Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - MAINE MILK COMMISSION
Chapter 353 - LICENSING OF DEER FOR DOMESTIC FOOD
SUMMARY: The purpose of this chapter is to set forth requirements for licensing of deer for domestic food.
Persons wishing to propagate domesticated deer must make an application to the Division of Regulations, with a $20.00 application fee. All propagators of domestic deer must meet the animal health standards contained in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources' Rules, Chapter 220.
Persons wishing to sell domesticated deer meat at wholesale or retail must apply to the Division of Regulations for a license, accompanied by a $20.00 application fee. All sellers must have appropriate certification, in accordance to Rule 220, that the meat is from domesticated deer only.
For calendar year 1989 only, the Department of Agriculture will issue licenses at no cost to holders of licenses from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife who wish to transfer from the wildlife category to the domestic deer category of production.
Holders of valid Livestock Dealer's Licenses who hold each individual deer for 24 hours or less do no require a Domestic Deer License.
"Domesticated deer as defined in Title 7 MRSA §1331 may include hybrid varieties derived from captive bred/reared North American elk, Cervus canadensis, Domesticated Caribou (reindeer), Rangifer tarandus and Sika Deer Cervus sika."
