163.6 - SLAUGHTER FACILITIES -- BLOOD SAMPLES.
163.6 SLAUGHTER FACILITIES -- BLOOD SAMPLES.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
a. "Department" means the department of agriculture and land
stewardship unless the United States department of agriculture is
otherwise specified.
b. "Slaughtering establishment" means a person engaged in the
business of slaughtering animals, if the person is an establishment
subject to the provisions of chapter 189A which slaughters animals
for meat food products as defined in section 189A.2.
2. The department may require that samples of blood be collected
from animals at a slaughtering establishment in order to determine if
the animals are infected with an infectious or contagious disease,
according to rules adopted by the department of agriculture and land
stewardship. Upon approval by the department, the collection shall
be performed by either of the following:
a. A slaughtering establishment under an agreement executed
by the department and the slaughtering establishment.
b. A person authorized by the department.
3. An authorized person collecting samples shall have access to
areas where the animals are confined in order to collect blood
samples. The department shall notify the slaughtering establishment
in writing that samples of blood must be collected for analysis. The
notice shall be provided in a manner required by the department.
4. In carrying out this section, a person authorized by the
department to collect blood samples from animals as provided in this
section shall have the right to enter and remain on the premises of
the slaughtering establishment in the same manner and on the same
terms as a meat inspector authorized by the department, including the
right to access facilities routinely available to employees of the
slaughtering establishment such as toilet and lavatory facilities,
lockers, cafeterias, areas reserved for work breaks or dining, and
storage facilities.
5. The slaughtering establishment shall provide a secure area for
the permanent storage of equipment used to collect blood, an area
reserved for collecting the blood, including the storage of blood
during the collection, and a refrigerated area used to store blood
samples prior to analysis. The area reserved for collecting the
blood shall be adjacent to the area where the animals are killed,
unless the authorized person and the slaughtering establishment
select another area.
6. The department is not required to compensate a slaughtering
establishment for allowing a person authorized by the department to
carry out this section. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1056, §1; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1119,
§21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §203