Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 61-11-4 - Facilities4.1. Scales, type and location. -- Persons operating a public market shall install a sufficient number of scales to accommodate the minimum volume of business of the market at any time. All scales shall be equipped with a dial and printer or adjustable indicator, type-registering beams, and be located where easily accessible to the docks.4.2. Veterinary office. -- All persons operating a public market where livestock will be offered for sale shall provide and equip a veterinary office and laboratory that is acceptable to the Commissioner. Locks and keys shall be provided and the office shall be for use by the veterinarian and livestock technicians only.4.3. Pens for holding and testing cattle. -- All persons operating a public market where cattle will be offered for sale shall provide two (2) holding pens to be used for the purpose of testing and examining cattle. These holding pens shall be constructed so that cattle may be safely worked from one through a catching chute into the other. The catching chute, gates and working area shall be constructed and maintained for maximum safety and efficiency.4.4. Pens for holding swine for feeding and breeding purposes. -- All persons operating a public market where swine will be offered for sale shall construct or allocate, under roof, a sufficient number of pens to be used exclusively for the purpose of examining and administering medication to swine received and offered for sale for feeding and breeding purposes. These pens shall be constructed with floors of impervious material, shall be well lighted and shall be properly cleaned after each sale.4.5. Pens for holding sheep for feeding and breeding purposes. -- All persons operating a public market where sheep and lambs will be offered for sale shall construct, under roof, a sufficient number of pens to be used for sheep and lambs offered for sale for feeding and breeding purposes. These pens shall be well lighted and shall be properly cleaned after each sale.4.6. Pens (grading). -- All persons operating a public market where livestock and poultry will be offered for sale shall provide pens for grading and classifying livestock and poultry. All pens shall be located under roof and shall be properly cleaned after each sale.4.7. Watering facilities. -- All persons operating a public market where livestock are offered for sale shall have fresh potable water available to all livestock.4.8. Public facilities. -- All persons operating a public market shall provide: (a) Drinking fountains, and (b) toilet and hand washing facilities for the public and such facilities shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition in accordance with the requirements of the State Health Department.4.9. Opening hour of sale. -- A public market shall keep the public informed as to the starting time of all sales and shall begin all sales no later than the approved sale time. 4.10. Weighed on day of sale. -- All products sold by weight at any public market shall be weighed at the market on the day of the sale.4.11. Scales, maintenance. -- A public market shall maintain its scales so as to ensure accurate weights, and shall have the scale tested at least once every twelve (12) months or oftener, if required by the Commissioner of Labor.