Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R58 - Animal Industry
Rule R58-11 - Slaughter of Livestock and Poultry
Section R58-11-8 - Poultry Slaughter
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 58-11-8
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Personal Use Exemption.
A person who raises poultry may slaughter or process the poultry if:
(i) slaughtering or
processing poultry is not prohibited by local ordinance;
(ii) the poultry product derived from the
slaughtered poultry is consumed exclusively by the person or the person's
immediate family, regular employees of the person, or non-paying
guests;
(iii) the slaughtering and
processing of the poultry is performed only by the owner or an
employee;
(iv) the poultry is
healthy when slaughtered;
(v) the
exempt poultry is not sold or donated for use as human food; and
(vi) the immediate container bears the
statement, "NOT FOR SALE".
(2) Farm Custom Slaughter and Processing
A person may slaughter or process poultry belonging to another person if:
(i) the person
holds a valid farm custom slaughter license issued by the department;
(ii) slaughtering or processing poultry is
not prohibited by local ordinance;
(iii) the licensee does not engage in the
business of buying or selling poultry product capable for use as human
food;
(iv) the poultry is healthy
when slaughtered;
(v) the
slaughtering or processing is conducted in accordance with sanitation standards
that produce poultry product that is sound, clean, and fit for human food;
(vi) the unit or vehicle used for
farm custom slaughtering shall be so constructed as to permit maintenance
according to sanitation standards; and information:
(vii) the immediate container bears the
following
(A) the owner's name and
address;
(B) the licensee's name
and address, and;
(C) the
statement, "NOT FOR SALE".
(3) Producer or Grower 1,000 Bird Limit Exemption
(a) A poultry grower may slaughter
no more than 1,000 birds of their own raising in a calendar year for
distribution as human food if:
(i) the
poultry grower does not engage in buying or selling poultry product other than
product produced from poultry raised on their own farm, including rented or
leased property;
(ii) the
slaughtering and or processing are conducted under the sanitation standards
capable of producing poultry products that are sound, clean, fit for human
food, and not adulterated;
(iii)
the producer keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry
product to customers for the current calendar year;
(iv) the poultry products do not move in
commerce; and
(v) as required by
the U.S. Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Food Code 2013,
adopted by the department in Section
R70-530-3,
the immediate container bears the following information:
(A) name of product; and
(B) name and place of business of the
processor; and
(vi) the
immediate container bears the statement "Exempt
R58-11-8(3)."
(b) The
department shall maintain a registry of persons who slaughter or process fewer
than 1,000 poultry during the calendar year.
(4) Producer or Grower 20,000 Bird Limit Exemption.
(a) A poultry grower may slaughter
no more than 20,000 healthy birds of their own raising in a calendar year for
distribution as human food if:
(i) the poultry
grower does not engage in buying or selling poultry product other than that
produced from poultry raised on their own farm, including rented or leased
property;
(ii) the slaughtering or
processing is conducted in a fixed establishment and in accordance with
sanitation standards that produce poultry product that is sound, clean, and fit
for human food;
(iii) the producer
keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry products to
customers for the current calendar year;
(iv) the poultry product does not move in
commerce, as the term is defined in
9 CFR
381.1; and
(v) the immediate container bear the
following information:
(A) name of
product;
(B) name and address of
processor; and
(C) the statement
"Exempt R58-11-8(4)."
(b) The department shall maintain a registry
of persons who slaughter or process fewer than 20,000 poultry during the
calendar year.
(5) Producer or Grower or Other Person Exemption
(a) The term "Producer or Grower or Other
Person" in this section means a single entity, which may be:
(i) A poultry grower who slaughters and
processes poultry that they raised for sale directly to household consumers,
restaurants, hotels, and boarding houses to be used in those homes and dining
rooms for the preparation of meals served or sold directly to
customers.
(ii) A person who
purchases live poultry from a grower and then slaughters these poultry and
processes such poultry for sale directly to household consumers, restaurants,
hotels, and boarding houses to be served in those homes or dining rooms for the
preparation of meals sold directly to customers.
(b) A business may slaughter and process
poultry under this exemption if;
(i) the
person holds a valid poultry exemption license issued by the
department;
(ii) slaughtering or
processing poultry is not prohibited by local ordinance;
(iii) the producer or grower or other person
slaughters for processing and sale directly to household consumers,
restaurants, hotels, and boarding houses for use in dining rooms or in the
preparation of meals sold directly to customers;
(iv) the producer or grower or other person
slaughters no more than 20,000 birds in a calendar year that the producer or
grower or other person raised or purchased;
(v) the producer or grower or other person
does not engage in the business of buying or selling poultry or poultry
products prepared under an other exemptions in the same calendar year they
claim the Producer or Grower or Other Person Exemption;
(vi) the poultry products do not move in
commerce. Distribution is directly to household consumers, restaurants, hotels,
and boarding houses for use in their dining rooms or in the preparation of
meals sold directly to consumers within the jurisdiction where it is prepared;
(vii) the slaughtering or
processing is conducted in a fixed establishment and in accordance with
sanitation standards that produce poultry products that are sound, clean, and
fit for human food;
(viii) the
producer keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry
products to customers for the current calendar year; and
(ix) the immediate containers bear the
following information:
(A) name of
product;
(B) ingredients statement
if applicable;
(C) net weights
statement;
(D) name and address of
processor;
(E) safe food handling
statement;
(F) date of package or
Lot number, and;
(G) the statement
"Exempt R58-11-8(5) ".
(c) A business preparing poultry product
under the Producer or Grower or Other Person Exemption may not slaughter or
process poultry owned by another person.
(d) A business preparing poultry products
under the Producer or Grower or Other Person Exemption may not sell poultry
products to a retail store or other producer or grower.
(6) Small Enterprise Exemption
(a) A business that qualifies for the Small
Enterprise Exemption may be:
(i) a producer or
grower who raises, slaughters, and dresses poultry for use as human food whose
processing of dressed exempt poultry is limited to cutting up;
(ii) a business that purchases live poultry
that it slaughters and whose processing of the slaughtered poultry is limited
to the cutting up; or
(iii) a
business that purchases dressed poultry, that it distributes as carcasses and
whose processing is limited to the cutting up of inspected or exempted poultry
products, for distribution for use as human food.
(b) a business may slaughter, dress, and cut
up poultry for distribution as human food if:
(i) the person holds a valid poultry
exemption license issued by the department;
(ii) slaughtering or processing poultry is
not prohibited by local ordinance;
(iii) the processing of federal or state
inspected or exempt poultry product is limited to the cutting up of carcasses
or the business slaughters and dresses or cuts up no more than 20,000 birds in
a calendar year;
(iv) the
slaughtering and or processing is conducted in a fixed establishment and in
accordance with sanitation standards that produce poultry product that is
sound, clean, and fit for human food;
(v) the facility used to slaughter or process
poultry is not used to slaughter or process another person's poultry;
and
(vi) the immediate containers
bear the following information:
(A) name of
product;
(B) ingredients statement
if applicable;
(C) net weights
statement;
(D) name and address of
processor;
(E) safe food handling
statement;
(F) date of package or
Lot number, and;
(G) the statement
"Exempt R58-11-8(6)."
(c) A business may not cut up and distribute
poultry product produced under the Small Enterprise Exemption to a business
operating under the following exemptions:
(i)
Producer or Grower or PGOP Exemption;
(ii) Retail Dealer; or
(iii) Retail Store.
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