North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 52 - VETERINARY › Subchapter E - MARKETING OF LIVESTOCK › Section .0200 - PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 52E .0209 - CERTIFICATES: CATTLE AND SWINE REMOVED FOR NON SLAUGHTER

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) No cattle except those for immediate
				  slaughter shall be removed from a public livestock market unless they are
				  accompanied by a certificate issued by a veterinarian accredited pursuant to
				  Title 9, Part 161 of the Code of Federal Regulations or an employee of the
				  veterinary division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture or Animal
				  and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, United States
				  Department of Agriculture. The certificate shall show that such animals are
				  apparently healthy and come directly from a certified brucellosis-free herd or
				  state or that eligible cattle listed have passed an approved test for
				  brucellosis within 30 days prior to sale. (Steers, spayed heifers, and native
				  cattle under 18 months of age are exempt from this requirement.) Every animal
				  shall be identified by a numbered ear tag or tattoo in accordance with Title 9,
				  Part 78.1 of the Code of Federal Regulations. No brucellosis test shall be
				  required on official brucellosis vaccinates less than 20 months of age of the
				  dairy breeds and less than 24 months of age of the beef breeds, provided that
				  all parturient or post parturient cattle regardless of age shall be tested for
				  brucellosis. Official calfhood vaccinates must be identified by ear tag, tattoo
				  or official vaccination certificate.
(b) Swine. No swine except those for
				  immediate slaughter shall be removed from any public livestock market unless
				  they are accompanied by a certificate issued by a veterinarian accredited
				  pursuant to Title 9, Part 161 of the Code of Federal Regulations or employee of
				  the veterinary division, North Carolina Department of Agriculture or Animal and
				  Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, United States Department
				  of Agriculture. The certificate shall show that swine covered by the
				  certificate are apparently healthy and come directly from a validated
				  brucellosis-free herd. Each animal shall be identified with an official ear
				  tag, tattoo or other methods approved by the State Veterinarian.
(c) Record Kept. A copy of all health
				  certificates issued on cattle and swine sold in a public livestock market shall
				  be kept on file as a part of the livestock market records for at least one
				  year.
(d) Exemptions. The
				  Commissioner of Agriculture exempts from the requirement for official health
				  certificates all breed sponsored sales, quality feeder pig sales where animals
				  are not sold for movement to other states, and those sponsored wholly or in
				  part by an agency of state government.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 106-416;
Eff. April 1,
					 1984;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2000; December 1, 1987;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. March 26,
					 2017.