Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-56

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024

Section 9-10-56 - [Effective 1/3/2025] Swine

(a) Each public livestock market operator or occasional livestock sale operator shall offer for sale swine that originate from a healthy herd and from a state designated as free of swine pseudorabies and swine brucellosis.

(b) A public livestock market or an occasional livestock sale shall not offer for sale swine unless the swine is officially identified with one of the following means:

(1) Official ear tag;

(2) official backtag on sexually mature sows or boars that will be moved directly to slaughter;

(3) official premises tag;

(4) official swine tattoo; or

(5) any other means approved in advance by the USDA or the animal health commissioner.

(c) Each public livestock market operator, public livestock market operator's representative, occasional livestock sale operator, or occasional livestock sale operator's representative shall apply official identification as required by subsection (b) at the consignor's expense before the swine may be offered for sale, unless the swine is officially identified with a means of official identification outlined in subsection (b) before arrival at the public livestock market or occasional livestock sale.

(d) When a swine is officially identified as required by subsection (c), the public livestock market operator or occasional livestock sale operator shall keep a record for two years from the date of the sale. The record shall include the following:

(1) The swine's official identification;

(2) the date the official identification number was applied; and

(3) name, address and phone number of the consignor.

(e) Pursuant to K.S.A. 47-1809 and amendments thereto, a public livestock market operator or occasional livestock sale operator shall not offer feral swine for sale.

(f) Each public livestock market operator, public livestock market operator's representative, occasional livestock sale operator, or occasional livestock sale operator's representative shall report any feral swine to the animal health commissioner upon the feral swine's arrival at the public livestock market or occasional livestock sale.

(g) Each public livestock market operator, public livestock market operator's representative, occasional livestock sale operator, or occasional livestock sale operator's representative shall ensure that each swine intended for breeding purposes is not commingled with swine intended for feeding or slaughter purposes.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-10-56

Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610; implementing K.S.A. 47-610, K.S.A. 471009, and K.S.A. 47-1809; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 51; effective 1/3/2025.