Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XI - Animals and Animal Diseases; Rendering of Animals
Chapter 3 - Rendering Plants
Section XI-303 - Sanitary Hauling Dead Animals or Offal [formerly paragraph 11:009]

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024

A. The hauling of any dead animal, or of offal, shall be done in a truck, or other conveyance having a water tight floor and sides made of an impervious material capable of being washed and scrubbed to eliminate any residues. It shall be provided with a tight covering to prevent entrance by flies. Said conveyance shall be washed at the end of each day's use, or more often if residues accumulate or odors become offensive. Said washing shall be done on concrete or other impervious surface sloping toward a drain so that none of the wash water escapes the controlled area. Said drain shall be equipped with a strainer and shall be connected to a sanitary sewage treatment system which meets the requirements of Part XIII of this Code.

B. [Former paragraph 11:010] Truck or other conveyance hauling any dead animal or offal shall not stop until it reaches its destination, unless detained by a situation or event not within the control of the driver of the conveyance.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

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