Indiana Administrative Code
Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Article 1 - DOMESTIC ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL; GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 3 - Moving Animals
Section 3-16.5 - Interstate movement of swine within a production system
Universal Citation: 345 IN Admin Code 3-16.5
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-3-13
Sec. 16.5.
(a) For the purposes of this section the following apply:
(1) A swine production health plan for a
swine production system must be designed to maintain the health of the swine
and detect signs of communicable disease and must meet the following
requirements:
(A) The plan must be in
writing.
(B) The plan must identify
all premises that are part of the swine production system that are in the state
and that receive swine from outside the state or send swine out of the
state.
(C) The plan must provide
for inspections of identified premises by the swine production system
accredited veterinarian at intervals not greater than thirty (30)
days.
(D) The plan must describe
the swine production system record keeping system.
(E) The plan must be signed by an official of
each swine production system identified in the plan, the swine production
system accredited veterinarian or veterinarians, a United States Department of
Agriculture official, the state veterinarian, and a state animal health
official from each state in which the swine production system has
premises.
(2) A swine
production system is a swine production enterprise that consists of multiple
sites of production that are connected by ownership or contractual
relationships, between which swine move while remaining under the control of a
single owner or a group of contractually connected owners. However, slaughter
plants and livestock markets are not part of a swine production
system.
(b) A person may move swine into the state without a permit and certificate of veterinary inspection required under section 11 of this rule and without individual animal identification if the following requirements are met:
(1) The animals may not be moved to a
livestock market or concentration point.
(2) The animals must be moved only to another
premises identified in a valid swine production health plan for that swine
production system. The swine production health plan for the swine production
system must be approved by the state veterinarian and allow for the
movement.
(3) The swine production
system accredited veterinarian must have found the swine to be free from signs
of any communicable disease during the most recent inspection of the
originating premises. The inspection must have been within the thirty (30) days
prior to movement.
(4) Prior to the
movement, the person moving swine must deliver a report of the proposed
movement to the swine production system accredited veterinarian for the
premises of origin, the state animal health official for the state of origin,
and the state veterinarian.
(5)
During movement and after arriving at the destination premises, the swine may
not be commingled with other swine in a manner that prevents identification of
the premises of origin for each animal. Permanent marking of animals, physical
separation, and any other effective means may be used to identify the premises
of origin.
(6) The swine production
system must keep the following records for not less than three (3) years:
(A) A copy of each swine production health
plan signed by the producer.
(B)
All interstate swine movement reports issued by the producer.
(C) All reports issued by the swine
production system accredited veterinarian that document the health status of
the swine on the premises.
(D)
Records that will allow a state or federal official to trace any animal on the
premises back to its previous premises.
(7) The swine health production system must
allow state and federal officials access to the premises upon request to
inspect animals and review records.
(c) The following procedures apply to the cancellation of, or withdrawal from, a swine production health plan:
(1) A swine production system may withdraw
one (1) or more of its premises from the swine production health plan by giving
written notice to all parties signing the plan. The withdrawal shall be
effective on the date specified in the notice.
(2) The state veterinarian may cancel the
board's participation in a swine production health plan by giving written
notice to all parties signing the plan. The state veterinarian may cancel state
approval if the state veterinarian determines that it is necessary or helpful
to protect animal or public health, or if the swine production system violates
a law enforced by the board. The cancellation shall be effective on the date
specified in the notice.
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