2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 287 - ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Act 239 of 1982 - BODIES OF DEAD ANIMALS (287.651 - 287.683)

BODIES OF DEAD ANIMALS
Act 239 of 1982
AN ACT to license and regulate animal food manufacturing plants, transfer stations, dead animal dealers, rendering plants, and certain vehicles; to regulate the disposal of dead animals and to provide for poultry and livestock composting; to prescribe powers and duties of certain state departments; to impose fees; to provide for remedies and to prescribe penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998

• Section 287.651 - Meanings of words and phrases.
• Section 287.653 - Definitions; A to F.
• Section 287.654 - Definitions; G to T.
• Section 287.657 - Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules.
• Section 287.659 - License; exemptions.
• Section 287.661 - Application for license; form; filing; fee; renewal; application of dead animal dealer license; specification of destination; annual license application fee; issuance or denial of license; inspection; standards; license fee not returnable.
• Section 287.663 - License denial; notice; hearing; request for second inspection.
• Section 287.665 - Rules.
• Section 287.667 - Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994.
• Section 287.669 - Inspection of facility, vehicle, and composting; suspension or revocation of license; hearings; alternative methods authorized by director; operation under common ownership or management; report of increase in mortality.
• Section 287.671 - Dead animals; transfer from 1 vehicle to another; disposal; exceptions.
• Section 287.673 - Dead animals transported to licensed facility for production into animal or pet food; decharacterizing or denaturing; container label; preventing diversion of dead animals for use as human food; advertising.
• Section 287.675 - Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994.
• Section 287.677 - Rules.
• Section 287.678 - Request for administrative hearing by aggrieved person; administrative fine or warning.
• Section 287.679 - Violation of act as misdemeanor or felony; penalties; civil actions.
• Section 287.681 - Repeal of MCL 287.231 to 287.241.
• Section 287.683 - Effective date.