California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 7 - Restricted Animals › Article 4 - Feeding Restricted Cattle › Section 1302.1 - Designated Pens in Feedlots

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Designated pens are a set of pens on a premises approved by the Department and
				  USDA for the feeding of cattle from California herds quarantined for
				  brucellosis and/or tuberculosis and whose movement is restricted only to
				  recognized slaughtering establishments approved by the Department or
				  USDA.
(b) An owner or manager of a
				  feedlot requesting approval for designated pen status must contact the
				  Department's Animal Health Branch District Office containing the feedlot or the
				  Animal Health Branch in Sacramento.
(c) Approval of designated pens may be
				  granted when the owner or manager of the feedlot completes and submits to the
				  Department's Animal Health Branch an Application for Designated Pen Status to
				  Feed Tuberculosis or Brucellosis Exposed Cattle, AHB Form 76-197, as provided
				  by the Department. The application will include the following:
(1) Pen numbers subject to designated pen
				  status;
(2) Name, address and
				  premises ID # of the feedlot;
(3)
				  Name and telephone number of the contact person such as owner or
				  manager;
(4) Disease(s) cattle are
				  known to be exposed to; and
(5)
				  Signature of the applicant that certifies compliance with the following
				  requirements:
(A) All cattle entering
				  designated pens are considered restricted and may only be moved from those pens
				  directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment or to other designated
				  pens.
(B) All cattle must have an
				  individual official identification number and records must be maintained for
				  all animals entering and leaving the designated pens including:
1. Buyer's and seller's name and
				  address.
2. Number of
				  animals.
3. Description of each
				  animal including sex, age, breed, and official identification.
4. Date of entry and date animals shipped
				  from feedyard.
5. Terminal
				  destination of the animals.
(C) Double cattle-proof fencing is required
				  to separate restricted cattle from non-restricted cattle. The separation
				  required:
1. Brucellosis. All designated pens
				  must be separated by at least 12 feet from non-restricted areas.
2. Tuberculosis. All designated pens must be
				  separated by at least 30 feet from non-restricted areas.
(D) Not allow restricted and non-restricted
				  cattle to share watering systems, feed troughs or hospital pens.
(E) Not allow pasturing or grazing of the
				  restricted cattle.
(F) Notify the
				  Animal Health Branch district office when restricted cattle are received at the
				  premises.
(G) Record birth or
				  mortality of restricted cattle by date and individual official animal
				  identification.
(H) Clean and
				  disinfect any common processing areas and/or equipment used for processing or
				  treating restricted cattle with a disinfectant used as labeled, before use for
				  non-restricted cattle.
(I) Require
				  workers coming in direct contact with restricted cattle or their excrement to
				  change outerwear and disinfect their boots before moving to an area with
				  non-restricted cattle.
(J) Allow
				  Department and/or USDA personnel to periodically inspect the restricted cattle
				  and the designated pens and review all associated records.
(K) Maintain records for a minimum of five
				  (5) years.