Missouri Laws 269.200 – Exceptions to chapter
1. Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit:
(1) To any person hauling a dead animal to a slaughtering establishment where such animals will be slaughtered for personal consumption;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 269.200
- 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
- Dead animal: the carcass of an animal. See Missouri Laws 269.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Person: includes all persons, firms, copartnerships, associations, joint ventures and corporations, of all kinds and places of residence, or any other group or combination acting in concert. 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
- Substation: a building, container, or other area where dead animals are brought, gathered, or held awaiting transportation to a disposal site. See Missouri Laws 269.010
(2) To any person transporting or storing finished carcasses or finished meat products or the trimmings therefrom;
(3) To any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or skins of animals, or tanning such hides or skins for himself or other persons;
(4) To any governmental agency, responding to an emergency situation, or collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of any dead animals in any manner approved by the state veterinarian;
(5) To any livestock producer transporting his dead livestock to a rendering plant or substation, or to a diagnostic facility and/or to an on-farm disposal site;
(6) To any person lawfully operating a pet cemetery;
(7) To any animal research facility that is regulated by the federal Animal Welfare Act;
(8) Any person transporting, without specific hire or compensation for such transportation, a dead animal to a place of burial or disposal.
2. No provisions of any other laws or ordinances regulating any of the persons, matters or vocations aforesaid shall be affected or repealed by this chapter.