167.15 - TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS -- CARCASSES, PARTS, OR OFFAL MATERIAL.
167.15 TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS -- CARCASSES, PARTS,
OR OFFAL MATERIAL.
1. A person required to be licensed under section 167.4 shall
transport a whole or part of an animal carcass or offal material
according to requirements adopted by departmental rule.
a. The delivery vehicle's container used for loading and
transporting the carcass or offal material shall be constructed
according to departmental rules in a manner that prevents parts or
liquids associated with the carcass or offal material from escaping
during transport.
b. The department shall adopt rules requiring that the
delivery vehicle's container be covered when transporting an animal
carcass or offal material. However, this requirement shall not apply
to a route delivery vehicle used primarily to transport animal
carcasses from a farm to another location, unless the department
issues a special order as provided in this paragraph. The department
may issue such an order and require that the delivery vehicle's
container be covered, if the state veterinarian determines that an
animal or animal carcass on the farm has been infected or exposed to
an infectious or contagious disease or that there has been an
outbreak of an infectious or contagious disease in the area where the
farm is located.
c. The person shall not overload the delivery vehicle's
container with carcasses or offal material.
2. The department shall provide for the inspection of delivery
vehicles used to transport carcasses or offal material, and for the
inspection of disposal plants, collection points, or other locations
in which carcasses or offal material is stored or processed before
being delivered to a disposal plant. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2758; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 167.15] Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1162, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §43