Iowa Code 172E.2 – Marketing practices — dairy cattle sold for slaughter
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1. If a livestock market accepts dairy cattle upon condition that the dairy cattle are to be moved directly to slaughter, the dairy cattle shall be segregated with other livestock to be moved directly to slaughter until sold to a packer. A person shall not knowingly sell the dairy cattle to a purchaser other than to a packer at the livestock market. A person other than a packer shall not knowingly purchase the dairy cattle at the livestock market.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 172E.2
- Dairy cattle: means cattle belonging to a breed that is used to produce milk for human consumption, including but not limited to Holstein and Jersey breeds. See Iowa Code 172E.1
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, ostriches, rheas, emus, poultry, and other animals or fowl, which are being produced primarily for use as food or food products for human consumption. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Livestock: means the same as defined in section 717. See Iowa Code 172E.1
- Livestock market: means any place where livestock are assembled from two or more sources for public auction, private sale, or sale on a commission basis, which is under state or federal supervision, including a livestock auction market, if such livestock are kept in the place for ten days or less. See Iowa Code 172E.1
- packer: includes an agent of the packer engaged in buying or soliciting livestock for slaughter on behalf of a packer. See Iowa Code 172E.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. This section shall not supersede requirements relating to the movement or marketing of livestock infected with an infectious or contagious disease, including but not limited to those diseases enumerated in section 163.2.