Section 10.31. Slaughter swine identification.

 

(1)   Identification required. Except as provided in sub. (3) , an animal trucker, animal dealer, animal market operator, federally approved livestock marketing facility operator, or slaughtering establishment operator shall do all the following whenever that person receives a sow, boar, or stag for slaughter, or for sale or shipment to slaughter:

(a) Identify the swine with an official swine back tag, a premises identification number ear tag or other approved slaughter identification, unless the swine already bears an official individual identification or slaughter identification.

(b) Make a record under sub. (2) for that swine.

(2)   Record.

(a) A record under sub. (1) (b) shall include all the following:

1. The swine's official individual identification or slaughter identification number.

2. The date on which the swine was received.

3. The date on which the slaughter identification was applied, if applicable. If the swine already bore an official individual identification or a slaughter identification when received, the record shall note that fact.

4. The name and address of the person from whom the swine was received.

5. The swine's class.

(b) The record under par. (a) shall be retained for at least 5 years, and shall be made available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.

(3)   Low-volume slaughter establishments; exemption. The department may, by written notice, exempt a slaughtering establishment from sub. (1) if all the following apply:

(a) The slaughtering establishment receives all of its swine directly from producers.

(b) The slaughtering establishment records the herd of origin of every swine slaughtered.

(c) The slaughtering establishment slaughters not more than 100 swine per day, and operates no more than 5 days per week.

CR 06-009 : cr. Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 15-092 : am. (1) (intro.), (a), (2) (a) 1., 3., (b) Register July 2016 No. 727 , eff. 10-1-16.