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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 163.6 SLAUGHTER FACILITIES – 1 2 BLOOD SAMPLES. 1 3 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 1 4 requires: 1 5 a. "Concentration point" means a location or facility 1 6 where animals customarily slaughtered at a slaughtering 1 7 establishment are assembled for purposes of sale or resale for 1 8 feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may 1 9 occur between groups of animals from various sources. 1 10 "Concentration point" includes a public stockyard, auction 1 11 market, street market, state or federal market, untested 1 12 consignment sales location, buying station, or a livestock 1 13 dealer's yard, truck, or facility. 1 14 b. "Department" means the department of agriculture and 1 15 land stewardship or the United States department of 1 16 agriculture. 1 17 c. "Slaughtering establishment" means a person engaged in 1 18 the business of slaughtering animals, if the person is an 1 19 establishment subject to the provisions of chapter 189A which 1 20 slaughters animals for meat food products as defined in 1 21 section 189A.2. 1 22 2. The department may require that samples of blood be 1 23 collected from animals which are consigned to slaughter or 1 24 slaughtered in order to determine if the animals are infected 1 25 with an infectious or contagious disease, according to rules 1 26 adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 1 27 The collection shall be performed by either of the following: 1 28 a. A collection point or slaughtering establishment under 1 29 an agreement executed by the department and the collection 1 30 point or the slaughtering establishment. 1 31 b. A person authorized by the department. 1 32 An authorized person collecting samples shall have access 1 33 to areas where the animals are confined in order to collect 1 34 blood samples. The department shall notify the concentration 1 35 point or slaughtering establishment in writing that samples of 2 1 blood must be collected for analysis. The notice shall be 2 2 provided in a manner required by the department. 2 3 3. In carrying out this section, a person authorized by 2 4 the department to collect blood samples from animals as 2 5 provided in this section shall have the right to enter and 2 6 remain on the premises of the slaughtering establishment in 2 7 the same manner and on the same terms as a meat inspector 2 8 authorized by the department, including the right to access 2 9 facilities routinely available to employees of the 2 10 slaughtering establishment such as toilet and lavatory 2 11 facilities, lockers, cafeterias, areas reserved for work 2 12 breaks or dining, and storage facilities. The slaughtering 2 13 establishment shall provide a secure area for the permanent 2 14 storage of equipment used to collect blood, an area reserved 2 15 for collecting the blood, including the storage of blood 2 16 during the collection, and a refrigerated area used to store 2 17 blood samples prior to analysis. The area reserved for 2 18 collecting the blood shall be adjacent to the area where the 2 19 animals are killed, unless the authorized person and the 2 20 slaughtering establishment select another area. The 2 21 department is not required to compensate a slaughtering 2 22 establishment for allowing a person authorized by the 2 23 department to carry out this section. 2 24 4. A person violating this section or a rule adopted 2 25 pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty 2 26 of at least one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand 2 27 dollars. Moneys collected in civil penalties shall be 2 28 deposited in the general fund of the state. 2 29 Sec. 2. Section 163.30, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 2 30 3, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 31 However, registered swine for exhibition or breeding 2 32 purposes which can be individually identified by an ear notch 2 33 or tattoo or other method approved by the department are 2 34 excepted from this identification requirement. In addition, 2 35 native Iowa swine moved from farm to farmmayshall be 3 1 excepted from the identification requirement if theseller and3 2purchaser sign a statement providing that feeder pigs will not3 3be commingled for a period of thirty days and such fact is3 4stated on the health certificateowner transferring possession 3 5 of the feeder pigs executes a written agreement with the 3 6 person taking possession of the feeder pigs. The agreement 3 7 shall provide that the feeder pigs shall not be commingled 3 8 with other swine for a period of thirty days. The owner 3 9 transferring possession shall be responsible for the 3 10 completion of this agreement prior to transferring possession. 3 11 The owner transferring possession shall provide a copy of the 3 12 agreement to the person taking possession of the feeder pigs. 3 13 Sec. 3. Section 166D.5, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 3 14 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 15 When the department determines that a majority of herds 3 16 within a program area have been tested and a majority of herds 3 17 reveal a noninfection rate ofninetyeighty percent or 3 18 greater, the following shall apply: 3 19 Sec. 4. Section 166D.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 3 20 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 21 a. The herd shall be certified when all breeding swine 3 22 have reacted negatively to a test. The herd must have been 3 23 free from infection for thirty days prior to testing. At 3 24 least ninety percent of swine in the herd must have been on 3 25 the premises as a part of the herd for at least sixty days 3 26 prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have been moved 3 27 directly from another qualified negative herd. To remain 3 28 certified, the herd must be retested and recertified as 3 29 provided by the department. The herd shall be recertified 3 30 wheneither of the following occurs:3 31(1) Each eighty to one hundred five days at least twenty-3 32five percent of the herd's breeding swine react negatively to3 33a test.3 34(2) Eacheach month the greater of five head of swine or 3 35 at least ten percent of the herd's breeding swine react 4 1 negatively to a test. 4 2 Sec. 5. Section 166D.8, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 4 3 amended to read as follows: 4 4 1. A herd cleanup plan may include any or a combination of 4 5 the following: 4 6 a. The segregation of progeny with restricted movement. 4 7 The herd cleanup plan must include the location of the 4 8 premises that will receive the progeny. The receiving 4 9 premises shall be quarantined. Progeny shall not be 4 10 segregated with restricted movement after January 1, 1999. 4 11 b. The test and removal of infected swine from the herd. 4 12 The removal shall be completed prior to January 1, 2000, in a 4 13 manner required by the department. 4 14 c. Depopulation. The depopulation shall be completed 4 15 prior to January 1, 2000, in a manner required by the 4 16 department. 4 17 Sec. 6. Section 166D.8, subsection 2, paragraphs a and c, 4 18 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 4 19 a. There must have been no clinical signs of pseudorabies 4 20 during the pastsix monthsthirty days. 4 21 c. An approved pseudorabies eradication plan must be 4 22 implemented.However, swine from a feeder pig cooperator herd4 23may be moved within Iowa without individual tests as feeder4 24pigs of unknown origin.4 25 Sec. 7. Section 166D.9, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 4 26 2, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 4 27HerdsA herd removed from quarantine under this subsection 4 28 shall be tested by statistical sampling one year later, unless 4 29 an epidemiologist determines that the herd must be tested 4 30 earlier. 4 31 Sec. 8. Section 166D.10, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 4 32 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 4 33 c. A persontransferringtransfers ownership of all or 4 34 part of a herd, if the herd remains on the same premises. 4 35 However, the herd must be tested by statistical sampling. If 5 1 any part of the herd is subsequently moved or relocated, the 5 2 swinethat aremust be moved or relocatedmust be accompanied5 3by a certificate of inspection, or an official health5 4certificate or veterinarian certificate as provided in section5 5163.30, unless the swine are moved to slaughterin accordance 5 6 with this section and sections 166D.7, 166D.8, and 166D.9. 5 7 Sec. 9. Section 166D.10, subsection 2, unnumbered 5 8 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as 5 9 follows: 5 10 Swine that are moved shall be individually identified as 5 11 provided in section 163.30, which may include requirements for 5 12 affixing ear tags to swine. However, native Iowa feeder pigs 5 13 moved from farm to farm within the state shallnotbesubject5 14toexempted from the identification requirements of this 5 15 subsection, if the owner transferring possession of the feeder 5 16 pigs executes a written agreement with the person taking 5 17 possession of the feeder pigs. The agreement shall provide 5 18 that the feeder pigswillshall not be commingled with other 5 19 swine for a period of thirty days. The owner transferring 5 20 possession shall be responsible for completing the agreement 5 21 prior to transferring possession. The owner transferring 5 22 possession shall provide a copy of the agreement to the person 5 23 taking possession of the feeder pigs. 5 24 Sec. 10. Section 166D.10, subsection 6, Code Supplement 5 25 1997, is amended to read as follows: 5 26 6. In addition to other applicable requirements of this 5 27 section, feeder swine moved from a location outside of this 5 28 state to a location within this state shall be vaccinated, if 5 29 the feeder swine are moved into a county where the department 5 30 determines that more than three percent of all herds in the 5 31 county are infected herds. The feeder swine shall be 5 32 vaccinated with a differentiable vaccine according to 5 33 procedures established by rules adopted by the department. 5 34 However, this subsection shall not require vaccination if the 5 35 feeder swine originate from a qualified negative herd or a 6 1 qualified differentiable negative herd and are introduced to a 6 2 qualified negative herd or a qualified differentiable negative 6 3 herd. 6 4 Sec. 11. Section 166D.12, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 6 5 1997, is amended to read as follows: 6 6 a. Other species of livestock mustnotbeheldkept 6 7 separate and apart from swine from known infected herds at the 6 8 concentration point. 6 9 Sec. 12. Section 166D.13, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 6 10 amended to read as follows: 6 11 1. Swine froma quarantinedan infected herd shall not be 6 12 displayed or shown at any exhibition. 6 13 EXPLANATION 6 14 This bill amends several provisions regulating contagious 6 15 diseases among livestock, including Code chapter 163 which 6 16 regulates contagious diseases generally and Code chapter 166D 6 17 which regulates pseudorabies affecting swine. 6 18 The bill amends Code chapter 163 by providing for the 6 19 collection and analysis of blood from livestock by collection 6 20 points and slaughtering establishments. The bill provides 6 21 that the department of agriculture and land stewardship or the 6 22 United States department of agriculture may require that 6 23 samples of blood be collected from animals which are consigned 6 24 to slaughter or slaughtered in order to determine if the 6 25 animals are infected with an infectious or contagious disease. 6 26 The bill amends Code chapter 166D by providing that an 6 27 owner transferring possession of feeder pigs must execute a 6 28 written agreement with the person taking possession providing 6 29 that the feeder pigs shall not be commingled with other swine 6 30 for 30 days. 6 31 The bill amends a provision placing special conditions upon 6 32 an area when the department determines that a majority of 6 33 herds within the area have been tested and a majority of herds 6 34 reveal a noninfection rate of 90 percent or greater. The bill 6 35 reduces this percentage to 80 percent. 7 1 The bill amends a provision that requires herds to be 7 2 periodically recertified by the department. The provision 7 3 allows a herd to retain certification when at least 25 percent 7 4 of the herd's breeding swine react negatively to a test every 7 5 80 to 105 days or at least 10 percent of the herd's breeding 7 6 swine react negatively to a test each month. This bill 7 7 eliminates the 25 percent requirement. 7 8 The bill provides for herd cleanup plans which provide for 7 9 the segregation of progeny with restricted movement, the test 7 10 and removal of infected swine from a herd, or depopulation. 7 11 This bill provides that in the case of progeny segregation, 7 12 the herd cleanup plan must include the location of the 7 13 premises that will receive the progeny. The progeny cannot be 7 14 segregated with restricted movement after January 1, 1999. In 7 15 the case of removal of infected swine, the removal must be 7 16 completed prior to January 1, 2000. In the case of 7 17 depopulation, the depopulation must be completed prior to 7 18 January 1, 2000. 7 19 The bill changes a requirement providing that a feeder pig 7 20 cooperator herd plan may be adopted if there have been no 7 21 clinical signs of pseudorabies during the past six months. 7 22 The bill changes the requirement to provide that no clinical 7 23 signs of pseudorabies must have been detected for 30 days and 7 24 eliminates a requirement that a feeder pig cooperator herd may 7 25 be moved within Iowa without individual tests as feeder pigs 7 26 of unknown origin. 7 27 The bill eliminates a provision applying to herds which 7 28 have transferred ownership but remain on the same premises. 7 29 The bill eliminates a requirement that provides that moved or 7 30 relocated swine must be accompanied by a certificate of 7 31 inspection or an official health certificate or veterinarian 7 32 certificate. 7 33 The bill amends a provision that applies to feeder swine 7 34 moved from a location outside of this state to a location 7 35 within this state. The bill provides that the feeder swine 8 1 are not required to be vaccinated if the feeder swine 8 2 originate from a qualified negative herd and are introduced to 8 3 a qualified negative herd or the feeder swine originate from a 8 4 qualified differentiable negative herd and are introduced to a 8 5 qualified differentiable negative herd. 8 6 The bill amends a provision which provides that swine from 8 7 known infected herds may be moved through a concentration 8 8 point if other species of livestock are not to be held at the 8 9 concentration point. This bill amends that restriction by 8 10 providing that the other species must be kept separate and 8 11 apart from the swine. 8 12 LSB 4325HC 77 8 13 da/jl/8
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