2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 246 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 246.420 Tampering with or sabotaging livestock prohibited -- Definitions for section -- Applicability of KRS Chapter 512.
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246.420 Tampering with or sabotaging livestock prohibited -- Definitions for
section -- Applicability of KRS Chapter 512.
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No person shall tamper with any livestock.
No person shall sabotage any livestock exhibited at an exhibition.
This section shall not apply to:
(a) Any action taken or activity performed or administered by a licensed
veterinarian or in accordance with instructions of a licensed veterinarian if
the action or activity was undertaken for accepted medical purposes
during the course of a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship; or
(b) Generally accepted grooming, commercial, or medical practices that are
not prohibited by any provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes or any
administrative regulation promulgated thereunder.
As used in this section:
(a) "Tamper" means any of the following:
1.
Treatment of livestock in such a manner that food derived from the
livestock would be considered adulterated as defined in KRS
217.025;
2.
The injection, use, or administration of any drug that is prohibited
under any federal law or law of this state, or any drug that is used in
any manner that is not authorized under any federal law or law of
this state. Whenever the commissioner of the United States Food
and Drug Administration or the secretary of the United States
Department of Agriculture, pursuant to the federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, as amended, or federal Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, as
amended, approves, disapproves, or modifies the conditions of the
approved use of a drug, the approval, disapproval, or modification
shall automatically be effective for the purposes of this section
unless the Kentucky Department of Agriculture adopts an
administrative regulation to alter, for the purposes of the section, the
action taken by the commissioner or secretary. The Kentucky
Department of Agriculture may adopt an administrative regulation if
the department considers it to be necessary or appropriate for the
protection of food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock
or to prevent the use of a drug for the purpose of concealing,
enhancing, transforming, or changing the true conformation,
configuration, or condition of livestock. No administrative regulation
shall authorize the use of any drug the use of which is prohibited by,
or authorize the use of any drug in a manner not authorized by, the
commissioner or secretary under either of those acts;
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The injection or other internal or external administration of any
product or material, whether gas, solid, or liquid, to livestock for the
purpose of concealing, enhancing, transforming, or changing the
true conformation, configuration, condition, or age of the livestock or
making the livestock appear more sound than it actually is;
4.
The use or administration, for cosmetic purposes, of steroids,
growth stimulants, or internal artificial filling, including paraffin,
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silicone injection, or any other substance;
5.
The use or administration of any drug or feed additive affecting the
central nervous system of the livestock;
6.
The use or administration of diuretics for cosmetic purposes; and
7.
The surgical manipulation or removal or tissue so as to change,
transform, or enhance the true conformation or configuration of, or to
conceal the age of, the livestock.
(b) "Sabotage" means intentionally tampering with any livestock belonging to
or owned by another person that has been registered, entered into, or
exhibited in any exhibition, or raised with the apparent intent of being
entered into an exhibition.
Where a person violates both the provisions of this section and a section of
KRS Chapter 512, the person may be prosecuted under the provisions of KRS
Chapter 512.
Effective:July 13, 2004
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004.
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