No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or
transporting in commerce in Oregon any dead, dying, disabled or diseased
animals or parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by
slaughter shall:
(1) Buy, sell,
transport, or offer for sale or transportation, in commerce in Oregon any dead
meat animal if its hide or skin has been removed;
(2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or
transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce in Oregon, any dead,
dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal, or parts of the carcasses of any meat
animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such meat animal and parts
are consigned and delivered, without avoidable delay, to animal food processing
establishments, renderers, or collection stations that are registered as
required by OAR
603-029-1300 to
603-029-1330, or to state-inspected
establishments that operate under Federal inspection, or to establishments that
operate under a State or Territorial inspection system approved by the
Secretary as one that imposes requirements at least equal to the Federal
requirements for purposes of paragraph 301(c) of the Act;4
A list of such registrants, States, and amendments thereof,
will be published in the Federal Register, and information concerning the
registration status of particular animal food processing establishments,
renderers, or collection stations, or the status of particular States or
Territories may also be obtained from the Director, Administrative Management
Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, DC 20250.
(3)
Buy any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased meat animal or parts of the
carcasses of any meat animal that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless the
person is an animal food processing establishment or renderer and is registered
as required by OAR
603-029-1300 to
603-029-1330, or is the operator of an
establishment inspected as required by section (2) of this rule and such meat
animal or parts of carcasses are to be delivered to establishments eligible to
receive them under section (2) of this rule;
(4) Unload en route to any establishment
eligible to receive them under section (2) of this rule, any dead, dying,
disabled, or diseased meat animal or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal
that died otherwise than by slaughter, which are transported in commerce in
Oregon by any such person: Provided, That any such dead, dying, disabled, or
diseased meat animal, or parts of carcasses may be unloaded from a means of
conveyance en route where necessary in case of a wreck or otherwise
extraordinary emergency, and may be reloaded into another means of conveyance;
but in all such cases, the carrier shall immediately report the facts by
telephone to the Department.
(5)
Load into any means of conveyance containing any dead, dying, disabled, or
diseased meat animal, or parts of the carcasses of any meat animal that died
otherwise than by slaughter, while in the course of transportation in commerce
in Oregon of any meat animal or parts of carcasses not within the foregoing
description or any other products or other commodities.
