2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-319. Registration of growers of swine. Control of disease.
Sec. 22-319. Registration of growers of swine. Control of disease. Any person,
firm or corporation engaged in the growing of swine which are to be used or disposed
of elsewhere than on the premises where such swine are grown shall register with the
Commissioner of Agriculture on forms furnished by the commissioner. The commissioner is authorized to make orders and regulations concerning examination, quarantine,
disinfection, preventive treatment, disposition, transportation, importation, feeding and
sanitation for the protection of swine from contagious and infectious disease. Said commissioner shall, at once, cause an investigation of all cases of such diseases coming to
his knowledge and shall use all proper means to exterminate and prevent spread of the
same. Instructions shall be issued in writing by the commissioner or his agent which
shall contain directions for quarantine and disinfection of the premises where such disease exists. No swine shall be brought into Connecticut by any individual, corporation
or common carrier, unless the same originate from a herd which is validated as brucellosis-free and qualified pseudorabies-negative, and are accompanied by a permit issued
by the commissioner and an official health certificate showing such animals to be free
from any contagious or infectious disease, except that swine brought into this state for
the purpose of immediate slaughter upon premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be accompanied by an official health certificate and the owner of each
establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by him, the number of such swine imported. Such permit
shall accompany all waybills or, if animals are driven or carted over highways, shall be
in the possession of the person in charge of swine. In addition to any other requirements
of this section, all swine imported for other than immediate slaughter which are over
three months of age, other than barrows, shall be negative as to a blood test for brucellosis
and pseudorabies within thirty days of importation. With approval of the State Veterinarian, a thirty-day blood test may not be required for swine originating from, and residing
for at least thirty days prior to importation in, a state which is validated as brucellosis-free and stage V pseudorabies-free, or for swine originating from any herd which the
State Veterinarian determines to be pathogen-free. With such approval, swine may be
imported pursuant to an import permit and a current official health certificate. All swine
brought into the state for immediate slaughter shall be killed in an approved slaughterhouse under veterinary inspection. Any person who violates any provision of this section
shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty
days or both.
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1963 act specified that herd must be "vaccinated against hog cholera" rather than "inoculated or vaccinated", deleted reference to optional method of vaccination via single treatment with cholera serum mixed with infection bacterins between five days and two weeks before shipment and revised remaining required method to specify use of vaccine and serum, rather than serum alone, to delete use of "hemorrhagic septicaemia bacterin", to add "as prescribed by the National Hog Cholera Eradication Committee" and to require vaccination not less than twenty-one days before importation, rather than thirty days as was the case previously; 1969 act deleted references to use of "Babcock test" and specific requirements re temperature required for fat when tested, equipment to be used for tests, etc.; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-400 required that swine originate in validated free herd and be negative to blood test if imported for any use other than immediate slaughter where previously requirements applied only to those imported for breeding purposes and specified that negative blood test requirement is applicable for swine "over three months of age, except barrows" and added Subsec. (b) re intrastate transport of nonvalidated swine; P.A. 96-24 added specifications for testing for disease for imported swine and related documentation and deleted an authorization for the Commissioner of Agriculture to carry out certain hog cholera eradication procedures and deleted former Subsec. (b) re intrastate transport of swine; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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