La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-1321

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-1321 - Quarantine Swine Feedlots and Feral Swine Approved Holding Facilities (Formerly§909)

A. Permit Required. No person may operate a quarantined swine feedlot or feral swine holding facility without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Animal Health. Any person operating a feedlot or holding facility without a valid permit will be in violation of this regulation and subject to prosecution. Approval for a quarantine swine feedlot or feral swine holding facility may be given after initial inspection by an authorized agent of the Board of Animal Health.

B. Requirements for Operation of Quarantined Swine Feedlots and Approved Feral Swine Holding Facilities

1. All swine must be maintained at a minimum 200 yards from all other domestic swine pens.

2. Complete records must be maintained on all transactions as described in Subsection C of this Section. These records shall be made available to state-federal personnel upon request.

3. No feral swine shall be comingled with domestic swine unless the facility is operating as a quarantine swine feedlot and all swine movements from the quarantine swine feedlot facility must be directly to a slaughtering establishment operating under approved state or federal meat inspection.

4. Only feral swine may be placed in an approved feral swine holding facility.

5. Quarantine swine feedlots and approved feral swine holding facilities must be fenced with swine-proof fence to prevent any swine from escaping and the fencing must be continually maintained by the owner/operator to prevent escape of swine.

6. Feral swine shall not be fed garbage as per LAC 7:XXI.2305.

7. Each quarantine swine feedlot or feral swine holding facility shall be inspected at least annually by an authorized agent of the Board of Animal Health.

C. Records

1. records shall be generated and maintained by owner/operators of quarantine swine feedlots and approved feral swine holding facilities. The records shall include the following:

a. number of swine placed in and removed from the facility quarterly;

b. trapper/transporter name and license number for feral swine;

c. weight, color, sex and any applied identification for each animal;

d. date each animal was placed in and removed from the facility;

e. parish where feral swine were trapped.

2. All records shall be provided to an authorized agent of the commission upon request. All records shall be maintained for not less than five years.

D. Cancellation of Quarantined Swine Feedlot or Approved Feral Swine Holding Facility Permit

1. A quarantined swine feedlot permit may be canceled upon written notice that the operation does not meet the requirements of this regulation, or the operator of such quarantined swine feedlot has violated the provisions of this regulation in any respect.

2. The board shall give written notice of the cancellation of a quarantined swine feedlot permit to the operator thereof.

3. Any operator of a quarantined swine feedlot whose permit is so canceled may appeal the cancellation thereof by written notice to the board within 10 days of receipt of the notice of cancellation. Any operator of a quarantined swine feedlot who appeals cancellation of his permit shall be entitled to a full hearing before the board, and the decision of the board at such hearing will be final unless the operator appeals to a court of competent jurisdiction.

4. Closure of a Quarantine Swine Feedlot or Approved Feral Swine Holding Facility

a. Upon termination of a permit, the owner/operator may take up to 14 days to dispose of all feral swine at the facility.

b. No person shall release feral swine, or any swine species, into the wild.

c. Cleaning and disinfection of the premises shall be completed immediately upon closure of the facility if required by the Board of Animal Health.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-1321

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 11:247 (March 1985), amended LR 11:615 (June 1985), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:970 (May 2014), Amended LR 42392 (3/1/2016), Amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety, Board of Animal Health, LR 422170 (12/1/2016).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093 and R.S. 3:2135.