California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 2 - Livestock Disease Control › Article 1.5 - Bovine Brucellosis › Section 752.5 - Brucellosis Reactors

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Identifying Reactors. When any animal is classified as a brucellosis reactor it
				  shall be immediately identified with an official brucellosis reactor eartag
				  attached to the left ear. Identification shall be supervised by the accredited
				  veterinarian who collected the blood, milk, or other sample, or by a government
				  official designated by the District Veterinarian. The person supervising the
				  identification shall report its completion in person or by telephone to the
				  Animal Health Branch within five (5) business days.
(b) Disposing of Reactors. A reactor shall be
				  slaughtered within 30 calendar days of identification and shall be confined and
				  held on the premises where found under quarantine until it is moved for
				  immediate slaughter. Before reactors are moved they require written permission
				  to move to either a facility authorized by the Department to handle brucellosis
				  reactors or directly to the holding pens of a recognized slaughtering
				  establishment approved by the Department as capable of maintaining the identity
				  of a reactor and confirming its slaughter. The reactor shall not be hauled with
				  other animals unless they are also going to immediate slaughter, nor be
				  unloaded on premises or facilities used for holding or handling livestock for
				  any other purpose than consignment for slaughter. Vehicles used for
				  transporting reactors shall be cleaned and disinfected before reuse for
				  transporting other livestock. A reactor may be slaughtered on the premises by
				  the owner, providing the slaughter is witnessed by a government official
				  designated by the District Veterinarian and a statement acknowledging a
				  possible public health hazard is signed by the owner prior to slaughter. Any
				  contaminated materials shall be removed and the premises shall be cleaned and
				  disinfected within 15 calendar days of removal of reacting animals, using
				  methods and materials recommended after a case-by-case evaluation by the
				  Department. The 15-day cleanup period may be extended due to unforeseen
				  circumstances not within control of the owner, if upon request for an
				  extension, it is determined by the Department that the extension will not
				  adversely affect the Brucellosis Eradication Program.
(c) Immediate Slaughter. Animals for
				  immediate slaughter shall be delivered without diversion to the recognized
				  slaughtering establishment within 10 calendar days from the date the animals
				  were either consigned to slaughter or a permit was issued for their consignment
				  to slaughter. Such animals, upon delivery to the recognized slaughtering
				  establishment, shall be slaughtered within 10 calendar days after arrival
				  unless, due to unforeseen circumstances not within control of the slaughter
				  facility, the slaughter facility requests an exemption and the exception is
				  granted by the Department.
1. New
					 section filed 5-24-99; operative 6-23-99 (Register 99, No. 22).
2.
					 Amendment of section heading, subsections (b) and (c) and NOTE filed 2-27-2017;
					 operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						407,
						9562,
						10324,
						10326
						and
						10327,
						Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						403,
						408,
						461,
						5006,
						9561,
						9562,
						9563,
						9564,
						9569,
						9570,
						10301,
						10302,
						10303,
						10304,
						10305,
						10306,
						10307,
						10308,
						10309,
						10310,
						10311,
						10321,
						10322,
						10323,
						10325,
						10401,
						10403,
						10404,
						10405,
						10406,
						10406.5,
						10407
						and
						10493,
						Food and Agricultural Code.