Title 15, TITLE 15. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 5. "Approved certificate of veterinary inspection" means an official certificate of veterinary inspection that contains the approval of the chief livestock sanitary official of the state of origin. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-3.4.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC…

Sec. 50. "Livestock transaction", for purposes of IC 15-17-15, means the following: (1) For market agencies selling livestock on commission, the dollar value of livestock sold on commission. (2) For market agencies buying on commission and dealers buying livestock, the dollar val…

Sec. 51. "Manufacturing grade milk products" means dairy products that are not considered Grade A under IC 15-18-1 or under the rules adopted under IC 15-18-1. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-27.7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 52. "Manufacturing grade raw milk" means milk produced on a dairy farm that does not have a valid permit issued by the board to sell Grade A raw milk for pasteurization. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-27.6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 53. "Market agency" means a person who buys or sells livestock on a commission basis. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-28.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. IC 15-17-2-54 "Meat food product" and "meat product" Sec. 54. (a) "Meat food product" and "meat product" mean…

Sec. 55. "Milk" means the lacteal secretion practically free from colostrum that: (1) is obtained by the complete milking of healthy dairy animals; and (2) meets a definition and standard of identity for milk adopted by the board under IC 4-22-2. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation…

Sec. 56. (a) "Milk distributor" means a person that offers for sale or sells milk or milk products to another person. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) A store or market that receives and sells bottled or packaged milk and milk products in the original container or…

Sec. 57. (a) "Milk plant" means a place, a premises, or an establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, ultrapasteurized, bottled, aseptically processed, condensed, dried, packaged, or prepared for distribution. (b) The term does not includ…

Sec. 58. "Milk producer" means a person that does the following: (1) Operates a dairy farm. (2) Provides, sells, or offers raw milk for sale to a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-28.8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.…

Sec. 59. "Milk products" means those products designated by the rules of the board as: (1) being within IC 15-18-1; and (2) conforming to the definitions and standards of identity specified in those rules. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-28.9.] As added by P.L.2-2008,…

Sec. 6. "Approved slaughtering establishment" means an establishment operating under: (1) the federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); (2) the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.); or (3) IC 15-17-5. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1…

Sec. 60. "Milk tank truck" means a bulk milk pickup tanker or a milk transport tank. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-29.1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 61. "Milk tank truck cleaning facility" means any place, premises, or establishment that is separate from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-29.2.] As added by P.L…

Sec. 62. "Milk transport tank" means a vehicle, including the truck and tank, used by a bulk milk hauler/sampler to transport bulk shipments of milk from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station to another milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station. [Pre-2008 …

Sec. 63. "Milk transportation company" means a person that is responsible for a milk tank truck. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-29.4.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 64. "Misbranded" means a food product that meets any of the following descriptions: (1) The product's labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) The product is offered for sale under the name of another food. (3) The product is an imitation of another food, unless the p…

Sec. 65. "Modified accredited or tuberculosis free area" means an area that meets the requirements established by the board and the United States department of agriculture under a cooperative agreement as provided for by this article. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-2…

Sec. 66. "Move" means the following: (1) To carry, enter, import, mail, ship, or transport. (2) To aid, abet, cause, or induce carrying, entering, importing, mailing, shipping, or transporting. (3) To offer to carry, enter, import, mail, ship, or transport. (4) To receive in orde…

Sec. 68. "Oath" includes affirmation. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-31.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 69. "Object", for purposes of IC 15-17-1 through IC 15-17-17, means a pest or disease or a material or tangible thing that could harbor a pest or disease. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-31.1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 7. "Baby chick" means any domestic fowl under the age of six (6) weeks. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 70. "Official certificate", for purposes of IC 15-17-5, means a certificate prescribed by rules of the board for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under IC 15-17-5. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-31.2.] As added by P.L.2-2008…

Sec. 71. "Official device" means a device prescribed or authorized by the state veterinarian for use in applying an official mark. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-31.5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 72. "Official establishment", for purposes of IC 15-17-5, means an establishment that has been granted inspection under IC 15-17-5. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-31.7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 73. "Official health certificate" or "official certificate of veterinary inspection" means an official document issued by a state or federal representative or an accredited veterinarian who records a veterinary inspection of an animal, statements about the health of an anima…

Sec. 74. "Official identification" means the method of identification recognized or required by the board for an animal or class of animals under a rule adopted by the board under IC 4-22-2. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-32.5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 75. "Official inspection legend" means a symbol prescribed by rules of the board showing that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with IC 15-17-5. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-32.6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 76. "Official laboratory" means a biological, chemical, or physical laboratory that meets the following conditions: (1) The laboratory is under the direct supervision of the board or a state or local governmental agency designated by the board. (2) The laboratory is authoriz…

Sec. 77. "Official mark" means the official inspection legend or other symbol prescribed by rules of the board to identify the status of an article, livestock, or poultry under IC 15-17-5. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-32.8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 78. "Officially designated laboratory" means: (1) a commercial laboratory authorized and certified by the board to do official work; or (2) an industry laboratory authorized and certified by the board to do official work. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-32.9.] As…

Sec. 79. "Officially vaccinated calves" means calves that were vaccinated in accordance with the state rules and federal regulations existing at the time of vaccination. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-33.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 8. "Board" means the Indiana state board of animal health established by IC 15-17-3-1. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 80. "Packer" means any person engaged in the business of: (1) buying livestock to be slaughtered for food; (2) manufacturing or preparing meat or meat food products for sale or shipment in commerce; or (3) marketing meat and meat food products acting as a wholesaler, broker,…

Sec. 81. "Packers and Stock Yards Act" means the act of Congress designated as the Packers and Stock Yards Act of 1921 (42 U.S. Statutes at Large, page 159), all statutes amending the act, and all regulations adopted under the act. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-37.]…

Sec. 82. "Pasteurization", "pasteurized", and similar terms mean the following: (1) The process of heating every particle of milk or milk products (except ice cream, ice milk, and sherbet mixture) to: (A) at least one hundred forty-five (145) degrees Fahrenheit and holding the pa…

Sec. 82.5. "Permitted animal", for purposes of IC 15-17-14.7, has the meaning set forth in IC 15-17-14.7-3. As added by P.L.89-2016, SEC.14.

Sec. 83. "Person" means any individual, trustee, receiver, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, and any other firm, organization, association, cooperative, or group of individuals or persons. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-39.] As added by P.L.2-2008,…

Sec. 84. "Pest" means any of the following that can directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in animals: (1) A protozoan. (2) A plant. (3) A bacterium. (4) A fungus. (5) A virus or viroid. (6) An infectious agent or other pathogen. (7) An arthropod. (8) A …

Sec. 85. "Pesticide chemical" has the meaning set forth in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.). [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-39.2.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 86. "Postmortem inspection" means the inspection of livestock or poultry at the time of slaughter at an official establishment. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-39.4.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 87. "Poultry", for purposes of IC 15-17-3 and IC 15-17-5, means a domesticated bird, whether live or dead. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-39.6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.50-2010, SEC.1.

Sec. 88. (a) "Poultry product", for purposes of IC 15-17-5, means a poultry carcass, part of a poultry carcass, or a product that is made wholly or in part from a poultry carcass or part of a poultry carcass. (b) The term does not include products that: (1) contain poultry ingred…

Sec. 89. "Practice of veterinary medicine" has the meaning set forth in IC 25-38.1-1-12. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-40.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 9. "Brucellosis" (commonly known as abortion disease or Bang's disease) means a dangerous, communicable, and infectious disease in animals caused by brucella organisms. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 90. "Prepared" means slaughtered, canned, cured, salted, smoked, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut up, frozen, dried, stored, or otherwise manufactured or processed. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-40.5.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 91. "Private sale" means any sale other than a public sale. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-41.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 91.5. "Processed product" means material derived in whole or in part from any animal, including fish and poultry, and other refuse that has been associated with any such material, that has undergone an industrial manufacturing procedure to prevent spoilage or add shelf stabi…

Sec. 92. "Public sale" means a sale where the general public is invited to participate whether held at an established place of business or at a place where sales are infrequently held. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-43.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.

Sec. 93. "Reactor" means an animal that has been tested for a certain disease and shows a positive reaction to an official test for the disease according to existing state rules or federal regulations at the time of the test. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-2-44.] As ad…

Sec. 94. (a) "Receiving station" means a place, a premises, or an establishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, stored, or cooled and prepared for distribution. (b) The term does not include soft ice cream dispensers in restaurants as defined by the board. [Pr…