N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-2.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 2:8-2.5 - Marketing and sale

(a) The driver of the transport vehicle, and/or any person who is present in the vehicle for purposes of transporting the cattle, shall be responsible for the welfare of the animals at all times during transport.

(b) Cattle transported for any purpose must be handled (loaded and off-loaded) and transported in a manner that minimizes injury, illness and death.

1. During loading and unloading, the cattle owner or owner's agent, if present, is responsible for handling the cattle.

2. If the animals' owner or owner's agent is absent, the driver of the transport vehicle, and/or any person who is present in the vehicle for purposes of transporting the cattle, shall be responsible for the welfare of the animals during handling.

(c) Cattle shall be transported with minimal delay.

(d) Cattle shall be provided with adequate ventilation during transport.

(e) During transport, the animals' environment must provide relief from the elements that result in hyperthermia or hypothermia detrimental to the animals' health.

(f) Cattle shall be grouped according to size and behavior when in a vehicle.

(g) Cattle shall be able to stand in normal posture within the vehicle.

(h) Disabled cattle shall be moved in conformity with N.J.A.C. 2:8-2.6(a) 2.

(i) The NJDA adopts and incorporates by reference the loading and truck space requirements outlined in the Livestock Trucking Guide by Temple Grandin for the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (revised September 2001), available at http://www.animalagriculture.org/Education/Pamphlets/Livestock%20Trucking%20Guide.pdf; and adopts and incorporates by reference the Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines & Audit Guide: A Systematic Approach to Animal Welfare, Temple Grandin, AMI Foundation (2010), available at http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/61388.

(j) There shall be sufficient room in the holding pen for cattle held overnight to lie down, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 313.2(e).

(k) Animals not moved from an auction barn, transfer station or similar location shall have access to water in holding pens, and if held longer than 24 hours, access to feed, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 313.2(e).

1. These are maximum times without feed and water and are not in addition to transportation times.

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-2.5

Amended by R.2012 d.026, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 3(a), 44 N.J.R. 219(a).
Rewrote (i); deleted former (j); and recodified former (k) and ( l) as (j) and (k).