N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 8, April 15, 2024

Section 2:8-7.5 - 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 swine, shall be responsible for the welfare of the animals at all times during transport.

(b) Swine 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 animals' owner or owner's agent, if present, shall be responsible for handling the swine.

(c) 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 swine, shall be responsible for the welfare of the animals.

(d) Swine shall be transported with minimal delay.

(e) Swine shall be provided with adequate ventilation during transport.

(f) During transport, the swine's environment must provide relief from the elements that result in hyperthermia or hypothermia detrimental to the animal's health.

(g) Swine must be grouped according to size and behavior when in a vehicle.

(h) Swine must be able to stand in normal posture within the vehicle.

1. 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; 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; Transportation Quality Assurance Handbook (National Pork Board 2009), available at http://www.pork.org/Producers/docs/TQA_08.pdf. .

(i) Swine shall be loaded according to the truck space requirements set forth in the Livestock Trucking Guide, (Livestock Conservation Institute, 1910 Lyda Drive, Bowling Green, KY), available at http://www.animalagriculture.org/Education/Pamphlets/Livestock%20Trucking%20Guide.pdf; 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; Transportation Quality Assurance Handbook (National Pork Board 2009), available at http://www.pork.org/Producers/docs/TQA_08.pdf..

(j) There shall be sufficient room in the holding pen for swine held overnight to lie down as required by 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 § 2:8-7.5

Amended by R.2012 d.026, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 3(a), 44 N.J.R. 219(a).
Rewrote (h)1 and (i); and deleted (h)2.