Section 886 - Responsibility for Tagging Hides and Carcasses(a) Any person who slaughters a bovine animal on any premise other than the premises of a slaughterhouse licensed pursuant to Division 10, Chapter 10, Article 2, of the Food and Agricultural Code when the carcass, hide, or carcass and hide is to be removed from such premise for additional processing, shall immediately after slaughter, and before leaving such premise, do all of the following: (1) Fill out the Hide and Carcass Identification Tag completely, obtaining all of the information and the signature required in Section 885 above;(2) Securely fasten one of the two correspondingly numbered tear-off stub tags to the hide of the animal slaughtered. The tag is to be fastened in the area of the tail-head; and(3) Securely fasten the other correspondingly numbered tear-off stub tag to the carcass of the animal slaughtered. The tag may be fastened to any part of the carcass so long as it is conspicuous and can be readily observed on the carcass hanging in a cooler.(b) If a person delivers a carcass, or hide and carcass, to an operator of a licensed frozen food locker plant or processor pursuant to Section 22004 of the Food and Agricultural Code which is not tagged in accordance with subsection (a) above, the locker plant operator or processor shall do the following: (1) Fill out the Hide and Carcass Identification Tag and fasten it to the carcass and hide as specified in subsection (a) above; and(2) If the hide is not with the carcass, he shall give the person delivering the carcass the remaining correspondingly numbered tear-off stub tag with instructions to fasten it to the hide from the carcass delivered.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 886
Note: Authority cited for Section 886: Sections 407, 20171 and 22004, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Division 10, Food and Agricultural Code.