New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS › Chapter II - Animal Industry › Subchapter A - Diseases of Domestic Animals; Garbage Feeding › Part 53 - REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING IMPORTATION OF CATTLE › Section 53.3 - Importation of cattle to a specifically approved stockyard or a recognized slaughtering establishment

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, cattle
					 may be imported into the State and moved directly to a specifically approved
					 stockyard, as defined in section
					 53.1(r) 
					 of this Part, or to a recognized slaughtering establishment, as defined in
					 section
					 53.1(o) 
					 of this Part, without an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection under
					 the following conditions:
(a) The
				  cattle shall be accompanied by an owner-shipper statement.
(b) At any time after entry of the cattle
				  into the State, an authorized representative of the commissioner may direct the
				  person transporting the cattle to a designated location for the following
				  purposes: unloading, restraint, inspection, identification, tagging, testing or
				  quarantine.
(c) The cattle shall be
				  moved directly to the specifically approved stockyard or recognized
				  slaughtering establishment named as the destination or consignee on the
				  owner-shipper statement. Cattle which are not subsequently qualified under
				  subdivision (e) of this section shall be sold only to a recognized slaughtering
				  establishment and after the sale moved by the most direct route to the
				  slaughtering establishment.
(d)
				  Cattle moved to a recognized slaughtering establishment shall be slaughtered
				  within six days (144 hours) after entry into this State.
(e) Cattle moved to a specifically approved
				  stockyard may be moved without restriction following, as provided herein,
				  segregation, examination by an accredited veterinarian and the preparation of
				  an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection; provided that the following
				  conditions are met:
(1) the stockyard has
				  been approved by the commissioner to receive cattle pursuant to this section
				  and has agreed to comply with all the requirements of this section including,
				  but not limited to, the maintenance of a segregation facility with appropriate
				  handling and restraint equipment; the reading of eartags; and the conducting of
				  physical examinations of cattle by an accredited veterinarian;
(2) the cattle must originate in a state or
				  zone which:
(i) borders New York
				  State;
(ii) has been recognized by
				  the USDA as brucellosis certified free for at least five years;
(iii) has been recognized by the USDA as
				  tuberculosis accredited free for at least five years; and
(iv) has not been recognized by the
				  commissioner as having any other disease of cattle which does not naturally
				  occur in New York;
(3)
				  the federally assigned premises identification numbers of all premises of
				  origin of the cattle shall be included on the owner-shipper statement, with the
				  premises of origin being the farm or ranch in the bordering state or zone where
				  the animals originated and not a livestock market or dealer;
(4) the cattle shall enter the State with
				  individual, uniquely numbered eartags approved for identification by the USDA
				  and the eartag numbers shall be included on the owner-shipper
				  statement;
(5) prior to the
				  required veterinary inspection and the preparation of an interstate certificate
				  of veterinary inspection, cattle that enter under this section shall always be
				  segregated at least 30 feet from cattle that originated in New York State and
				  from cattle that entered the State with an interstate certificate of veterinary
				  inspection;
(6) prior to the
				  release from segregation pens, an accredited veterinarian shall physically
				  examine all animals in the pen and shall prepare an interstate certificate of
				  veterinary inspection for those animals not going to immediate slaughter. If
				  any animal shows signs of infectious, contagious or communicable disease that
				  animal, and all animals exposed to that animal shall be quarantined and
				  directed to an approved slaughtering establishment for immediate slaughter, or
				  at the discretion of the commissioner, may be returned to the place of origin
				  or be quarantined in isolation from all other animals at the owner's expense
				  until the commissioner determines that the animals are not a threat to New York
				  livestock.