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Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 6.00 - Seeds, Apples,and Potatoes › Section 6.04 - Apples

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(1)
Establishments of Official
			 Grades
. The Department adopts the United States Standards for
			 Apples, established by the United States Department of Agriculture at
			 7 CFR 51.300
et seq.,
as the "Massachusetts Grades of Apples".
(2)
Marking of
			 Apples
.
(a) Each package of
			 apples packed or repacked within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and intended
			 for sale within the Commonwealth shall be marked at the time of packaging with
			 the official grade designation applicable to the contents of the package as
			 identified in the "Massachusetts Grades of Apples". This identifying grademark
			 shall be preceded by the words "United States" or the letters "U.S".
(b) Specialty packages or mixed varieties of
			 apples of U.S. Fancy Grade or better shall list the varieties or use the term
			 "mixed varieties" in the grademark.
(c) All closed master cartons or other
			 packages closed by any means of fastening shall be labeled with the same
			 markings as on the packages within, and the number of packages in the
			 carton.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 6.00 - Seeds, Apples,and Potatoes › Section 6.05 - Potatoes

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The Department adopts the United State Standards for Grades of
				Potatoes as promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture in
				7 CFR
				51.1540,
et seq.,
as the
				official grades of potatoes packed, repacked, sold, distributed, offered or
				exposed for sale or distribution in the Commonwealth of
				Massachusetts.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.02 - Movement of Honey Bees and Certificates

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(1) Any
			 Beekeeper or Supplier intending to transport any Colony, Hive, Package, Comb,
			 or used beekeeping equipment occupied or used by Honey Bees into the
			 Commonwealth shall notify the Chief Apiary Inspector, either in writing, or by
			 telephone message to the number designated by the Department, no less than two
			 business days prior to bringing such materials into the Commonwealth and shall
			 provide destination information of materials within the Commonwealth. The
			 destination shall include, but shall not be limited to, the location of sale,
			 or area where Honey Bees are held prior to final destination.
(2) Any Beekeeper or Supplier transporting
			 any Colony, Hive, Package, Comb, or used beekeeping equipment occupied or used
			 by Honey Bees into the Commonwealth for purposes of commercial sale must keep
			 records regarding the sale of such items. Records must include at a minimum:
(a) Date of sale;
(b) Items sold;
(c) Number of items sold;
(d) Name and address of Person that items
			 were sold to; and
(e) Name and
			 address of Person that sold items.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.03 - Maintenance of Apiaries

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(1) A Beekeeper
			 shall maintain all Apiaries in such a manner as to not spread Disease,
			 Parasites, or Pests through Robbing in any form, or at any season.
(2) With the exception of new equipment and
			 equipment currently occupied by Honey Bees, no Hive component or used equipment
			 shall be exposed out of doors or in open buildings where it may be subject to
			 Robbing.
(3) Where such conditions
			 or other unsanitary conditions and methods are found, they shall be abated in
			 accordance with instructions issued by the inspector or his deputy and an
			 agreement shall be made between the beekeeper and the inspector for this
			 purpose.
(4) A copy of such
			 agreements shall be kept on file by the inspector and the beekeeper shall
			 report his action under the agreement within the period which the agreement
			 specifies.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.04 - Disease Prevention and Control

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(1) Any
			 Beekeeper who becomes aware of the existence of Disease, or Africanized Honey
			 Bees through generally accepted beekeeping practices among any Honey Bees shall
			 notify the Chief Apiary Inspector, in writing, or by telephone message to the
			 number designated by the Department, within 48 hours.
(2) Department may enter, at all reasonable
			 times, upon the premises of any Apiary to make inspections of Colony, Hive,
			 Package, Comb, or equipment used by or containing Honey Bees found on the
			 premises to determine the presence of Disease, Parasites, Pests, or Africanized
			 Honey Bees pursuant to M.G.L. c. 128, § 36.
(3) Upon discovery of any issues that pose a
			 risk to Honey Bee health, the Chief Apiary Inspector or Inspector shall give
			 written instructions on how to rectify the situation, which may include, but
			 not be limited to, a quarantine, treatment or decommission of said material or
			 Apiary, or any other Colony, Hive, Package, Comb, or equipment until further
			 notice to the Beekeeper as to the course of action to be taken to remedy the
			 condition. Issues that pose a risk to Honey Bee health shall include, but may
			 not be limited, to the following:
(a)
			 Previously used Colonies, Hives, or equipment not currently occupied or used by
			 Honey Bees;
(b) Unsanitary
			 conditions;
(c) Contaminated
			 Colonies, Hives, or equipment with Disease, Parasites, Pests;
(d) Any Comb cross-built, or fastened to any
			 Hive that make proper inspection impossible; and
(e) Africanized Honey Bees.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.05 - Quarantines

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The Commissioner, in order to prevent the spread of any bee
				diseases or bee parasites, may order that certain apiaries, sites and bee
				colonies, packages of bees, queen bees, or bee equipment found to be diseased
				or infested with parasites, to remain on the site on which they were located
				when such infection or infestation was discovered until they are destroyed,
				moved elsewhere for destruction, or treated in a manner as he may otherwise
				direct. The Commissioner may, in the same manner, quarantine nearby hives which
				may be or may become similarly infected or infested.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.06 - Interstate Permits

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(1) No honeybee
			 colonies, packages, used or second-hand equipment, honeycombs, frames, and
			 other used beekeeping equipment shall be moved into Massachusetts from other
			 states or countries unless or until a permit is issued by the Bureau of Plant
			 Industries, Bureau Chief, which permit may be issued when the Chief Apiary
			 Inspector shall have been furnished by the corresponding official of the state
			 or country from which said honeybees or equipment are to be moved, with a
			 certificate to the effect
(a) that all
			 colonies, apiaries, and apiary sites, owned and operated by the applicant, his
			 agent or representative, have been inspected annually, and at the time when the
			 honeybees are actively rearing brood, by his state or country or the state or
			 country of origin including one inspection within 60 days prior to shipment;
			 and either
(b)
1. that no American foulbrood
			 (
Bacillus larvae
), European foulbrood (
Melissococcus
			 pluton
), Tracheal mites (
Acarapis woodi
) Varroa mite
			 (
Varroa jacobsoni
) and Africanized honeybees (
Apis
			 mellifera scutellata
) or other infectious diseases have been detected
			 in any apiary, apiary site or other places where honeybees have been held by
			 the appplicant, his agent or representative, within a period of two years prior
			 to the date of movement into Massachusetts, or
2. that said bees and/or equipment have been
			 treated in such a manner as the Chief Apiary Inspector or his agent may
			 direct.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 8.00 - Apiary Inspection Regulations › Section 8.07 - Treatment

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Upon the discovery of the existance of a bee disease or
				infestation of bee parasites within a colony of bees resident (whether
				temporarily or permanently, but not in transit) in Massachusetts, or upon a
				determination by the Chief Apiary Inspector or his agent that a substantial
				likelihood exists that such a colony of bees has been exposed to such diseases
				or parasites and as a consequence may be, or may become, diseased or infested
				with such disease or parasites; the owner of such bee colonies or his agent or
				representative or the caretaker of such colony shall cause all such colonies to
				be treated in such a manner as the Chief Apiary Inspector or his agent may
				direct.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 9.00 - Plant Quarantines › Section 9.01 - Purpose

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The purpose of
				330 CMR
				9.00 is to prevent the spread of white pine blister
				rust,
Cronartium ribicola
, a disease affecting white pine
				trees.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 9.00 - Plant Quarantines › Section 9.02 - Black Currant Quarantine

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No person shall deliver within the Commonwealth from outside
				the Commonwealth any black currant (
Ribes nigrum
) plant, root,
				scion, seed or cutting.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 9.00 - Plant Quarantines › Section 9.03 - Currant and Gooseberry Quarantine

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(1) No
			 person shall deliver within the Commonwealth from outside the Commonwealth any
			 currant or gooseberry (
Ribes spp
.) plant, root, scion, seed or
			 cutting unless a control area permit has been issued by the Department of Food
			 and Agriculture.
(2) Control area
			 permits will not be issued for any shipment with a destination in any of the
			 following municipalities :
Acton
Duxbury
Lee
Plymouth
Alford
East Bridgewater
Lenox
Plympton
Amesbury
Easton
Leverett
Princeton
Andover
Egremont
Leyden
Raynham
Ashburnham
Erving
Littleton
Rochester
Ashby
Essex
Manchester
Rowley
Ashfield
Foxboro
Mansfield
Royalston
Athol
Freetown
Marshfield
Salisbury
Ayer
Gardner
Medfield
Sandisfield
Barre
Georgetown
Merrimac
Sharon
Becket
Gill
Methuen
Sheffield
Berkley
Gloucester
Middleboro
Shelburne
Bernardston
Gill
Middlefield
Shirley
Billerica
Goshen
Middleton
Shutesbury
Blandford
Granville
Millis
Southampton
Bolton
Great Barrington
Montague
Stockbridge
Boxboro
Greenfield
Monterey
Stoughton
Boxford
Groton
New Marlboro
Stow
Bridgewater
Grove land
New Salem
Sunderland
Buck land
Halifax
Newbury
Taunton
Canton
Hamilton
Newburyport
Templeton
Carlisle
Hanover
Norfolk
Tewksbury
Carver
Hanson
North Andover
Tolland
Charlemont
Hardwick
North Reading
Topsfield
Chelmsford
Harvard
Northfield
Towns end
Chester
Haverhill
Norton
Tyngsboro
Chesterfield
Hawley
Norwell
Tyringham
Colrain
Heath
Orange
Walpole
Conway
Hubbardston
Otis
Wareham
Cummingto n
Huntington
Pembroke
Warwick
Deerfield
Ipswich
Pepperell
Wendell
Dover
Kingston
Petersham
Wenham
Dracut
Lakeville
Phillipston
West Bridgewater
Dunstable
Lancaster
Plainfield
West Newbury
Stockbridge
Tolland
Warwick
Westminster
Stoughton
Topsfield
Wendell
Whately
Stow
Townsend
Wenham
Williamsburg
Sunderland
Tyngsboro
West Bridgewater
Wilmington
Taunton
Tyringham
West Newbury
Winchendon
Templeton
Walpole
Westford
Worthington
Tewksbury
Wareham
Westhampton
Wrentham
Westford
Whately
Winchendon
Wrentham
Westhampton
Williamsburg
Worthington
Westminster
Wilmington
(3) If
			 necessary, the Department of Agricultural Resources, in its sole discretion,
			 shall amend this list following a review, which at a minimum shall occur every
			 ten years. This review shall include, but not be limited to: consultation with
			 the Department of Conservation and Recreation to determine whether the impact
			 to significant stands of white pine (
Pinus strobus
) has
			 changed; any mutations or other changes in the white pine blister rust fungus
			 (
Cronartium ribicola
) that infects both currants and white
			 pine; availability of rust-resistant varieties, cultivars, or hybrids of
			 currants (
Ribes spp
.).
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 9.00 - Plant Quarantines › Section 9.04 - Revocation of Licenses or Certificates

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The Department of Agricultural Resources, through its
				Commissioner or his or her designee (Commissioner), shall at any time have the
				power to withhold, suspend or revoke any Agent's License or Grower's
				Certificate for sufficient cause. Before withholding, suspending or revoking
				any License or Certificate, the Commissioner shall give written notice of a
				scheduled hearing, which shall be held under the informal rules of adjudicatory
				proceedings pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, to the applicant for, or holder of, such
				License or Certificate and give reasons for the intended adverse action. Said
				notice shall appoint a time of hearing before the Commissioner and shall be
				sent by registered or certified mail to the applicant for, or holder of, such
				License or Certificate. At the hearing, the applicant for, or the holder of,
				such License or Certificate may present evidence to the Commissioner. After
				hearing all the testimony, the Commissioner shall make a just and proper
				determination on withholding, suspending and/or revoking a License or
				Certificate.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.02 - Rabies Vaccinations Required for Dogs, Cats and Ferrets

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(1) Any person possessing a dog, cat or
			 ferret shall have the animal vaccinated against Rabies by a licensed
			 veterinarian:
(a) no later than six months of
			 age but not earlier than is indicated on the vaccine label; or,
(b) within 30 days of acquisition or entry
			 into Massachusetts, if the animal is over six months of age, unless proof is
			 available that the animal is already Currently Vaccinated.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.03 - Vaccination Certificates

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(1) A certificate of
			 vaccination must be completed. Only certificates of vaccination issued by the
			 licensed veterinarian who administered the vaccine shall be considered proof of
			 an animal's vaccination status. The certificate is a legal document and must be
			 signed by the veterinarian administering the vaccine. Electronic signatures and
			 stamps may be used. The vaccinating veterinarian is responsible for the
			 accuracy of all information on the certificate.
(2) The certificate shall be either the
			 certificate recommended in the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies control
			 published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, or
			 a certificate containing at least the following information: the owner's name
			 and address; a description of the animal, including predominant breed, sex,
			 age, name and distinctive markings; date of vaccination; Rabies vaccination tag
			 number; type of Rabies vaccine used; route of vaccination; expiration date of
			 the vaccine; the vaccine lot number; and the name and signature of the
			 veterinarian administering the vaccine.
(3) One copy of the certificate shall be
			 filed by the vaccinating veterinarian within 30 days with the clerk of the city
			 or town where the dog, cat or ferret resides, one copy is to be provided to the
			 owner of the animal, and one shall be retained by the vaccinating
			 veterinarian.
(4) No animal
			 hospital, veterinarian's office, or boarding facility shall accept a dog, cat
			 or ferret unless the owner or keeper of such animal can show proof of current
			 vaccination against Rabies; if the animal has not been vaccinated or proof is
			 not shown, the animal shall be vaccinated as long as the animal's medical
			 condition permits.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.04 - Reporting Exposures

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(1) Any person
			 having knowledge of the following shall report immediately to the Animal
			 Inspector in the municipality in which the exposure occurred, the date of the
			 exposure, a description of the animal(s) involved, the current location of the
			 animal or, if the current location is unknown, the place the animal was last
			 seen, and the animal owner's name, if known:
(a) The existence of a domestic animal which
			 has been Exposed to the Rabies Virus, or
(b) The existence of a domestic animal which
			 has bitten or scratched another domestic animal or human.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.05 - Requirements for Any Domestic Animal which Bites a Human or Another Domestic Animal

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(1) If the Animal
			 Inspector, after completing an investigation, determines that a domestic animal
			 has bitten or scratched a human or another domestic animal, they shall issue a
			 written order to the person in custody of the biting animal requiring the
			 animal to be placed under a Ten Day Quarantine. The Ten Day Quarantine applies
			 regardless of the vaccination status of the biting animal.
(2) If the animal displays symptoms
			 compatible with Rabies during this ten-day period, the animal shall be
			 euthanized immediately, and the Animal Inspector and Department shall be
			 notified. Samples from any animal which dies or is euthanized during the Ten
			 Day Quarantine, shall be submitted for Rabies testing as described in
			 330 CMR
			 10.09.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.06 - Requirements for Any Domestic Animals which are Exposed

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The Animal Inspector, upon completion of an investigation and
				upon determination that a domestic animal has been Exposed, shall issue a
				written order to the person in custody of the Exposed animal requiring the
				following:
(1)
Exposed
			 Domestic Animals that are Currently Vaccinated
. The Animal
			 Inspector shall require the immediate administration of a booster vaccination,
			 if the animal's last vaccination was administered over one month prior to
			 exposure, and the animal shall be placed under Strict Confinement for 45
			 days.
(2)
Dogs and Cats
			 that are Not Currently Vaccinated but with Proof of at Least One Previous
			 Rabies Vaccine
. The Animal Inspector shall require the immediate
			 administration of a booster vaccination, and the animal shall be placed under
			 Strict Confinement for 45 days.
(3)
Exposed Domestic Animals that are Unvaccinated
. The
			 Animal Inspector shall request from the owner of the animal written permission
			 to euthanize the animal. If the owner is unwilling to consent to Euthanasia,
			 the Animal Inspector shall issue a written order to the person in custody of
			 the animal requiring the following:
(a) Any
			 dog or cat Exposed by Direct Contact to a confirmed rabid animal, as determined
			 by State Laboratory testing, shall be vaccinated immediately and placed into
			 Isolation for a period of three months to be followed by one month of Strict
			 Confinement. Any ferret Exposed by Direct Contact to a confirmed rabid animal,
			 as determined by State Laboratory testing, shall be vaccinated immediately and
			 placed into Isolation for a period of three months to be followed by three
			 months of Strict Confinement.
(b)
			 Any domestic animal, other than a dog, cat or ferret Exposed by Direct Contact
			 to a confirmed rabid animal, as determined by State Laboratory testing, shall
			 be placed in Strict Confinement for six months.
(c) Any dog or cat Exposed by Direct Contact
			 to a suspected rabid animal, Exposed by Proximity to a confirmed rabid animal,
			 as determined by State Laboratory testing, or which has received a Wound of
			 Unknown Origin shall be vaccinated immediately and placed under Strict
			 Confinement for a period of four months.
(d) Any domestic animal, other than dogs or
			 cats, Exposed by Direct Contact to a suspected rabid animal, Exposed by
			 Proximity to a confirmed rabid animal, as determined by State Laboratory
			 testing, or which has received a Wound of Unknown Origin shall be placed under
			 Strict Confinement for a period of six months.
(e) Any animal considered Unvaccinated
			 because the first vaccination had been administered within the 28 days prior to
			 exposure do not require revaccination.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.07 - Expense of Quarantines and Testing

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The expense associated with Quarantine or Euthanasia will be
				the owner's responsibility. In situations where the animal has no owner,
				including wildlife, the city or town will be financially responsible for costs
				incurred.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.08 - Inspections

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Animal Inspectors must approve the places where animals are
				Quarantined. All animals under Quarantine must be observed by the Animal
				Inspector on a regular basis.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.09 - Collection of Samples

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(1) Animal
			 Inspectors shall ensure that samples are collected from any animal that dies or
			 is euthanized if it has bitten or scratched a human or other domestic animal.
			 Additionally, the Animal Inspector shall ensure that samples are collected from
			 all animals which die or are euthanized for any reason during Quarantine.
			 Samples shall be submitted to the State Laboratory for Rabies testing unless
			 other arrangements have been made with the Department.
(2) All samples shall be collected in
			 accordance with the guidelines established by the Department and the State
			 Laboratory.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 10.00 - Prevention Of The Spread Of Rabies › Section 10.10 - Record Keeping

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Each Animal Inspector shall maintain records of:
(1) All inspections conducted;
(2) All Quarantines issued and released;
			 and
(3) Disposition of animals that
			 died or were euthanized while under Quarantine.
Forms for 330 CMR 10.10(1) through (3) shall be provided by the
				Department, and the Animal Inspector shall submit these records to the
				Department by the last day of each month.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 11.00 - Swine › Section 11.01 - Definitions

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Unless the context requires otherwise, terms not defined below
				or at M.G.L. c. 129 take the applicable USDA definition at 9 CFR §§
				71.1, 78.1, and 85.1.
Department
. Department of Agricultural
				Resources
Director
. Director of the Department's
				Division of Animal Health.
Garbage
. Any meat waste, or meat waste
				combined with food waste, resulting from handling, preparation, cooking and
				consumption of foods, including animal carcasses or parts thereof. For purposes
				of
				330 CMR
				11.00, the term
Meat
shall be
				broadly defined to include red meat, poultry, and Pacific coast seafood. Some
				examples of foods that, so long as they are not contaminated by meat waste, are
				not defined as
Garbage
are as follows:
(a) milk and dairy products;
(b) candy and candy waste;
(c) bakery products and bakery waste;
(d) table (non-fertile) eggs;
(e) produce; and
(f) non-Pacific coast seafood.
Immediate Slaughter
. Movement directly
				to a Recognized Slaughtering Center, with slaughter occurring within 72 hours.
				For compelling public policy reasons or other extraordinary circumstances, and
				solely at the Director's discretion and in writing, the Director may approve a
				longer waiting period.
Official ID
. A unique set of numbers,
				letters and/or symbols that is securely affixed to a porcine animal by ear tag,
				tattoo, brand, or microchip, or other method approved in writing by the
				Director, that will positively identify the animal.
Recognized Slaughtering Center
. Any
				point where slaughtering facilities are provided and to which animals are
				regularly shipped and slaughtered.
Swine
. All porcine animals, including
				pot-bellied and other "pet" pigs.
USDA
. The United States Department of
				Agriculture.
Valid Health Certificate
. An official
				certificate of veterinary inspection for an individual animal written and
				signed by a federally-accredited veterinarian in the State of origin no longer
				than 30 days prior which contains the following:
(a) age, sex, breed, marking and Official ID of the
				animal;
(b) the names and addresses of the original owner and/or place
				of origin, the current owner, the shipper, and the receiver of the
				animal;
(c) if the animal has been held on premises in a state other
				than the state of origin, the pseudorabies and brucellosis status of the
				herd(s) and premises in the other state(s) where it was held;
(d) proof of satisfaction of the pseudorabies and brucellosis
				requirements of
				330 CMR
				11.00; and
(e) a statement that the animal is free from any evidence of
				hog cholera, vesicular exanthema and any infectious or contagious disease; has
				not been recently exposed to hog cholera, vesicular exanthema or any
				infectious, contagious or parasitic disease; and, to the best of the
				veterinarian's knowledge and belief, has not been fed raw
				garbage.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 11.00 - Swine › Section 11.02 - General

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USDA agents, when authorized by the Department, may inspect all
				Swine and any premises where Swine are kept within the Commonwealth of
				Massachusetts for compliance with
				330 CMR
				11.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 11.00 - Swine › Section 11.03 - Dealing and Transportation of Swine

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(1)
License Required
. No person may engage in the business
			 of dealing in Swine in Massachusetts without a valid livestock dealer license
			 issued by the Department, and no such person may transport Swine in any vehicle
			 lacking a valid dealer license plate on the driver's side.
(2)
License
			 Application
. Any person needing a livestock dealer license should
			 submit the appropriate fee and an application on a form provided by the
			 Department. If the applicant's facilities and vehicles fail to pass Department
			 inspection or the Department otherwise finds that the applicant is not in
			 compliance with
			 330 CMR
			 11.00, the Department may refuse to issue such
			 license. Applicants may appeal any license denial within seven days.
(3)
License Plate
.
			 The Department will issue a livestock dealer license plate to each licensee, to
			 be valid for the term of the license. Licenses will expire on November 30 of
			 each year unless renewed. The Department will provide renewal decals with
			 license renewals. If the license is ever revoked, the party whose license is
			 revoked must promptly return the dealer license plate and accompanying decal(s)
			 to the Department.
(4)
Duties of Licensees
. Licensees must keep all areas and
			 vehicles used for Swine in a clean and sanitary condition. Unless acting
			 pursuant to a written waiver issued by the Director based on satisfactory test
			 results, Licensees must allow on premises only Swine that are moved directly
			 from herds or states that have been rated pseudorabies and brucellosis-free by
			 USDA. Such waivers shall issue solely at the Director's discretion.
(5)
Inspection and
			 Testing
. Licensees must submit Swine, and areas and vehicles used
			 for Swine, to inspection and testing at any time the Department may deem it
			 necessary.
(6)
Recordkeeping
. Licensees must maintain, subject to
			 Department inspection, for a minimum of two years, a record book listing every
			 Swine transaction, giving Official ID or, if Official ID is not required
			 because the animal(s) will go directly to slaughter, backtag number or slap
			 tattoo; date purchased, repossessed, sold, traded or loaned; from whom
			 obtained; and to whom transferred.
(7)
Revocations and Suspensions;
			 Appeals
. The Department may, after a full and fair hearing, revoke
			 or suspend any license if it finds that applicable Department laws or
			 regulations have been violated. Any person aggrieved by such a decision may,
			 within seven days, appeal to the Commissioner of the Department. The
			 Commissioner or his or her designee may, after a full and fair hearing, order
			 the decision to be affirmed, modified or annulled. No such appeal will stay any
			 decision of the Department. Further appeals may be made pursuant to M.G.L. c.
			 30A.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 11.00 - Swine › Section 11.05 - Garbage Feeding

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(1) No Person may
			 feed Garbage to Swine without first securing a permit to do so from the
			 Department.
(2) All Garbage must be
			 thoroughly heated to 212 ° F for 30 minutes prior to being fed to
			 Swine.
(3) Swine that have been fed
			 raw Garbage must be slaughtered, unless otherwise handled by special written
			 instructions granted by the Director at the Director's sole discretion. No
			 Swine fed raw Garbage may be moved into or within the Commonwealth of
			 Massachusetts unless pursuant to special permission granted in writing by the
			 Director at the Director's sole discretion.
(4) The Department will regularly inspect the
			 premises of each person holding a permit to feed Garbage to Swine.
(5) The provisions of
			 330 CMR
			 11.04 do not apply to Swine which are under
			 the control of USDA's Animal Health Division.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 11.00 - Swine › Section 11.06 - Promulgation

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The Inspector of Animals in each city and town in the
				Commonwealth of Massachusetts must file a copy of
				330 CMR
				11.00 with the City or Town Clerk, and post a copy in
				a conspicuous place in the city or town.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.02 - Licenses

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(1) No Person shall operate a Pet Shop or
			 Sell or Offer for Sale Animals within the Commonwealth without an appropriate
			 License issued by the Department. A License issued under
			 330 CMR 12.00 shall be:
(a) Valid only for the Pet Shop name,
			 location, and ownership specified therein; and
(b) Non-transferable.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.03 - Facility Requirements

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(1)
General Facilities
. For buildings and premises that
			 are utilized as a Facility, each Licensee shall:
(a) Maintain all buildings and premises in
			 good repair and in a Sanitary Condition;
(b) Maintain and use equipment in a manner
			 which ensures the proper and legal storage and disposal of wastes or
			 disease-contaminated material, including, but not limited to, medical supplies,
			 syringes, needles, and sharps containers;
(c) Take and maintain effective control
			 measures to prevent the spread of disease, noxious odors, and the infestation
			 of Animals and premises with external parasites, insects, and vermin;
			 and
(d) Provide and maintain
			 artificial illumination in all areas and rooms in which Animals are kept. The
			 artificial illumination shall be well-distributed and adequate to provide
			 efficient inspection and cleaning of Facilities, enclosures, cages and Animals.
			 Each cage and enclosure in use shall be situated in a manner that protects the
			 Animals contained from excessive or stressful illumination.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.05 - Restriction on Sale

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(1) No Licensee may
			 Sell or Offer for Sale any Animal which tests positive for or shows signs of
			 any of the following conditions:
(a) Viral,
			 bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infections, or any contagious disease
			 including, but not limited to, distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis, kennel
			 cough,
coccidiosis, giardiasis,parvo virus,
or
			 rabies;
(b) Nutritional diseases
			 including, but not limited to, rickets, emaciation, and
			 hypo-vitaminosis;
(c) Evidence of
			 parasitism, which is impacting the general health of the Animal;
(d) Fractures, lameness, or congenital
			 abnormalities affecting the general health of the Animal; or
(e) Metabolic disease including, but not
			 limited to, kidney disease and diabetes.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.06 - Quarantine

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(1) The Department may order that a
			 Quarantine be placed on the entire premises operated by a Licensee, on a
			 specific species, on a special group of Animals, or an individual Animal for
			 any of the following:
(a) Excessive
			 parasitism;
(b) Poor body
			 condition;
(c) Presence of, or
			 exposure to, infectious or contagious disease;
(d) The importation of a dog or cat into
			 Massachusetts in violation of M.G.L. c. 129, § 39G, or
			 330 CMR 3.00:
Shipment
			 of Dogs into the Commonwealth;
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.07 - Isolation

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Each Class A Licensee shall:
(1) Isolate all dogs and cats received from
			 sources within or outside of the Commonwealth, including those dogs and cats
			 returned to the store by customers, in a room meeting the requirements of
			 330 CMR 12.03(3)
			  for a minimum period of 48 hours prior to
			 Selling or Offering for Sale of the cat or dog received;
(2) Introduce no new dogs or cats into this
			 room during the 48-hour isolation period; and
(3) Have each dog or cat checked by a
			 Veterinarian after the 48-hour isolation period is complete and be certified
			 healthy through issuance of a Health Certificate prior to Selling or Offering
			 for Sale the cat or dog received.
(4) Any dog or cat showing signs of having an
			 infectious or contagious disease shall be placed under Quarantine. Quarantined
			 Animals shall remain in the Isolation Room or be held in a separate Quarantine
			 Room within the same Facility until deemed healthy by a Veterinarian and shall
			 be issued a valid Health Certificate prior to being removed from the Isolation
			 Room or Quarantine Room unless other arrangements have been agreed to by the
			 Department.
(5) No Animal presumed
			 to be healthy shall be placed in an Isolation Room or Quarantine Room that is
			 being used to hold sick or Quarantined Animals.
(6) The provisions of 330 CMR 12.07(1) and
			 (3) shall not apply to dogs and cats sourced from organizations that hold a
			 license from the Department under 330 CMR 30.00:
Animal Rescue and
			 Shelter Organization Regulations,
and which are in compliance with 330
			 CMR 30.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.08 - Inspection

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All Animal records, including but not limited to those required
				by
				330 CMR 12.09, and the
				Pet Shop shall be open for inspection by duly authorized agents of the
				Department, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
				and the Animal Rescue League of Boston during reasonable business hours. Copies
				of these records shall be maintained and be available at the Pet Shop where the
				Animals are Sold or Offered for Sale.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.09 - Records

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(1) Each Licensee shall:
(a) Maintain a record of each group of
			 Animals that enters the pet shop on a standard group animal record form
			 produced by and available at the Department. Each record shall include the
			 following:
1. Number and type of Animal(s)
			 entering the pet shop;
2. The name
			 and address of Person(s) from whom each group of Animals was obtained and the
			 date the group of Animals was obtained; and
3. The name and addresses of Person(s) to
			 whom each Animal of the group was Sold and the date of the Sale.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 12.00 - Licensing and Operation of Pet Shops › Section 12.10 - Enforcement

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(1) The Department may deny, revoke or
			 suspend a License upon finding that:
(a) The
			 Licensee or Applicant has failed to comply with
			 330 CMR 12.00;
(b) The Licensee or Applicant has:
1. Violated any provision of M.G.L. c. 272,
			 § 77; M.G.L. c. 129, §§ 7, 9; or any regulation promulgated
			 thereunder, or assisted another Person in any such violation;
2. Been criminally charged with violating any
			 provision of M.G.L. c. 272, § 77; M.G.L. c. 129, §§ 7, 9, or any
			 regulation promulgated thereunder, regardless of whether the charges have been
			 adjudicated or otherwise resolved by a court of competent
			 jurisdiction;
3. Made a material
			 misrepresentation or omission in the application for a License or renewal of a
			 License;
4. Made a material
			 misrepresentation, false promise or omission in connection with the Sale of
			 Animals from a Pet Shop;
5.
			 Violated a quarantine order issued under M.G.L. c. 129;
6. Violated an agreement with the
			 Department;
7. Dispensed
			 prescription medication to accompany an Animal at the time of Sale unless
			 otherwise permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth;
8. Made substantial structural changes to the
			 Facility without prior approval from the Department after the Facility was
			 inspected for License approval per
			 330 CMR 12.02(4)
			  or after a License was issued;
9. Made repeated record keeping violations
			 including, but not limited to, making repeated or consistent errors, falsifying
			 records, or failing to keep or produce required records;
10. Intentionally prevented a customer from
			 using the 14-day warranty granted under
			 330 CMR
			 12.05(4); or
11. Engaged in any other conduct that poses a
			 serious risk to Animal health, as determined by the
			 Department.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 13.00 - Pet Food › Section 13.01 - Definition

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The definition of terms used in
				330 CMR
				13.00 shall be the same as those adopted by the
				Association of American Feed Control Officials ("AAFCO"), as amended, except as
				otherwise provided.
Immediate Container
, the unit, can,
				box, tin, bag or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food is displayed
				for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers used as shipping
				containers.
Ingredient Statements
, a collective
				and contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food is
				composed.
Principal Display Panel
, the part of a
				label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under
				normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 13.00 - Pet Food › Section 13.03 - Labeling

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The label for any pet food distributed within commonwealth,
				must comply with the following:
(1)
			 The quantity statement and product name must be shown on the principal display
			 panel. All other required information may be placed elsewhere on the label but
			 shall be sufficiently conspicuous as to render it easily read by the average
			 purchaser under ordinary conditions of purchase and sale.
(2) The quantity statement shall be made in
			 conformity with the United States "Fair Packaging and Labeling Act" and the
			 regulations promulgated thereunder.
(3) The information required to appear in the
			 "Guaranteed Analysis" shall be listed in the following order:
(a) Crude protein (Minimum
			 Percentage);
(b) Crude fat (Minimum
			 Percentage);
(c) Crude fiber
			 (Maximum Percentage);
(d) Moisture
			 (Maximum Percentage); and
(e)
			 Additional guarantees shall follow moisture.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 13.00 - Pet Food › Section 13.04 - Brand and Product Names

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(1) No flavor
			 designation shall be used on a pet food label unless the designated flavor is
			 detectable by a recognized test method, or is one the presence of which
			 provides a characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on
			 a pet food label must either conform to the name of its source as shown in the
			 ingredient statement or the ingredient statement shall show the source of the
			 flavor. The word flavor shall be printed in the same size type and with an
			 equal degree of conspicuousness as the ingredient term(s) from which the flavor
			 designation is derived. Distributors of pet food employing such flavor
			 designation or claims on the labels of the product distributed by them shall,
			 upon request, supply verification of the designated or claimed flavor to the
			 Department.
(2) The designation
			 "100%" or "all" or words of similar connotation shall not be used in the brand
			 or product name of a pet food if it contains more than one ingredient. However,
			 for the purpose of 330 CMR 13.04(2), water sufficient for processing, required
			 decharacterizing agents and trace amounts of preservatives and condiments shall
			 not be considered ingredients.
(3)
			 The term "meat and "meat by-products" shall be qualified to designate the
			 animal from which the meat and meat by-products are derived unless the meat and
			 meat by-products are from cattle, swine, sheep and goats. For example,
			 "horsemeat" and "horsemeat by-products."
(4) The name of the pet food shall not be
			 derived from one or more ingredients of a mixture of a pet food product unless
			 all components or ingredients are included in the name except as specified by
			 330 CMR 13.03(1), (5), or
			 (6); Provided, that the name of an ingredient
			 or combination of ingredients may be used as a part of the product name if:
(a) the ingredient or combination of
			 ingredients is present in sufficient quantity to impart a distinctive
			 characteristic to the product or is present in amounts which have a material
			 bearing upon the price of the product or upon acceptance of the product by the
			 purchaser thereof: or
(b) it does
			 not constitute a representation that the ingredient or combination of
			 ingredients is present to the exclusion of other ingredients; or (c) it is not
			 otherwise false or misleading.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 13.00 - Pet Food › Section 13.06 - Ingredients

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(1) The maximum moisture in all pet foods
			 shall be guaranteed and shall not exceed 78.00% or the natural moisture content
			 of the constituent ingredients of the product, whichever is greater. Pet foods
			 such as those consisting principally of stew, gravy, sauce, broth, juice or a
			 milk replacer which are so labeled, may contain moisture in excess of
			 78.00%.
(2) Each ingredient of the
			 pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement, and names of all
			 ingredients in the ingredient statement must be shown in letters or type of the
			 same size. The failure to list the ingredients of a pet food in descending
			 order by their predominance by weight in non-quantitative terms may be
			 misleading. Any ingredient for which the Association of American Feed Control
			 Officials has established a name and definition shall be identified by the name
			 so established. Any ingredient for which no name and definition has been so
			 established shall be identified by the common or usual name of the ingredient.
			 Brand or trade names shall not be used in the ingredient statement.
(3) The term "dehydrated" may precede the
			 name of any ingredient in the ingredient list that has been artificially
			 dried.
(4) No reference to quality
			 or grade of an ingredient shall appear in the ingredient statement of a pet
			 food.
(5) A reference to the
			 quality, nature, form, or other attribute of an ingredient shall not be made
			 unless such designation is accurate and unless the ingredient imparts a
			 distinctive characteristic to the pet food because it possesses that
			 attribute.