California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 2 - Livestock Disease Control › Article 14 - Animal Disease Traceability › Section 830 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
				  used in this article:
(1) "Accredited
				  Veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the USDA in accordance with 9
				  CFR, Part 161 (2015) to perform functions specified in this article.
(2) "Animal identification number (AIN)"
				  means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals
				  in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number
				  for each animal in accordance with
				  9 CFR, Part 86, section
				  86.1 (2015).
(3) "Approved Livestock Marketing Facility"
				  means a stockyard, livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or
				  any other premises under State or Federal veterinary inspection where livestock
				  are assembled and that has been approved by the USDA in accordance with
				  9 CFR, Part 71, section
				  71.20 (2015).
(4) "Approved tagging site" means a premises,
				  authorized by the Department pursuant to section
				  831.1, where livestock may be
				  officially identified on behalf of their owner or the person in possession,
				  care, or control of the animals when they are brought to the
				  premises.
(5) "Brand Inspection
				  Certificate" means an official document used by a state's official brand
				  recording agency to identify animals to one owner and consisting of the
				  ownership brand, consignor, consignee, origin, destination, and number and
				  description of the animals.
(6)
				  "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" means an official numbered document
				  issued and signed by a USDA accredited and state-licensed veterinarian in the
				  state of origin certifying the inspection of animals in preparation for
				  interstate movement. The requirements of a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
				  used for moving livestock into, within and from California shall be in
				  accordance with section
				  830.3 of this article.
(7) "Change of Ownership" means a transaction
				  where an animal is sold or ownership is transferred, with or without the
				  exchange of money or other compensation.
(8) "Commuter Herd" means a herd of cattle or
				  bison moved interstate during the course of normal livestock management
				  operations and without change of ownership directly between two (2) premises,
				  as provided in the Pasture to Pasture Permit agreement pursuant to section
				  831(a)(1) or the
				  One-Time Event Permit agreement pursuant to section
				  831(a)(2)
(9) "Dairy cattle" means all cattle,
				  regardless of age or sex or current use, that are 40 percent or more dairy in
				  breed(s) used to produce milk or other dairy products for human consumption,
				  including, but not limited to, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein, Jersey,
				  Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red and Whites.
(10) "Department" means the California
				  Department of Food and Agriculture.
(11) "Directly" means moved in a means of
				  conveyance, without stopping to unload while en route, except for stops of less
				  than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and with no
				  commingling of animals at such stops.
(12) "Electronic Identification Device" means
				  an identification device that relays a unique animal identification number to
				  an electronic reader by means of radio waves.
(13) "Farm of Origin" means:
(1) Premises where cattle or bison are born
				  and remain prior to movement from the premises but which are not used to
				  assemble cattle or bison from any other premises for four (4) months before
				  such movement; or
(2) Premises where
				  cattle or bison remain for not less than four (4) months immediately before
				  movement from the premises, unless maintained under the same management and
				  moved for management purposes, but which are not used to assemble cattle or
				  bison from any other premises for four (4) months before such
				  movement.
(14) "Group/lot
				  identification number (GIN)" means the identification number used to uniquely
				  identify a "unit of animals" of the same species that is managed together as
				  one group throughout the pre-harvest production chain. When a GIN is used, it
				  is recorded on documents accompanying the animals moving interstate; it is not
				  necessary to have the GIN attached to each animal.
(15) "Herd" means:
(1) All animals under common ownership or
				  supervision that are grouped on one or more parts of any single premises (lot,
				  farm, or ranch); or
(2) All animals
				  under common ownership or supervision on two (2) or more premises which are
				  geographically separated but on which animals from the different premises have
				  been interchanged or had contact with each other.
(16) "Interstate Livestock Entry Permit"
				  means a numbered document issued by the Department for approving the movement
				  of animals that meet entry requirements into California. The requirements of an
				  Interstate Livestock Entry Permit used for moving livestock into California
				  shall be in accordance with section
				  830.4 of this article.
(17) "Licensed dealer" means any person or
				  entity that purchases, deals in, holds, controls, or sells livestock in
				  California; acts as a livestock commission representative or broker; or
				  operates and conducts an auction where livestock are sold. Dealers shall be
				  licensed by the Department pursuant to Division 20, Chapter 7, Article 4
				  (commencing with section
				  56181) Food and Agricultural Code,
				  and shall maintain records required for licensing for five (5) years.
(18) "Livestock" means cattle and bison,
				  horses and other equine species, poultry, sheep and goats, swine, and captive
				  cervids.
(19) "Minimal Risk State"
				  means a state in which the California State Veterinarian or USDA has determined
				  there is a minimal risk for introducing diseases, toxic conditions, or other
				  agents to California livestock.
(20) "National Uniform Eartagging System"
				  means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals
				  in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number
				  for each animal.
(21) "Native
				  animals" means a group of animals under one (1) owner either on the premises
				  where they were born or where the group has been kept for at least four (4)
				  months before shipping, provided animals have not been added to the group on
				  the premises within the four (4) months prior to the date of
				  shipping.
(22) "Official eartag"
				  means an identification tag approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part
				  86 that bears an official identification number for individual animals. All
				  official eartags applied to animals must bear an official eartag shield. The
				  design, size, shape, color, and other characteristics of the official eartag
				  will depend on the needs of the users, subject to the approval of the USDA. The
				  official eartag must be tamper-resistant.
(23) "Official eartag shield" means the
				  shield-shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with "U.S." or the State postal
				  abbreviation alpha code imprinted within the shield.
(24) "Official identification device or
				  method" means a way approved by the USDA of applying an official identification
				  number to an animal of a specific species or associating an official
				  identification number with an animal or group of animals of a specific species
				  or otherwise officially identifying an animal or group of animals in accordance
				  with 9 CFR, Part 86 (2015).
(25)
				  "Official identification number" means a nationally unique number that is
				  permanently associated with an animal or group of animals and that adheres to
				  one of the following systems:
(A) National
				  Uniform Eartagging System.
(B)
				  Animal identification number system.
(C) Any other numbering system approved by
				  the USDA for the official identification of animals in accordance with 9 CFR,
				  Part 86 (2015).
(26)
				  "Officially identified" means identified by means of an official identification
				  device or method approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86
				  (2015).
(27) "One-Time Event
				  cattle" means a type of commuter herd of beef feeder cattle moved interstate
				  directly to an event premises without change of ownership as provided in a
				  One-Time Event Permit agreement.
(28) "One-Time Event Permit" means a written
				  agreement for One-Time Event cattle which is between the owner or manager of a
				  herd of cattle and the animal health officials of the origin and destination
				  states specifying the conditions required for the one time interstate movement
				  to an event premises and return to the state of origin within 21 calendar
				  days.
(29) "Owner-shipper
				  statement" means a statement signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock
				  being moved stating: the location from which the animals are moved interstate;
				  the destination of the animals; the number of animals covered by the statement;
				  the species of animal covered; the name and address of the owner at the time of
				  the movement; the name and address of the shipper; and the identification of
				  each animal, as required by the regulations, unless the regulations
				  specifically provide that the identification does not have to be
				  recorded.
(30) "Pasture to Pasture
				  herd" means a type of commuter herd of beef breeding cattle moved interstate
				  from farm of origin during the course of normal livestock management operations
				  and without change of ownership directly between two premises, as provided in a
				  Pasture to Pasture herd agreement.
(31) "Pasture to Pasture Permit" means a
				  written agreement for a Pasture to Pasture herd which is between the owner(s)
				  of a herd of cattle and the animal health officials of the origin and
				  destination states specifying the conditions required for the interstate
				  movement from one (1) premises to another in the course of normal livestock
				  management operations and specifying the time period that the agreement is
				  effective.
(32) "Person" means any
				  individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or
				  joint stock company, or other legal entity.
(33) "Premises Identification Number (PIN)"
				  means a nationally unique number assigned by a state and/or federal animal
				  health authority to a premises that is, in the judgment of the state and/or
				  federal animal health authority, a geographically distinct location from other
				  premises. The PIN may be used in conjunction with a producer's own livestock
				  production numbering system to provide a nationally unique and herd-unique
				  identification number for an animal. It may be used as a component of a
				  group/lot identification number.
(34) "Quarantine" means the designation of
				  host and/or at-risk population(s) of animals, humans, and/or animal products,
				  wherever located, for appropriate action as determined by the State
				  Veterinarian, pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code section
				  9562 and in accordance with Title
				  3, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 7, Article 3 (commencing
				  with section
				  1301.)
(35) "Recognized slaughtering establishment"
				  means any slaughtering facility operating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act
				  (21 U.S.C.
				  601 et seq.), or State meat or poultry
				  inspection acts, approved by the USDA in accordance with
				  9 CFR, Part 71, section
				  71.21 (2015).
(36) "Registered feedlot" means a feedlot or
				  feed yard having more than 500 head of cattle at one time during the calendar
				  year in which cattle are being fed for slaughter, and that is registered with
				  the Department in accordance with Food and Agricultural Code section
				  21082.
(37) "Slaughter pens" means a pen or set of
				  pens on a premises, used to feed restricted cattle destined for slaughter,
				  approved by the Department and USDA to hold only animals for slaughter in
				  accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
				  1302.3.
(38) "Special Entry Permit" means a numbered
				  document issued by the Department for approving the movement of specific
				  classes of livestock into California when the owner, or agent of the owner,
				  agrees to meet the requirements specified for the type of movement.
(39) "Terminal feedlot" means a confined
				  feeding operation, or portion thereof, approved by the Department to hold only
				  animals for slaughter in accordance with Title 3, California Code of
				  Regulations, section
				  1302.2.
(40) "USDA" means the United States
				  Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				  Veterinary Services.
(41) "USDA
				  approved backtag" means a backtag issued by the USDA that provides a temporary
				  unique identification for each animal.