Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 4-32a-208 - Rulemaking(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and this part, the department shall make rules regarding: (a) antemortem inspection, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Sec. 352.10;(b) postmortem inspection of the domesticated game carcass to ensure the domesticated game carcass is clean and wholesome, including inspection of the kidneys and abdominal and thoracic viscera;(c) slaughter area and facilities requirements;(d) personal cleanliness of individuals involved in domesticated game slaughter;(e) skinning, hoisting, bleeding, and evisceration of domesticated game;(f) chronic wasting disease testing requirements, surveillance, investigation, and follow-up, in accordance with department rule;(g) tags and tagging procedure to maintain carcass identification;(h) procedure for transportation of a domesticated game carcass; and(i) packaging and labeling of domesticated game products.(2) The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding labeling a domesticated game carcass as slaughtered: (a) with inspection and processed at a farm custom slaughter facility; or(b) with inspection and the domesticated game carcass released to a licensed food establishment for processing and sale to a consumer.(3) The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that allow: (a) a person with a farm custom slaughter license to slaughter and process domesticated game in accordance with this part; and(b) a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105, to process slaughtered domesticated game in accordance with this part.Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General Session ,§ 7, eff. 5/12/2020.Added by Chapter 315, 2019 General Session ,§ 13, eff. 5/14/2019.