2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 150 - Fish and wildlife resources 150.722 Authorized methods of disposal of cervid carcass material and waste by cervid meat processors, butchers or meat processors, and licensed taxidermists.
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150.722 Authorized methods of disposal of cervid carcass material and waste by
cervid meat processors, butchers or meat processors, and licensed
taxidermists.
(1)
(2)
As used in this section:
(a) "Butcher or meat processor" means any person or business entity that:
1.
Butchers or makes meat products from meat that is amenable under the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 601 et seq., and is not
exempt from mandatory inspection by the United States Department of
Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service; and
2.
Has been inspected and passed under voluntary Food Safety and
Inspection Service inspection; and
(b) "Cervid meat processor" means any person or business entity that:
1.
Butchers or makes meat products from meat that is not amenable under
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 601 et seq., and is
exempt from mandatory inspection by the United States Department of
Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service;
2.
Has not been inspected and passed under voluntary Food Safety and
Inspection Service inspection; and
3.
Is paid to butcher or make meat products for human consumption from
ten (10) or more animals that are members of the animal family
Cervidae per calendar year.
Cervid meat processors, butchers or meat processors, and licensed taxidermists
shall dispose of any unused cervid carcass material or cervid waste produced as a
result of butchering, making meat products, or preparing, stuffing, or mounting
wildlife by:
(a) Burying the carcass and all of its parts and products in the earth at a point
which is never covered with the overflow of ponds or streams and which is
not less than one hundred (100) feet distant from any watercourse, sinkhole,
well, spring, public highway, residence, or stable. The carcass shall be placed
in an opening in the earth at least four (4) feet deep, the abdominal and
thoracic cavities opened wide their entire length, and the entire carcass
covered with two (2) inches of quicklime and at least three (3) feet of earth;
(b) Removal of the carcass by a duly licensed rendering establishment; or
(c) Deposition of the carcass in a contained landfill approved pursuant to KRS
Chapter 224.
Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2020. -- Created
2018 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2020). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1), the Reviser of Statutes has altered the format of subsection (1) of this
statute during codification to place the terms in alphabetical order. The words in the
text were not changed.
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