Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 330 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES › Title 330 CMR 4.00 - Cattle › Section 4.03 - Dealing and Transportation of Cattle

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
License Required
. No person may engage in the business
			 of dealing in cattle in Massachusetts without a valid livestock dealer license
			 issued by the Department, and no such person may transport cattle 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 regulations, the Department may deny a 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 revokee must promptly
			 return the dealer license plate and decal(s) to the Department.
(4)
Duties of
			 Licensees
. Licensees must keep all areas and vehicles used for
			 cattle 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 cattle that are moved directly from herds or states
			 that are accredited-free from tuberculosis and certified-free from brucellosis
			 by USDA. Such waivers shall issue solely at the Director's
			 discretion.
(5)
Inspection and Testing
. Licensees must submit cattle,
			 and areas and vehicles used for cattle, 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 cattle transaction, giving Official ID, date
			 purchased, repossessed, sold, traded or loaned, from whom obtained, and to whom
			 transferred.
(7)
Reporting
. Licensees with dairy cattle must forward to
			 the Department's Bureau of Animal Health each month, on forms furnished by the
			 Department, a report of each and every dairy cow or bull bought, sold, loaned,
			 traded or repossessed the preceding month, giving the Official ID, breed, date,
			 from whom obtained, and to whom transferred of each animal for each
			 transaction.
(8)
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 MGL c. 30A.