Oregon Statutes 596.331 – Prohibition against disposing of diseased livestock or parts of quarantined livestock; exceptions
(1) A person may not sell, offer to sell or dispose of any livestock that the person knows to be exposed to, a carrier of or infected with any disease required to be reported under ORS § 596.321, except:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 596.331
- Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 596.010
- Disease: means any disease of livestock which may be transmitted or communicated through direct or indirect contact from one animal to another, including those diseases transmitted by or through livestock to humans. See Oregon Statutes 596.010
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(a) To a slaughterer or to a rendering plant; or
(b) Pursuant to, and as authorized by, a quarantine order.
(2) A person may not sell, offer to sell or dispose of the meat, milk or other parts of any livestock, quarantined by the State Department of Agriculture, for food or other purposes, except as authorized by the quarantine order. [1955 c.557 § 14 (enacted in lieu of 596.340); 1983 c.79 § 2; 1985 c.91 § 1; 1987 c.909 § 1; 1991 c.420 § 2; 1999 c.102 § 2; 2001 c.22 § 2; 2003 c.14 § 358; 2023 c.146 § 2]
[Repealed by 1955 c.557 § 13 (596.331 enacted in lieu of 596.340)]