7 Pa. Code § 5.64a

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024

Section 5.64a - Animal markets approved to sell breeding or feeder swine

Animal markets approved to sell breeding or feeder swine shall maintain a facility for the exclusive housing of breeding or feeder swine that is separate from other animal facilities, except the sale ring, used in the sale of other animals. The facility, when not in use by breeding or feeder swine shall be closed to other animals unless permission is granted by the Department for the use of these facilities for other purposes. Breeding or feeder swine shall be sold prior to swine for slaughter if using a common sales ring. The breeding or feeder swine sale facility shall conform with the following requirements. The facility shall:

(1) Have a floor constructed with cement or equally waterproof material and with adequate drainage.

(2) Have the walls and partitions constructed of a material that can be readily cleaned and disinfected.

(3) Contain one or more isolation pens.

(4) Have a separate unloading platform used exclusively for healthy breeding or feeder swine.

7 Pa. Code § 5.64a

The provisions of this § 5.64a adopted August 16, 1991, effective 8/17/1991, 21 Pa.B. 3688.

The provisions of this § 5.64a issued under section 40 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. § 430); and section 1702 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 442).