Code of Vermont Rules
Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS
Sub-Agency 022 - LIVESTOCK DIVISION
Chapter 014 - FEEDING OF GARBAGE TO SWINE
Section 20 022 014 - FEEDING OF GARBAGE TO SWINE

1. Garbage cooking equipment and facilities shall be adequate for the type, size and location of the garbage feeding operation.

2. The cooking area shall be segregated from the feeding, housing or hog lot sections by fencing adequate to prevent access to raw garbage by swine, other livestock and poultry.

3. Cooking operations shall be so located and protected as to insure proper cooking under varying weather conditions.

4. Garbage shall be cooked within 24 hours from the time of arrival at the cooking area. In emergency cases, as a breakdown of equipment or when extra tonnage is involved due to holidays, the time limit may be extended to 48 hours.

5. Dead animal rendering operations shall not be established on swine feeding premises. Animal carcasses intended as swine feed shall be cooked within 24 hours from the time of arrival on the swine garbage feeding premises.

6. All cooking operations shall be conducted in a clean and sanitary manner. At no time shall food wastes, rubbish, boxes, crates and salvage material be allowed to accumulate in the cooking area.

7. In the cooking operation, the vat or container used shall not be filled to more than 90% of the full apacity[capacity] of said vat or container.

8. Cooking platforms shall be tightly constructed to prevent leakage and shall be constructed of concrete or equally impervious materials which can be readily washed, cleaned and disinfected. Adequate drainage shall be installed and maintained to prevent drainage into hog pens of fluids remaining in the cooking area.

9. Facilities shall be provided for adequate agitation of garbage during cooking process.

1. be rightly constructed to prevent leakage, that can be readily cleaned, washed, and disinfected;

2. have a curb adequate to confine garbage and fluids; and

3. be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

1. Disposal of refuse shall be handled in such a manner as to prevent the establishment of a nuisance or a harbor for insects and rodents.

2. Liquid wastes shall be disposed of in such a manner as to prevent the pollution of water used for public, domestic and livestock purposes, and also to avoid the creation of a nuisance or health hazard.

3. All equipment used in the garbage handling, cooking, and feeding operations shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.