Sec. 33.
(1) Livestock sold at a livestock auction market shall be handled and housed in facilities and pens in a manner approved by the director. The alleys and sale rings used for livestock auction shall be appropriately cleaned and disinfected before each day's sale. The pens, facilities, and the procedures for cleaning and disinfecting shall be approved by the director.
(2) All cattle, bison, goats, and privately owned cervids presented at any livestock auction market in Michigan shall be identified as required in the bovine tuberculosis eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective January 22, 1999, and approved by veterinary services of the animal and plant health inspection service of the United States department of agriculture, and all amendments to those publications thereafter adopted pursuant to rules that the director may promulgate.
(3) Cattle, bison, goats, and privately owned cervids that are marketed for immediate slaughter shall be identified by official ear tag, sale tag, or official back tag in a manner designed to trace the animals to the premises of origin.
(4) Cattle, bison, goats, and privately owned cervids consigned for slaughter or that do not meet intrastate testing requirements for movement from 1 premises to another shall be sold for slaughter only and be moved directly to slaughter. Livestock auction markets or sale yard management shall not sell livestock to any buyer that does not certify in a signed statement that such animals removed from the premises shall be moved directly to a slaughter establishment and slaughtered within 5 days after movement. Before animals are removed by the buyer, sale management shall require that the buyer provide the slaughter destination information for each animal removed from the premises.
History: 1988, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 28, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1990 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 2000 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 458, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Last modified: October 10, 2016