Iowa Code r. 21-64.160 - Approved premises

The purpose of an approved premises is to maintain feeder swine and feeder pigs under quarantine with movement either direct to slaughter or to another approved premises. Effective June 1, 2000, all swine moved or relocated from an infected herd on an approved herd cleanup plan may only move by restricted movement to an approved premises for further feeding or to slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed concentration point).

(1) The following are requirements establishing, renewing, or revoking an approved premises permit:

a. A permit application, as part of the herd cleanup plan, must indicate the name of the premises operator and address of the premises.

b. To be valid, an approved premises must be detailed as part of a herd cleanup plan and approved by a department or inspection service official certifying that the facility meets the following guidelines:

(1) Must be a dry lot facility located in an area of confirmed cases of pseudorabies.

(2) Shall not be in the vicinity of a breeding herd. Effective June 1, 2000, an approved premises shall not be located in a county designated as in Stage III of the national pseudorabies eradication program, nor shall it be located in a county which has achieved 0 percent prevalence of pseudorabies infection among all herds in the county as of March 1, 2000, or later. Effective August 1, 2000, an approved premises shall not be located within one and one-half miles of a noninfected herd or three miles of a qualified negative herd.

(3) Shall be built such that it can be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

(4) The lay of the land or the facilities shall not be conducive to animal waste draining onto adjacent property.

(5) Only feeder swine and cull swine may be moved onto this premises. Boars and sows are to be maintained separate and apart.

(6) Swine on the premises must be maintained in isolation from other livestock.

c. The permittee must provide to the department or inspection service, during normal business hours, access to the approved premises and to all required records. Records of swine transfers must be kept for at least one year. The records shall include information about purchases and sales, names of buyers and sellers, the dates of transactions, and the number of swine involved with each transaction.

d. Swine must be vaccinated for pseudorabies according to the herd cleanup plan. Vaccination records must be available for inspection during normal business hours.

e. Dead swine must be disposed of in accordance with Iowa Code chapter 167. The dead swine must be held so as to prevent animals, including wild animals and livestock, from reaching the dead swine.

f. Swine must be moved direct to slaughter or to another approved premises by restricted movement and as detailed in the herd cleanup plan.

g. An approved premises permit may be revoked by following quarantine release methods as detailed in Iowa Code section 166D.9, or failure to comply with departmental operation rules, or if swine have been removed from the premises for a period of 12 or more months.

h. Renewal of an approved premises will not be permitted when:

(1) The approved premises is not compliant with the requirements of this rule.

(2) Federal law prohibits approved premises.

(3) The approved premises no longer is part of an approved herd cleanup plan, or the county where the approved premises is located no longer allows approved premises or the site of the approved premises no longer complies with requirements.

i. Revocation of an approved premises will result in the issuance of a quarantine by the department effective until quarantine release methods have been followed as detailed in Iowa Code section 166D.9, or the approved premises has been depopulated by restricted movement to slaughter or to another approved premises as detailed in the herd cleanup plan.

(2) An approved premises will be considered permitted as long as the approved premises is compliant with all regulations and is part of an approved herd cleanup plan.

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Iowa Code r. 21-64.160