8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1205-7, pt. 3
Specific Statutory Authority
These rules are adopted pursuant to § 35-53-101(3) (b), C.R.S., § 25-4-1617, C.R.S., and SB 21-079 pertaining to brand inspection of livestock sold as animal shares
Purpose
The purpose of these rules is to establish procedures for brand inspection of livestock sold as animal shares.
Factual and Policy Issues
Following the 2021 legislative session, Governor Polis signed into law the Ranch to Plate Act. Section 1 of the Act amends Colorado's Food Protection Act by authorizing the sale of shares in the meat of certain animals bound for a packing house or locker plant without licensure, regulation or inspection by a public health agency, subject to a number of limitations set forth in the Act. Section 2 of the Act deals with brand inspections to avoid a possible interpretation under current statutes and regulations that the sale of animal shares constitutes multiple changes of ownership in the same animal, requiring multiple brand inspections.
8 CCR 1205-7, pt. 3