Alabama Administrative Code Chapter 80-3-5 — Selling of Bone Meal, Scraps and Tankage

80 Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.01 Purpose

In order to prevent the spread of ANTHRAX and other contagious and infectious diseases of livestock in the State of Alabama, the following rules and regulations governing the sale, distribution and transportation of bone meal, meat scraps and tankage are hereby promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 27 of Act No. 694, of the Legislature of Alabama of 1947.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-15-170.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.02 Requirements For Transporting Bone Meal, Scraps And Tankage Into Alabama

All bone meal, meat scraps and tankage originating outside of the State of Alabama are prohibited from entering this state unless such products are produced in establishments operating under the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture or unless such products are produced in establishments operating under the supervision of officials charged with the enforcement of livestock sanitary laws of the state in which such products have not been stored with similar products originating in establishments not operated under the above mentioned supervision. It is further provided that bone meal, meat scraps and tankage imported from foreign countries may enter the State of Alabama provided shipment of such products have been approvedby the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-15-170.
• Filed April 19, 1982

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.03 Requirements For Processing

All bone meal, meat scraps and tankage now on the premises of any feed or fertilizer manufacturer in Alabama which products have been delivered to such manufacturer since March 1, 1952, to be used for feed or fertilizer, shall be reprocessed at a temperature of not less than 220°F for a period of not less than four (4) hours and such reprocessing shall be performed under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2­15­170.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.04 Requirements For Rendering Plants

All rendering plants in the State of Alabama, where dead animals are disposed of shall immediately cease selling and distributing bone meal, meat scraps and tankage until such plants have been inspected and approved by an authorized representative of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. Before rendering plants may sell or offer for sale bone meal, meat scraps and tankage, such plants must comply with the provisions of Rule 80­3­5­.03 and all other requirements of the Animal Industry Division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries governing the operation of rendering plants in Alabama.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2­15­170.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.05 Sale Prohibitions

The sale of all bone meal, meat scraps and tankage originating within the State of Alabama is hereby prohibited unless such products are processed at a temperature of not less than 220°F for a period of not less than four (4) hours.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2­15­170.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-5-.06 Registration Requirements

In addition to the foregoing requirements, no bone meal, meat scraps or tankage may be sold in the State of Alabama for commercial feed purposes unless such products have been properly registered under the requirements of §58 of Code of Ala. 1940, Title 2, nor shall any of these products be sold for fertilizer purposes unless they are properly registered to comply with Code of Ala. 1940, §282 of Title 2, and the origin of the products offered for registration must be stated on the application for registration filed with the Department of Agriculture and Industries.

NOTE: The registration requirements in the above rule under §58 and 282 of Code of Ala. 1940 for commercial feed and fertilizer do not exist today. Code of Ala. 1975, §2­21­19 replaced §58 of Title 2 of the 1940 Code in part. Section 2­21­19 requires the purchase of a commercial feed license and an annual license fee but no registration as contemplated by the 1940 statute. Code of Ala. 1975, §2­2­5, requires the licensing of fertilizer manufacturers and Code of Ala. 1975, §2­22­7, sets up labeling requirements. Code of Ala. 1975 does not reflect that §282 of Title 2 of the 1940 Code has been carried over into the 1975 Code.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2­15­170.
• Filed April 19, 1982.