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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1803 Purchasing slaughter livestock; unlawful acts.
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After December 25, 1969, it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of purchasing slaughter livestock to: (1) Purchase slaughter livestock when insolvent; or (2) Neglect, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of slaughter livestock or w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1804 Slaughter livestock; purchaser; requirements.
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Any purchaser who buys slaughter livestock other than through a selling agent who is bonded or otherwise secured to assure payment as required by the United States Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 181) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be required to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1805 Director of Agriculture; violations; restraining order; appointment of receiver; Attorney General, county attorney; duties.
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Whenever the director has reason to believe that the purchase of livestock for slaughter by a purchaser is causing or may reasonably be expected to result in a failure by the purchaser to fulfill obligations incurred in the purchase of livestock for slaughter or in the event of a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1806 Director of Agriculture; reciprocal agreements; basis.
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The director shall have the power and authority to enter into reciprocal agreements with the duly authorized representatives of other jurisdictions, federal or state, for the exchange of information and audit reports on a cooperative basis which may assist the director in the pro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1807 Purchasers of slaughter livestock; records; contents.
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All purchasers of slaughter livestock shall keep accurate records of all transactions conducted in the ordinary course of their business. Such records shall be available for examination and audit by the director or his duly authorized agent; Provided, that the director or his age…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1808 Violations; penalty.
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Any person violating any provision of sections 54-1801 to 54-1808 shall be guilty of a Class IV felony and shall be liable in double damages to any party injured thereby.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1809 Purchase of slaughter livestock; unlawful acts.
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(1) It shall be unlawful to purchase slaughter livestock for other than cash or by negotiable instrument drawn upon a banking institution located within the same federal reserve district in which the purchaser's slaughter establishment is situated. This section shall not require …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-181 Freeze brand, defined.
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Freeze brand means a mark or brand that is created on a live animal in a depigmentation technique, whereby the pigment-producing cells in the skin of an animal are destroyed by the application of intense cold to the skin area.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1810 Purchase of slaughter livestock; effect of section.
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Nothing in section 54-1809 shall be considered a limitation placed upon any purchaser of slaughter livestock to conduct business or other financial affairs or place accounts with any other financial institutions outside the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1811 Purchase of slaughter livestock; violations; penalties.
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Any person, firm, corporation, or association, or any agent thereof, who shall violate the provisions of sections 54-1809 to 54-1811, shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-182 Investigator, defined.
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Investigator means an employee of the Nebraska Brand Committee who is also a deputy state sheriff and has the duty, responsibility, and authority to enforce all state statutes pertaining to brands, brand inspection, physical inspection, electronic inspection, and associated lives…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-183 Livestock, defined.
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Livestock means any domestic cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, or swine.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-184 Mark, defined.
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A mark means a physical identification that includes, but is not limited to, visible characteristics on an animal such as a natural, accidental, or manmade blemish that sets apart a particular animal from all others. Such marks include, but are not limited to, hair coloration, sc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-185 Market agency, defined.
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Market agency means any person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling in commerce livestock on a commission basis or (2) furnishing stockyard services, meaning services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying, or selling on a comm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-186 Open market, defined.
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Open market means a sales barn, market agency, stockyard, packing plant, or terminal market located outside of the brand inspection area or located outside of this state where brand inspection is maintained either by employees of the Nebraska Brand Committee or by some other stat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-186.01 Out-of-state brand permit, defined.
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Out-of-state brand permit means an authorization for a one-time use of a brand registered with a state other than Nebraska to brand cattle imminently being exported out of Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-187 Person, defined.
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Person means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, firm, or agents or servants of an individual or business entity.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-187.01 Physical inspection, defined.
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Physical inspection means an inspection for purposes of the Livestock Brand Act performed by an employee of the Nebraska Brand Committee physically present at the location of the inspected animals to verify ownership through visual observation of brands or other distinguishing ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-187.02 Qualified dairy, defined.
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Qualified dairy means a milk production facility with a Grade A milk producer permit or a manufacturing grade milk producer permit pursuant to section 2-3968.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-187.03 Registered dairy heifer development facility, defined.
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Registered dairy heifer development facility means a dairy heifer development facility that is registered under section 54-1,132.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-188 Registered feedlot, defined.
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Registered feedlot means a feedlot registered under section 54-1,120.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-189 Satisfactory evidence of ownership, defined.
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Satisfactory evidence of ownership means any of the following: (1) The brands, tattoos, or marks on the livestock; (2) Any approved nonvisual identifiers; (3) The point of origin of livestock; (4) The physical description of the livestock; (5) Any documentary evidence, including …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-190 Tattoo, defined.
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Tattoo means the conspicuous curvilinear marks or patterns brought about by pricking a pigment coloration into the skin of an animal by using a needle or similar device or the act of marking, coloring, or pricking into the skin of an animal coloring matter or ink which forms an i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1901 Act, how cited.
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Sections 54-1901 to 54-1915.02 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1902 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Adulterated shall apply to any livestock product or poultry product under one or more of the following circumstances: (a) If it fails to conform to the requirements establishe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1903 Intent of Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law.
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The intent of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law is to assure that only wholesome meat and poultry products enter regular commercial channels of commerce and to provide that same are identified and truthfully labeled. The director is designated as the administrator of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1904 License; application; inspection; renewal; fee; suspension; when.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any establishment unless first licensed by the department. A license may be obtained by application to the director upon forms prescribed by him or her for that purpose. The license shall authorize and restrict the licens…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1905 Hearings; how conducted; order; appeal.
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Hearings shall be conducted by the director who may administer oaths, rule upon offers of proof and objections, and take such other action as may be necessary. The director shall not be bound by formal rules of evidence as observed in courts of law but shall exclude irrelevant, i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1906 Director of Agriculture; rules and regulations; adopt; requirements.
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The director shall promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary to the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law. Such rules and regulations shall require: (1) Antemortem and postmortem inspection…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1907 Records; contents; access.
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The following classes of persons shall keep such records for such periods as are specified in regulations adopted by the director to fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business, and shall afford to the director and his representatives access to such p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1908 Director of Agriculture; powers.
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The director shall have the authority to: (1) Remove inspection from any establishment that fails to abide by the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law or any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated under such law; (2) Refuse to provide inspection service under the Nebraska…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1909 Unlawful acts.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Slaughter any livestock or poultry or prepare any livestock products or poultry products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment, without first obtaining a license from the director and then only when slaughter or p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-191 Nebraska Brand Committee; created; members; terms; vacancy; bond or insurance; expenses; purpose.
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(1) The Nebraska Brand Committee is hereby created. (2) This subsection applies until subsection (3) of this section applies. The brand committee shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Legislature. At least three appointed members …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1910 Inspection of products; when completed.
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No inspection of products placed in any container at any official establishment shall be deemed to be complete until the products are sealed or enclosed therein under the supervision of an inspector.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1911 Exempted product; adulterated or misbranded; seized by inspector; when.
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Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the dire…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1912 Product found adulterated or misbranded; seizure; destruction; procedure.
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Any livestock product or poultry product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce or is otherwise subject to the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law, or is held for sale in this state after such transport…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1913 Officer, inspector, employee of state; bribes, acceptances; interference; penalty.
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(1) Any officer, inspector, or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person given with intent to influence his or her official ac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1914 Director of Agriculture; violations; investigations; powers; subpoenas.
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The director shall have the following additional powers: (1) Whenever he or she has reason to believe that any licensee may be in possession of information relevant to an investigation by him or her of suspected violations of the provisions of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1915 Director of Agriculture; cooperate with United States Department of Agriculture.
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The director is hereby authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture for the exchange and cross certification of employees or inspectors to implement the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1915.01 Acquisition of meat from livestock by an informed end consumer; allowed; conditions.
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(1) The acquisition of meat from livestock by an informed end consumer shall not constitute the sale of meat products in contravention of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law and shall not be prohibited if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The meat is made avai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1915.02 Independent Processor Assistance Program; created; purpose; department; powers and duties.
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(1) The Independent Processor Assistance Program is created. The department shall administer the program contingent on funds being made available for such purpose. (2) The purpose of the Independent Processor Assistance Program is to: (a) Address supply chain disruptions caused b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-192 Nebraska Brand Committee; employees; executive director; duties; chief investigator; brand recorder; grievance procedure.
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(1) The Nebraska Brand Committee shall employ such employees as may be necessary to properly carry out the Livestock Brand Act and section 54-415, fix the salaries of such employees, and make such expenditures as are necessary to properly carry out such act and section. Employees…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-192.01 Satisfactory evidence of ownership; interpretation by the Nebraska Brand Committee.
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(1) For purposes of interpretation by the Nebraska Brand Committee, by any employee of the Nebraska Brand Committee, or by any agent of the Nebraska Brand Committee, each occurrence of the term satisfactory evidence of ownership that is in the Livestock Brand Act means satisfacto…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-193 Nebraska Brand Committee; brand publication.
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The Nebraska Brand Committee shall periodically have published in book form, electronic medium, or such other method prescribed by the committee a list of all brands recorded with the brand committee at the time of such publication. Such publication may be supplemented from time …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-194 Documents; signature and seal requirements.
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The director of the Nebraska Brand Committee or the chairperson of the brand committee shall have the authority to sign all certificates and other documents that may by law require certification by signature. Such documents shall include, but not be limited to, new brand certific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-195 Assessments and promotional materials.
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(1) The Nebraska Brand Committee may contract to collect assessments made by any public, quasi-public, or private agency or organization on the sale of cattle, beef, and beef products in Nebraska by producers and importers of such cattle, beef, and beef products. The brand commit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-196 Rules and regulations.
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The Nebraska Brand Committee may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Livestock Brand Act and section 54-415.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-197 Nebraska Brand Inspection and Theft Prevention Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Nebraska Brand Inspection and Theft Prevention Fund is created. Fees and money collected pursuant to the Livestock Brand Act not otherwise provided for in the act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. The fund shall be used by the Nebraska Brand Com…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-198 Recorded livestock brand; requirements; in-herd identification; prohibited act.
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(1) Any person may record a brand, which he or she has the exclusive right to use in this state, and it is unlawful to use any brand for branding any livestock unless the person using such brand has recorded that brand with the Nebraska Brand Committee. A brand is a mark consisti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-199 Livestock brand; application; fees; requirements; issuance.
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(1) To record a brand, a person shall forward to the Nebraska Brand Committee a facsimile or description of the brand desired to be recorded, a written application, and a recording fee and research fee established by the brand committee. Such recording fee may vary according to t…