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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2371 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AFFECTING 1 5 LIVESTOCK AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 163.6 SLAUGHTER FACILITIES – 1 10 BLOOD SAMPLES. 1 11 1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise 1 12 requires: 1 13 a. "Department" means the department of agriculture and 1 14 land stewardship or the United States department of 1 15 agriculture. 1 16 b. "Slaughtering establishment" means a person engaged in 1 17 the business of slaughtering animals, if the person is an 1 18 establishment subject to the provisions of chapter 189A which 1 19 slaughters animals for meat food products as defined in 1 20 section 189A.2. 1 21 2. The department may require that samples of blood be 1 22 collected from animals at a slaughtering establishment in 1 23 order to determine if the animals are infected with an 1 24 infectious or contagious disease, according to rules adopted 1 25 by the department of agriculture and land stewardship. Upon 1 26 approval by the department, the collection shall be performed 1 27 by either of the following: 1 28 a. A slaughtering establishment under an agreement 1 29 executed by the department and the slaughtering establishment. 1 30 b. A person authorized by the department. 1 31 An authorized person collecting samples shall have access 1 32 to areas where the animals are confined in order to collect 1 33 blood samples. The department shall notify the slaughtering 1 34 establishment in writing that samples of blood must be 1 35 collected for analysis. The notice shall be provided in a 2 1 manner required by the department. 2 2 3. In carrying out this section, a person authorized by 2 3 the department to collect blood samples from animals as 2 4 provided in this section shall have the right to enter and 2 5 remain on the premises of the slaughtering establishment in 2 6 the same manner and on the same terms as a meat inspector 2 7 authorized by the department, including the right to access 2 8 facilities routinely available to employees of the 2 9 slaughtering establishment such as toilet and lavatory 2 10 facilities, lockers, cafeterias, areas reserved for work 2 11 breaks or dining, and storage facilities. The slaughtering 2 12 establishment shall provide a secure area for the permanent 2 13 storage of equipment used to collect blood, an area reserved 2 14 for collecting the blood, including the storage of blood 2 15 during the collection, and a refrigerated area used to store 2 16 blood samples prior to analysis. The area reserved for 2 17 collecting the blood shall be adjacent to the area where the 2 18 animals are killed, unless the authorized person and the 2 19 slaughtering establishment select another area. The 2 20 department is not required to compensate a slaughtering 2 21 establishment for allowing a person authorized by the 2 22 department to carry out this section. 2 23 4. A person violating this section or a rule adopted 2 24 pursuant to this section shall be subject to a civil penalty 2 25 of at least one hundred dollars but not more than one thousand 2 26 dollars. Moneys collected in civil penalties shall be 2 27 deposited in the general fund of the state. 2 28 Sec. 2. Section 163.30, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph 2 29 3, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 30 However, registered swine for exhibition or breeding 2 31 purposes which can be individually identified by an ear notch 2 32 or tattoo or other method approved by the department are 2 33 excepted from this identification requirement. In addition, 2 34 native Iowa swine moved from farm to farmmayshall be 2 35 excepted from the identification requirement if theseller and3 1purchaser sign a statement providing that feeder pigs will not3 2be commingled for a period of thirty days and such fact is3 3stated on the health certificateowner transferring possession 3 4 of the feeder pigs executes a written agreement with the 3 5 person taking possession of the feeder pigs. The agreement 3 6 shall provide that the feeder pigs shall not be commingled 3 7 with other swine for a period of thirty days. The owner 3 8 transferring possession shall be responsible for making 3 9 certain that the agreement is executed and for providing a 3 10 copy of the agreement to the person taking possession. 3 11 Sec. 3. Section 166D.5, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 3 12 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 13 When the department determines that a majority of herds 3 14 within a program area have been tested and a majority of herds 3 15 reveal a noninfection rate ofninetyeighty percent or 3 16 greater, the following shall apply: 3 17 Sec. 4. Section 166D.7, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 3 18 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 19 a. The herd shall be certified when all breeding swine 3 20 have reacted negatively to a test. The herd must have been 3 21 free from infection for thirty days prior to testing. At 3 22 least ninety percent of swine in the herd must have been on 3 23 the premises as a part of the herd for at least sixty days 3 24 prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have been moved 3 25 directly from another qualified negative herd. To remain 3 26 certified, the herd must be retested and recertified as 3 27 provided by the department. The herd shall be recertified 3 28 wheneither of the following occurs:3 29(1) Each eighty to one hundred five days at least twenty-3 30five percent of the herd's breeding swine react negatively to3 31a test.3 32(2) Eacheach month the greater of five head of swine or 3 33 at least ten percent of the herd's breeding swine react 3 34 negatively to a test. 3 35 Sec. 5. Section 166D.8, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 4 1 amended to read as follows: 4 2 1. a. A herd cleanup plan may include any or a 4 3 combination of the following: 4 4a.(1) The segregation of progeny with restricted 4 5 movement. The herd cleanup plan must include the location of 4 6 the premises that will receive the progeny. The receiving 4 7 premises shall be quarantined. 4 8b.(2) The test and removal of infected swine from the 4 9 herd. 4 10c.(3) Depopulation. 4 11 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", breeding swine in an 4 12 infected herd shall be tested and the infected breeding swine 4 13 shall be removed from the infected herd in accordance with 4 14 procedures and by dates established by rules adopted by the 4 15 department. 4 16 Sec. 6. Section 166D.8, subsection 2, paragraphs a and c, 4 17 Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 4 18 a. There must have been no clinical signs of pseudorabies 4 19 during the pastsix monthsthirty days. 4 20 c. An approvedpseudorabies eradicationfeeder pig 4 21 cooperator herd plan must be implemented.However, swine from4 22a feeder pig cooperator herd may be moved within Iowa without4 23individual tests as feeder pigs of unknown origin.The feeder 4 24 pig cooperator herd plan must include the location of the 4 25 premises that will receive the progeny. The receiving 4 26 premises shall be quarantined. 4 27 Sec. 7. Section 166D.9, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 4 28 2, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 4 29HerdsA herd removed from quarantine under this subsection 4 30 shall be tested by statistical sampling one year later, unless 4 31 an epidemiologist determines that the herd must be tested 4 32 earlier. 4 33 Sec. 8. Section 166D.10, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 4 34 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 4 35 c. A persontransferringtransfers ownership of all or 5 1 part of a herd, if the herd remains on the same premises. 5 2 However, the herd must be tested by statistical sampling. If 5 3 any part of the herd is subsequently moved or relocated, the 5 4 swinethat aremust be moved or relocatedmust be accompanied5 5by a certificate of inspection, or an official health5 6certificate or veterinarian certificate as provided in section5 7163.30, unless the swine are moved to slaughterin accordance 5 8 with this section and sections 166D.7, 166D.8, and 166D.9. 5 9 Sec. 9. Section 166D.10, subsection 2, unnumbered 5 10 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as 5 11 follows: 5 12 Swine that are moved shall be individually identified as 5 13 provided in section 163.30, which may include requirements for 5 14 affixing ear tags to swine. However, native Iowa feeder pigs 5 15 moved from farm to farm within the state shallnotbesubject5 16toexempted from the identification requirements of this 5 17 subsection, if the owner transferring possession of the feeder 5 18 pigs executes a written agreement with the person taking 5 19 possession of the feeder pigs. The agreement shall provide 5 20 that the feeder pigswillshall not be commingled with other 5 21 swine for a period of thirty days. The owner transferring 5 22 possession shallprovidebe responsible for making certain 5 23 that the agreement is executed and for providing a copy of the 5 24 agreement to the person taking possessionof the feeder pigs. 5 25 Sec. 10. Section 166D.10, subsection 6, Code Supplement 5 26 1997, is amended to read as follows: 5 27 6. In addition to other applicable requirements of this 5 28 section, feeder swine moved from a location outside of this 5 29 state to a location within this state shall be vaccinated, if 5 30 the feeder swine are moved into a county where the department 5 31 determines that more than three percent of all herds in the 5 32 county are infected herds. The feeder swine shall be 5 33 vaccinated with a differentiable vaccine according to 5 34 procedures established by rules adopted by the department. 5 35 However, this subsection shall not require vaccination if the 6 1 feeder swine originate from a qualified negative herd or a 6 2 qualified differentiable negative herd and are introduced to a 6 3 qualified negative herd or a qualified differentiable negative 6 4 herd. 6 5 Sec. 11. Section 166D.12, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 6 6 1997, is amended to read as follows: 6 7 a. Other species of livestock mustnotbeheldkept 6 8 separate and apart from swine from known infected herds at the 6 9 concentration point. 6 10 Sec. 12. Section 166D.13, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 6 11 amended to read as follows: 6 12 1. Swine froma quarantinedan infected herd shall not be 6 13 displayed or shown at any exhibition. 6 14 6 15 6 16 6 17 MARY E. KRAMER 6 18 President of the Senate 6 19 6 20 6 21 6 22 RON J. CORBETT 6 23 Speaker of the House 6 24 6 25 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 6 26 is known as Senate File 2371, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 6 27 6 28 6 29 6 30 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 6 31 Secretary of the Senate 6 32 Approved , 1998 6 33 6 34 6 35 7 1 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 7 2 Governor
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