Missouri Laws 269.150 – Required cleansing and disinfecting of vehicles — hauling live animals or ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 269.150
- Animal: cattle, swine, sheep, horses, other domestic and exotic animals including birds, fish, and reptiles, and all other animals raised or produced for commercial purposes, and beginning July 1, 1995, the term shall include poultry and turkeys. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- plant: includes any plant and all the equipment thereof described or referred to in any section of this chapter, that is constructed and intended to be operated for the disposal of the bodies of dead animals by means either of cooking, or other method herein prescribed, or hereafter provided for by law and not otherwise defined. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- State veterinarian: a state veterinarian of Missouri or his authorized representative. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- Vehicle: any truck or other motor vehicle, including any detachable trailer or container in which dead animals are transported. See Missouri Laws 269.010
After the bodies of dead animals have been unloaded from any vehicle used for the transportation thereof to the disposal plant, on each trip, such vehicle and all parts thereof shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in such manner and with such a solution, as the state veterinarian shall prescribe by regulation, and in addition thereto all such vehicles shall be washed out thoroughly with steam or hot water after each use thereof in transporting such dead bodies. It shall be unlawful to use any truck or vehicle licensed under the provisions of this chapter to haul dead animal bodies, for the purpose of hauling or transporting live animals, or animal or poultry feeds of any description or anything to be used for human consumption.