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257.410 Importation of newly hatched poultry and hatching eggs -- Labels.
Hatching eggs and all poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks,
started chicks, turkey poults, other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those
intended for immediate slaughter, that are imported into this state shall have
originated in flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the National Poultry
Improvement Plan, or other USDA-administered plan, and the administrative
regulations promulgated by authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460. Every container of
poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started chicks, turkey
poults, and any other newly hatched domestic poultry, except those intended for
immediate slaughter, and hatching eggs imported into this state shall bear an official
label or certificate showing the name and address of the importer, the authority
under which the testing for pullorum disease was done, and the pullorum control and
eradication class of the product, the use of the certificate or label to be approved by
the official state agency or the Division of Animal Health official of the state of origin.
Effective:June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 4, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1948
Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 5.
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