence of ownership or right to possession of livestock; and
(c) Issuance or refusal to issue a brand inspection certificate.
(3) "Brand inspection certificate" means a document issued by the department that is valid for eight days, unless otherwise specified therein, and that includes:
(a) The date and place of issuance;
(b) The quantity of livestock inspected and a description of the distinguishing characteristics of hides or of livestock examined, including brands, tags, breed and sex;
(c) The name and address of the person to whom issued and the name and address of the owner;
(d) If the livestock are to be transported, the destination;
(e) A statement of any limitation on the use of the certificate, or on its period of validity; and
(f) A signed certification of the department’s brand inspector that the brand inspector has examined the described hides or livestock and documents associated therewith and that to the best of the inspector’s knowledge the hides or livestock are owned or in the lawful possession of the person presenting the hides or livestock for brand inspection.
(4) "Custom slaughtering establishment" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 603.010.
(5) "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
(6) "Document of title" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 71.2010.
(7) "Equidae" means a horse, mule or ass.
(8) "Livestock" means cattle, Equidae, sheep and any other animals designated by the administrative rule of the department.
(9) "Livestock auction market" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 599.205.
(10) "Livestock carrier" means the person who transports livestock by rail, motor vehicle, boat, aircraft or on the hoof, either as a common carrier who is available to the public to perform this service for compensation, as a contract carrier who enters into agreements with specific individuals to perform this service for compensation, or as a private carrier who performs this service without compensation as an owner, lessee or bailee of livestock.
(11) "Slaughterhouse" shall have the meaning set forth in ORS 603.010. [1981 c.248 §2; 1991 c.660 §1; 2007 c.229 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.021 - State Department of Agriculture exclusive recorder of brands; nonrecordable brands; exceptions; authority.

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall be the exclusive recorder of livestock brands. The department may not record:
(a) A brand consisting of three or more letters or three or more figures, or any combination thereof, on the shoulders of cattle or on other locations specified by the department;
(b) A painted brand unless composed of numbers, letters or symbols, or a combination thereof; or
(c) Similar brands to more than one person.
(2) The proscription set forth in subsection (1)(a) of this section does not prohibit the continued use of any such brands that were previously recorded. Also, such letters and figures may be used on the shoulders of cattle or other locations approved by the department by the owners thereof for the purposes of identifying breed, breed registry, rodeo or show registry, age or similar characteristics, but may not be so used as to conflict with or be confused with a recorded brand.
(3) The department is authorized to modify, rescind or refuse the recording of any brands that are conflicting or that the department believes will blotch, and make any changes in brands deemed necessary to resolve a conflict or correct a design imperfection. Notwithstanding ORS chapter 183, any such modification, change, rescission or refusal of the department may be made by written notice to affected persons and shall be a final order of the department. [1981 c.248 §4; 2003 c.140 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.027 - Application to record brand; certification; renewal; fees; rules.

(1) A person desiring to record a brand on any species of livestock shall submit a written and signed application therefor to the State Department of Agriculture, setting forth a facsimile and description of the brand, the species of livestock upon which it will be used and the specific intended location on the animal. The application must be accompanied by a brand recording fee of $25 for each brand on each species of livestock on which the brand is to be used. The person must also pay an activation fee matching the cycle set for the approved brand under subsection (4) of this section prior to recordation of the brand. The activation fee may not exceed $100. Upon receipt of an application and the required fees, if the department determines that the brand applied for is available, the department shall issue a certificate of recordation of the distinctive brand, the approved location on the animal and the species of livestock to which it applies.
(2) During September of each year the department shall attempt to notify all holders of an expiring recorded brand of the need to renew the brand. The department shall attempt the notification by sending a renewal notice to the holder’s last address as shown on the department’s records. The holder of a recorded brand may renew the brand by submitting to the department a brand renewal fee for each brand on each species of livestock on which the brand is to be used. The brand renewal fee may not exceed $100. However, if the species of livestock is sheep, the fee may not exceed $50.
(3) A recorded brand expires if the department does not receive the brand renewal fee by January 4 next following the attempt to notify the brand holder of the need to renew the brand. Within 60 days after a brand expires, the department shall give written notice of the expiration by mail addressed to the person who held the expired brand at the last address shown on the department’s records. The fee to activate an expired brand is equal to the brand recording fee plus a renewal fee. If the person fails to activate the expired brand within one year after expiration of the brand, the brand is considered abandoned and any person may apply for recordation and use of that brand.
(4) When issuing or renewing a brand recordation, the department shall adjust certificate expiration dates as necessary to ensure that an approximately equal number of brand recordation expire in each year of a four-year cycle. The department shall prorate a brand renewal fee to reflect an adjustment of a certificate expiration date.
(5) The department shall establish the amount of brand activation fees and brand renewal fees by rule. [1981 c.248 §5; 1985 c.262 §1; 1991 c.660 §2; 2003 c.575 §1; 2021 c.563 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.035 - Property rights applicable to recorded brand; transferability; evidence of ownership or right of possession.

(1) The brand recorded or renewed under ORS 604.027 is the exclusive property right of the holder thereof, and the holder has exclusive right to use the brand in accordance with its recordation. The holder may transfer the recorded brand by sale, assignment or otherwise and may bequeath the brand by will or subject to the laws of descent and distribution as personal property.
(2) Proof of a recorded brand is prima facie evidence of the ownership or right to possession of livestock upon which the brand is used in all civil or criminal actions and suits involving an issue of ownership or right to possession of such livestock. Parol evidence is inadmissible to prove a person is a holder of a recorded brand. Evidence of ownership or right to possession of livestock by Oregon brands thereon is inadmissible unless the brands are recorded, and a disputable presumption of ownership arising from possession, common reputation or the exercise of an act of ownership shall prevail. [1981 c.248 §6; 2003 c.575 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.036 - Copy of recordation certificate; brand books.

Upon recording of a brand under ORS 604.027, the State Department of Agriculture may:
(1) Issue a certified copy of its certificate of recordation upon the payment of a fee therefor to be established by the department; and
(2) Periodically publish brand books or supplements thereto, and distribute them upon payment of a fee to be established by the department sufficient to cover its costs therefor. [1981 c.248 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food › Chapter 604 - Brands and Marks; Feedlots › Section 604.051 - Method of proof of ownership; inspection certificate.

(1) Whenever livestock or hides are subject to brand inspection under ORS 604.046, the person in possession shall submit evidence of ownership or right to possession of the livestock or hides at the request of the State Department of Agriculture. The evidence may consist of any documents and statements that tend to establish such ownership or right to possession. The prima facie character of a recorded brand and the disputable presumption against unrecorded brands set forth in ORS 604.035 (2), shall be given recognition by the department.
(2) The department shall examine livestock or hides, review any evidence submitted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and otherwise perform brand inspection to determine whether the person in possession is the owner or lawful possessor thereof. Except for brand inspections made under ORS 604.046 (4), if the department determines the person is the owner or lawful possessor, it shall issue an appropriate brand inspection certificate. However, if the department determines there is a question of ownership or right to possession of the livestock or hides, or if the person in possession of the livestock or hides fails to submit the evidence requested under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall refuse to issue its brand inspection certificate and may undertake any of the actions described in ORS 604.056. [1981 c.248 §10]