N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-C – Prohibitions
§ 90-c. Prohibitions. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, or deal in, or sell cattle, swine, horses, deer, camelids, sheep, goats or poultry at wholesale, or for any person to operate or conduct an auction where cattle, swine, horses, deer, camelids, sheep, goats or poultry are sold, or for any person to transport poultry, unless such wholesale cattle, swine, horse, deer, camelids, sheep, goats or poultry dealer or auctioneer or poultry transporter holds a domestic animal health permit granted by the commissioner.
Terms Used In N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-C
- auction: means a public sale of cattle, swine or horses to the highest bidder. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- auctioneer: means a person who sells, or makes a business of selling cattle, swine or horses, at auction. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- cattle: means the entire family of bovidae. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- deer: means any member of the family of cervidae. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- ear tag: means a unique, tamper-resistant device which, when affixed to the ears of cattle, deer, swine or camelid, identifies and distinguishes such animals. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- horse: means the entire family of equidae. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- official backtag: means a unique device which, when affixed to cattle, deer, swine or camelid, identifies and distinguishes such animals. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- poultry: means a domesticated fowl including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, guinea fowl and game birds commonly used for the production of meat and eggs. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- poultry dealer: means any person who buys or sells poultry as a business enterprise. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- poultry transporter: means any person who transports poultry as a business enterprise. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- registration number: means the number assigned to and that identifies a particular domestic animal, which number and the identifying characteristics of such domestic animal are set forth in a registry maintained by a breed association recognized by the department. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- sheep: means any member of the genus ovis. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
- swine: means the entire super family of suidoidae, both feral and domestic. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 90-B
2. No person who holds or is required to hold a domestic animal health permit shall purchase, sell or otherwise deal in cattle, deer, swine, camelids, sheep or goats unless and until an ear tag is securely affixed to the ear of such animal or unless such animal is otherwise identified by a registration number, distinctive tattoo, electronic identification device or other unique permanent mark or, for an animal that is moved directly to slaughter, an official backtag.
3. No person shall deface, obliterate or remove an ear tag or other identification mark affixed to an animal under his or her control, or shall affix an ear tag to the ear of an animal that has previously been affixed to the ear of another animal.