Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health
Chapter 17 - Alternative Livestock-White-Tailed Deer and Captive Cervids (Formerly Chapter 15)
Section XXI-1721 - Prohibitions (Formerly§1519)
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. No farm-raised alternative livestock shall be released into the wild.
B. Farm-raised white-tailed deer meat shall not be bought, sold, traded, or moved in commerce in any way except when taken to state or federally approved slaughter house. Whitetail deer antlers and capes may be sold if the farm of origin is not under quarantine by the department.
C. Farm-raised alternative livestock sold for slaughter, the sale of which is prohibited, shall be handled in accordance with state and federal meat inspection laws and regulations.
D. It is a violation of these regulations to sell, purchase, trade, transport, or otherwise transfer any farm-raised alternative livestock for any purpose other than immediate slaughter at a state or federally approved slaughter facility if such farm-raised alternative livestock originates from a herd which is under quarantine for Brucellosis or tuberculosis.
E. Failure to comply with any provision of part I of chapter 19-A of title 3 of the Revised Statutes, these rules and regulations, the written farm operation plan submitted to and approved by the department and any quarantine is prohibited and each act or omission or each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3101.
