Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.02 - ANIMAL TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 25, 2024
(1)
Slaughter Cattle
: All cattle of age and class, that
				  are consigned to slaughter, must be back tagged by market personnel with tags
				  furnished by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health and the United States
				  Department of Agriculture. Back tags shall be applied in accordance with
				  instructions issued by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health. The proper
				  location for slaughter cattle shall be in the small hollow behind and near the
				  top of the shoulder. Back tags shall be removed only by persons authorized by
				  the Board. The livestock auction market shall provide necessary facilities for
				  carrying out this requirement and shall make available the complete name and
				  address of the person selling such animals.
(2)
Cattle Back to
				  Farm
: Adult cows and bulls (as evidenced by one permanent incisor
				  in full wear) shall be ear tagged with Official Identification provided by the
				  Board of Animal Health and the United States Department of Agriculture prior to
				  leaving the stockyard, with the ear tag matched with the back tag and recorded
				  as directed by the Board of Animal Health. Such animals already identified
				  shall have the official identification matched with the back tag in such form
				  as directed by the Board of Animal Health.
(3)
Use of More Than One Official
				  Ear Tag
: No more than one official ear tag may be applied to an
				  animal, except that:
(a) Another official ear
				  tag may be applied providing it bears the same official identification number
				  as an existing one.
(b) In specific
				  cases when the need to maintain the identity of an animal is intensified (e.g.,
				  such as for export shipments, quarantined herds, field trials, experiments, or
				  disease surveys), the State Veterinarian may approve the application of an
				  additional official ear tag to an animal that already has one or more. The
				  person applying the additional official ear tag must record the following
				  information about the event and maintain the record for 5 years: the date the
				  additional official ear tag is added; the reason for the additional official
				  ear tag device; and the official identification numbers of both the new
				  official ear tag and the one(s) already attached to the animal.
(c) An ear tag with an animal identification
				  number (AIN) beginning with the 840 prefix (either radio frequency
				  identification or visual-only tag) may be applied to an animal that is already
				  officially identified with one or more National Uniform Ear tagging System tags
				  and/or an official vaccination ear tag used for brucellosis. The person
				  applying the AIN ear tag must record the date the AIN tag is added and the
				  official identification numbers of both official ear tags and must maintain
				  those records for 5 years.
(d) A
				  brucellosis vaccination ear tag with a National Uniform Ear tagging System
				  number may be applied in accordance with 9CFR part 78 to an animal that is
				  already officially identified with one or more official ear tags under this
				  part. The person applying the vaccination ear tag must record the date the tag
				  is added and the official identification numbers of both the existing official
				  ear tag(s) and the vaccination ear tag and must maintain those records for 5
				  years.