Or. Admin. Code § 603-029-4000

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 603-029-4000 - Definitions

The definitions in OAR 603-029-0010, not otherwise defined in this rule, are incorporated into this rule. In addition to those definitions, the following definitions will be applicable to the rules in OAR 603-029-4000 to 603-029-4065.

(1) "Acceptable" means suitable for the purpose intended and acceptable to the Department.

(2) "Antelope" means any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward.

(3) "Applicant" means any interested party who requests any inspection service.

(4) "Bison" (Bison bison), commonly known as the American bison or buffalo, is a species of the genus Bison native to North America. Bison includes catalo or cattalo.

(5) "Buffalo" refers to a subtribe Bubalina of the tribe Bovini within the subfamily Bovinae that includes the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

(6) "Camelid" includes any species of mammal in the Camelidae family.

(7) "Catalo" or "Cattalo" means any hybrid animal with bison (Bison bison) appearance resulting from direct crossbreeding of bison (Bison bison) and cattle (Bos taurus).

(8) "Condition" means any condition, including, but not limited to, the state of preservation, cleanliness, or soundness of any product or the processing, handling, or packaging which may affect such product.

(9) "Condition and wholesomeness" means the condition of any product, its healthfulness and fitness for human food.

(10) "Deer" refers to the any farm-raised species of the family Cervidae.

(11) "Elk" means North American wapiti (Cervus canadensis), Manitoban elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) and Tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes).

(12) "Exotic animal" means any reindeer, elk, deer, antelope, water buffalo, bison, buffalo, yak, or camelids.

(13) "Exotic animal inspection" means the administration, application, and direction of exotic animal inspection programs pursuant to the rules in this Division 29.

(14) "Exotic animal producer" means any interested party that engages in the raising and/or marketing of an exotic animal for commercial purposes.

(15) "Field ante-mortem inspection" means the ante-mortem inspection of an exotic animal away from the state-inspected exotic animal establishment's premises.

(16) "Field designated area" means any designated area on the applicant's premises, approved by the Department, where field ante-mortem inspection is to be performed.

(17) "Identify" means to apply an Oregon mark to products or containers.

(18) "Inspection" means any inspection by an inspector to determine, in accordance with OAR 603-029-4000,

(a) the condition and wholesomeness of an exotic animal, or

(b) the condition and wholesomeness of edible product of an exotic animal at any state of the preparation or packaging in the state-inspected plant where inspected and certified, or

(c) the condition and wholesomeness of any previously inspected and certified product of an exotic animal if such product has not lost its identity as an inspected and certified product.

(d) "Interested party" means any person financially interested in a transaction involving any inspection.

(19) "Program" means the Exotic Animal Inspection Program of the Department.

(20) "Reindeer" means (Rangifer tarandus), commonly referred to as caribou, is a species within the family Cervidae.

(21) "State-inspected exotic animal establishment" means any slaughtering, cutting, boning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment at which inspection is maintained under OAR 603-029-4000.

(22) "Transport vehicle" means any vehicle used to transport an exotic animal.

(23) "Water buffalo" means (Bubalus bubalis), commonly known as the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo.

(24) "Yak" means (Bos grunniens).

Or. Admin. Code § 603-029-4000

DOA 19-2022, adopt filed 07/27/2022, effective 7/28/2022

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 603.085, ORS 616.700, ORS 619.042 & ORS 619.046

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 619.042, ORS 619.046, ORS 603.059, ORS 619.026 & ORS 619.036