(1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and this part, the department shall make rules regarding:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 4-32a-208

  • Antemortem inspection: means the inspection of live domesticated game immediately before slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Domesticated game: means one of the following that is commercially raised for wholesale or retail sale to a restaurant, store, or end consumer:
         (2)(a) a domesticated elk;
         (2)(b) a bison;
         (2)(c) a game bird; or
         (2)(d) a rabbit. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Domesticated game carcass: means any part of the slaughtered body of domesticated game, including entrails and edible meats. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Domesticated game slaughter: means the slaughter of domesticated game that is not regulated under Chapter 32, Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Farm custom slaughter license: means a farm custom slaughter license issued under Section 4-32-107. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Person: means a natural person or individual, corporation, organization, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Postmortem inspection: means the inspection of a domesticated game carcass after slaughter. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Process: means to cut, grind, manufacture, compound, smoke, intermix, or prepare products from a domesticated game carcass. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
  • Slaughter: means killing domesticated game in a humane manner, including skinning or dressing. See Utah Code 4-32a-201
     (1)(a) antemortem inspection, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. § 352.10;
     (1)(b) postmortem inspection of the domesticated game carcass to ensure the domesticated game carcass is clean and wholesome, including inspection of the kidneys and abdominal and thoracic viscera;
     (1)(c) slaughter area and facilities requirements;
     (1)(d) personal cleanliness of individuals involved in domesticated game slaughter;
     (1)(e) skinning, hoisting, bleeding, and evisceration of domesticated game;
     (1)(f) chronic wasting disease testing requirements, surveillance, investigation, and follow-up, in accordance with department rule;
     (1)(g) tags and tagging procedure to maintain carcass identification;
     (1)(h) procedure for transportation of a domesticated game carcass; and
     (1)(i) packaging and labeling of domesticated game products.
(2) The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, regarding labeling a domesticated game carcass as slaughtered:

     (2)(a) with inspection and processed at a farm custom slaughter facility; or
     (2)(b) with inspection and the domesticated game carcass released to a licensed food establishment for processing and sale to a consumer.
(3) The department shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that allow:

     (3)(a) a person with a farm custom slaughter license to slaughter and process domesticated game in accordance with this part; and
     (3)(b) a facility licensed to perform custom exempt processing, as defined in Section 4-32-105, to process slaughtered domesticated game in accordance with this part.