California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 4 - Meat Inspection › Subchapter 2 - Rendering and Pet Food › Article 41 - Transportation of Dead Animals › Section 1180.13 - Transporting Dead Animals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In
					 accordance with Food and Agricultural Code section
					 19348, no dead animal may be
					 unloaded at any place not authorized to receive such dead animals except that
					 dead animals may be transferred from a wrecked, disabled transportation vehicle
					 to another transportation vehicle for delivery to a licensed rendering plant, a
					 licensed collection center, state or county diagnostic laboratory, a crematory,
					 or other destinations or facilities authorized by law. No slaughterer shall
					 pick up any dead animal pursuant to section
					 19342 of the Food and Agricultural
					 Code unless he is licensed as a dead animal hauler.
(b) In case a vehicle is disabled en route
					 and the transporter of dead animals finds it necessary to unload the animals
					 and reload them into an operable vehicle, he shall report the transfer by
					 providing a statement of the need for using a different vehicle, in writing, to
					 the Department within five (5) business days.
(c) In accordance with Food and Agricultural
					 Code section
					 19348, a dead animal hauler may
					 deliver dead animals to an appropriately permitted landfill if he has
					 certification from a licensed renderer that the renderer cannot process the
					 dead animals.
(1) To obtain the required
					 certification, the renderer, collection center, dead animal hauler, or animal
					 owner shall submit a completed MPES Form 79-121 (08/11), Permit Request To
					 Dispose of Carcass(es) At A Landfill, to the Department. The MPES Form 79-121
					 must be signed by authorized persons representing the renderer and the dead
					 animal hauler.
(2) The Department
					 shall review the submitted MPES Form 79-121 and, if it is complete, properly
					 signed, and the Department determines that the listed reason why the renderer
					 cannot process the dead animal(s) is valid, the Department shall issue an MPES
					 Form 79-122 (08/11), Permit To Transport Carcass(es) To A Landfill, to the dead
					 animal hauler.
(3) The dead animal
					 hauler shall have the completed MPES Form 79-122 in his possession when
					 delivering the carcass(es) to the landfill and shall retain the MPES Form
					 79-122 for one (1) year.
(4) If the
					 dead animal hauler must transport dead animals to a landfill on a weekend,
					 evening, or during other times that the Department is closed and unable to
					 receive and process the MPES Form 79-121 (08/11), Permit Request To Dispose of
					 Carcass(es) At A Landfill, or if the condition of the dead animals is such that
					 they must be transported to a landfill without delay, the dead animal hauler
					 may transport the dead animal(s) to the landfill and shall subsequently submit
					 a completed MPES Form 79-121 (08/11), Permit Request To Dispose of Carcass(es)
					 At A Landfill, to the Department within five (5) working days, along with a
					 letter explaining why it was necessary to transport the dead animal(s) to the
					 landfill without waiting for prior approval and issuance of an MPES Form 79-122
					 (08/11), Permit To Transport Carcass(es) To A Landfill, by the
					 Department.