Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 751 - Definitions
(a) As used in this article:
(1) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a
veterinarian approved by the USDA, in accordance with the provisions of 9 CFR,
Part 161 (2015), to perform functions as specified in 9 CFR, Chapter I,
Subchapter B (Parts 49-56), Subchapter C (Parts 70-89) and Subchapter D (Parts
91-99).
(2) "Animal identification
number (AIN)" means a numbering system for the official identification of
individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique
identification number for each animal in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86
(2015).
(3) "Approved Brucella
Vaccine" means a vaccine, approved by and produced under license of the USDA,
to increase the resistance of cattle to brucellosis infection. It shall be
procured and distributed by the Department. Direct sale of Brucella vaccine
without approval of the Department is prohibited.
(4) "Approved Livestock Marketing Facility"
means a stockyard, livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or
any other premises under State or Federal veterinary inspection where livestock
are assembled and that has been approved by the USDA in accordance with
9 CFR, Part 71, section
71.20 (2015).
(5) "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection"
means an official numbered document issued and signed by a USDA accredited and
state-licensed veterinarian in the state of origin certifying the inspection of
animals in preparation for interstate and intrastate movements. The
requirements of a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection used for moving
livestock into, within and from California shall be in accordance with Title 3,
California Code of Regulations, section
830.3.
(6) "CFR" means Code of Federal
Regulations.
(7) "Contract
Veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian who has a valid contract with
the Department's Animal Health Branch to vaccinate animals in California
against brucellosis and perform other brucellosis regulatory procedures if
included in the vaccination contract or if included in a separate
contract.
(8) "Dairy cattle" means
all cattle, regardless of age or sex or current use, that are 40 percent or
more dairy in breed(s) used to produce milk or other dairy products for human
consumption, including, but not limited to, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein,
Jersey, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red and Whites.
(9) "Department" means the California
Department of Food and Agriculture.
(10) "Designated Epidemiologist" means a
state or federal veterinarian with knowledge of brucellosis epidemiology,
selected by state and federal veterinarians in charge, with the concurrence of
the USDA brucellosis staff. The Designated Epidemiologist will coordinate and
evaluate the Brucellosis Eradication Program as assigned.
(11) "Directly" means moved in a means of
conveyance, without stopping to unload while en route, except for stops of less
than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and with no
commingling of animals at such stops.
(12) "District Epidemiologist" means a
district or field veterinarian selected by the Chief of the Animal Health
Branch to supervise brucellosis disease control and eradication within a herd
or a district.
(13) "Electronic
Identification Device" means an identification device that relays a unique
animal identification number to an electronic reader by means of radio
waves.
(14) "Herd" means:
(A) All animals under common ownership or
supervision that are grouped on one or more parts of any single premises (lot,
farm, or ranch); or
(B) All animals
under common ownership or supervision on two (2) or more premises which are
geographically separated but on which animals from the different premises have
been interchanged or had contact with each other.
(15) "Individual official identification"
means officially identifying an animal with an official identification number
as defined in section Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
830
(a)(25).
(16) "Interstate Livestock Entry Permit"
means a numbered document issued by the Department for approving the movement
of animals that meet entry requirements into California. The requirements of an
Interstate Livestock Entry Permit used for moving livestock into California
shall be in accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
830.4.
(17) "Livestock" means cattle, bison, horses
and other equine species, poultry, sheep, goats, swine, and captive
cervids.
(18) "Minimal Risk State"
means a state in which the California State Veterinarian or USDA has determined
there is a minimal risk for introducing diseases, toxic conditions, or other
agents to California livestock.
(19) "National Uniform Eartagging System"
means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals
in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number
for each animal.
(20) "Native
animals" means a group of animals under one (1) owner either on the premises
where they were born or where the group has been kept for at least four (4)
months before shipping, provided animals have not been added to the group on
the premises within the four (4) months prior to the date of
shipping.
(21) "Official vaccinate"
means a female bovine animal, when vaccinated, identified, and reported, by a
federal or state veterinarian or an accredited, contract veterinarian with an
approved Brucella vaccine, is classified as an:
(A) Official brucellosis calfhood vaccinate
when vaccinated against brucellosis at the prescribed age for calfhood
vaccination, or
(B) Official
brucellosis adult vaccinate when vaccinated against brucellosis, at an age
older than the age prescribed for calfhood vaccination as part of an individual
whole-herd adult vaccination plan.
(22) "Official eartag" means an
identification tag approved by the Department and USDA that bears an official
identification number for individual animals. All official eartags applied to
animals must bear an official eartag shield. The design, size, shape, color,
and other characteristics of the official eartag will depend on the needs of
the users, subject to the approval of the Department or USDA. The official
eartag must be tamper-resistant and have a high retention rate in the
animal.
(23) "Official eartag
shield" means the shield-shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with "U.S." or
the State postal abbreviation alpha code imprinted within the shield.
(24) "Person" means any individual,
corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock
company, or other legal entity.
(25) "Quarantine" means the designation of
host and/or at-risk population(s) of animals, humans, and/or animal products,
wherever located, for appropriate action as determined by the State
Veterinarian, pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code section
9562 and in accordance with Title
3, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 7, Article 3.
(commencing with section
1301.)
(26) "Recognized slaughtering establishment"
means any slaughtering facility operating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C.
601 et seq.), or State meat or poultry
inspection acts, approved by the USDA in accordance with
9 CFR, Part 71, section
71.21 (2015).
(27) "Registered feedlot" means a feedlot or
feed yard having more than 500 head of cattle at one time during the calendar
year in which cattle are being fed for slaughter, and that is registered with
the Department in accordance with Food and Agricultural Code section
21082.
(28) "Slaughter pens" means a pen or set of
pens on a premises, used to feed restricted cattle destined for slaughter,
approved by the Department and USDA to hold only animals for slaughter in
accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
1302.3.
(29) "Terminal feedlot" means a confined
feeding operation, or portion thereof, approved by the Department to hold only
animals for slaughter in accordance with Title 3, California Code of
Regulations, section
1302.2.
(30) "USDA" means United State Department of
Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary
Services.
Notes
2. Amendment of chapter heading filed 4-5-2022; operative 7-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 14).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 10324, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 9561, 9562, 9570, 10341, 10351, 20013, 21081, 21082, 21083 and 21084, Food and Agricultural Code; Title 9, Parts, 71, 86 and 161, Code of Federal Regulations (2015); and Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. section 601 et seq.
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