North Carolina Administrative Code

02 ncac 52B .0409 ADJACENT OR EXPOSED EQUINE When an equine is found positive by an official equine infectious anemia (EIA) test and an EIA retest by state personnel, all equine on the same premises (farm, pasture, or stable), and all other equine located on adjacent farms, pastu…

02 NCAC 52B .0410 MARKET AND SALE RESPONSIBILITY (a) Livestock markets and all others conducting sales of equine shall send a written request for approval of all sales to the State Veterinarian at least two weeks prior to sale. The State Veterinarian shall approve the request if:…

02 ncac 52B .0411 MARKET OR SALE VETERINARIANS (a) Market or sale veterinarians shall: (1) Collect blood samples of five cubic centimeters in a blood collection tube with identification of each equine presented for test; (2) Properly identify each equine tested on a Department of…

02 NCAC 52B .0412 SLAUGHTER SALES Market or sale operators who wish to conduct a sale of equine only for slaughter without EIA testing must sign an agreement with the State Veterinarian to comply with the terms of this Section. History Note: Authority G.S. 106-405.17; S.L. 1999-2…

SECTION .0500 - POULTRY DISEASES 02 NCAC 52B .0501 POULTRY DISEASES If it shall be determined that any contagious or infectious disease of poultry, or exposure thereto, exists in any hatchery, poultry processing plant, or on any other place where poultry is raised, kept or handle…

02 NCAC 52B .0502 HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR POULTRY EXHIBITIONS (a) Persons conducting and participating in poultry exhibitions shall comply with the following: (1) All poultry, excluding doves and pigeons, for exhibition in North Carolina shall originate from U.S. pullorum-typhoid …

02 NCAC 52B .0503 TRANSPORTING LIVE POULTRY (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall re-use for transporting live poultry, any coop, crate, or other container that has been used previously for live poultry, unless said coop, crate, or other container has been thoroughly cleaned …

02 NCAC 52B .0504 AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N2) History Note: Filed as a Temporary Rule Eff. January 30, 1986, for a Period of 120 Days to Expire on May 30, 1986; Statutory Authority G.S. 106-307.5; Expired Eff. May 30, 1986.

02 NCAC 52B .0505 AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N2) History Note: Authority G.S. 106-307.5; Eff. July 1, 1986: Repealed Eff. July 1, 2010.

SECTION .0600 - POULTRY: HATCHERIES: PULLORUM DISEASE 02 NCAC 52B .0601 NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN (a) All provisions for the recognition, classification, control, and eradication of pullorum disease, fowl typhoid, and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) as contained in the Unit…

02 NCAC 52B .0602 HATCHERIES: RECORDS Every hatchery shall keep a permanent record showing the name and address of the flock owner of all eggs received, together with the number of eggs and date received; also, a permanent record of all hatching eggs, baby chicks, and turkey poul…

02 ncac 52B .0603 entry of avian species into the state of north carolina (a) Every shipment of poultry and hatching eggs entering this State shall be accompanied by a certificate or label showing the name and address of the shipper and the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP…

02 NCAC 52B .0604 CHICK DEALERS AND JOBBERS: FEE AND APPLICATION All chick dealers and jobbers shall, on or before July 1 of each year, pay the required fee and file application with the Department of Agriculture, on forms furnished by the department, for a permit to operate. His…

02 NCAC 52B .0605 CHICK DEALERS AND JOBBERS: RECORDS All chick dealers and jobbers shall keep a permanent record showing date, number of chicks and from whom purchased and shall keep similar records on all chicks sold in lots of 100 or more. History Note: Authority G.S. 106-540; …

02 NCAC 52B .0606 DUTY TO REPORT OUTBREAK OF DISEASE It shall be the duty of every hatchery, chick dealer or jobber to report promptly to the Department of Agriculture the outbreak of any contagious or infectious disease affecting baby chicks or turkey poults in their possession …

02 NCAC 52B .0607 POULTRY RUNNING AT LARGE (a) A person owning or having legal custody of any poultry shall not maintain poultry in any manner that creates a reasonable likelihood that poultry will wander outside of the legal boundaries of the property on which they are kept. (b)…

02 ncac 52b .0608 poultry and ratite dealers: licensing and records (a) A poultry or ratite dealer, as defined in G.S. 106-541(3), shall register with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on or before July 1 of each year on a form furnished by the Department. (b) A…

SUBCHAPTER 52C - CONTROL OF LIVESTOCK DISEASES: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SECTION .0100 - DISEASED AND DEAD ANIMALS 02 NCAC 52C .0101 TRANSPORTATION OF INFECTED ANIMALS Permits will be issued by the State Veterinarian to sell or transport on the public roads of the state animals a…

02 NCAC 52C .0102 DISPOSAL OF DEAD ANIMALS Methods approved by the State Veterinarian for disposing of dead domesticated animals in addition to burial three feet beneath the surface of the ground are as follows: (1) rendering at a rendering plant licensed under G.S. 106-168.7; (2…

02 NCAC 52C .0103 RECORDS REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK DEALERS (a) In order to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in the control and eradication of brucellosis, all livestock dealers licensed under the Livestock Dealer Licensing Act shall keep records for tw…

02 NCAC 52C .0104 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSPORTING BREEDING SWINE Breeding swine transported along the public roads of North Carolina pursuant to a change of ownership shall originate from a "qualified pseudorabies-free herd" or undergo a negative official blood test for pseudorabie…

02 NCAC 52C .0105 PSEUDORABIES STATUS AND TESTING (a) Feeding and breeding swine may not be transported on any public road or held in any public place unless accompanied by a written permit from the State Veterinarian or proof satisfactory to the State Veterinarian that: (1) No p…

SECTION .0200 - VIRUS AND BACTERIA DISEASES 02 NCAC 52C .0201 PRODUCT CONTAINING VIRUS OR BACTERIA (a) No product containing a live virus or live bacteria or other agents capable of producing disease in animals shall be shipped or otherwise brought into the state, sold, offered f…

02 NCAC 52C .0202 DUPLICATE SHIPPING TICKET At the direction of the State Veterinarian, all materials of the above nature (described in 2 NCAC 52C .0201) entering North Carolina shall have a duplicate shipping ticket stating name of consignee, amount of material, date shipped and…

SECTION .0300 - DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES 02 NCAC 52C .0301 POLICY FOR RECEIVING SPECIMENS The policies for receiving dead or sick animal specimens for study by the Diagnostic Laboratories Section are as follows: (1) Animals too decomposed for study will not be accepted; and (2) An…

02 NCAC 52C .0302 POLICY FOR DISPOSITION OF SPECIMENS Carcasses of animals accepted for examination and received into the necropsy area will not be released. All animal carcasses shall be disposed of by incineration or other approved methods. History Note: Authority G.S. 106-22(3…

SECTION .0400 - BONE MEAL 02 NCAC 52C .0401 DISTRIBUTING BONE MEAL No bone meal (ground or crushed animal bones) or animal feeds containing bone meal shall be sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed, in the State of North Carolina for feeding purposes unless the manufact…

02 NCAC 52C .0402 MANUFACTURING BONE MEAL Bone meal (ground or crushed animal bones) for feeding purposes shall in the process of manufacture be heated sufficiently to destroy all disease producing organisms, including spores. The minimum requirement to accomplish this shall cons…

SECTION .0500 - BIOLOGICAL RESIDUES 02 NCAC 52C .0501 ANALYSIS BY STATE CHEMIST The results of analyses conducted by the State Chemist, or his delegate, will be accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture as evidence that an animal, animal product, or animal feed does not bear a …

02 NCAC 52C .0502 PERMITS A written permit will be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the movement of an animal, animal product, or animal feed under detention or quarantine pursuant to G.S. 106-549.82 when it can be determined that such movement is necessary to preven…

SECTION .0600 - DISEASE REPORTS 02 NCAC 52C .0601 SUBMISSION OF DISEASE REPORTS (a) No livestock shall be removed from this State unless an interstate health certificate, in proper form, is submitted to the State Veterinarian within seven days of issuance of said certificate. (b)…

02 NCAC 52C .0602 SUBMITTED DEFINED For the purposes of 2 NCAC 52C .0601 (a) and (b), "Submitted to the State Veterinarian" means the deposit of the certificate or chart, with the U.S. Postal Service, with proper postage, within seven days after the certificate or chart has been …

02 NCAC 52C .0603 REPORTABLE DISEASES All persons practicing veterinary medicine in North Carolina shall report the following diseases and conditions to the State Veterinarian's office by telephone within two hours after the disease is reasonably suspected to exist: (1) Anthrax; …

SECTION .0700 – MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS 02 NCAC 52C .0701 INTRASTATE REQUIREMENTS: CERVIDAE History Note: Authority G.S. 106-317; 106-400; 106-549.97(a2); Eff. July 1, 1998; Amended Eff. August 1, 2004; August 1, 2002; Amended Eff. January 1, 2016; Repealed Eff. July 1, 2018.

SUBCHAPTER 52D - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION SECTION .0100 - STANDARDS: OFFICIAL MARK 02 NCAC 52D .0101 CERTAIN STANDARDS ADOPTED: EXCEPTIONS The Rules, Regulations, Definitions and Standards of the United States Department of Agriculture governing meat and meat products inspecti…

02 NCAC 52D .0102 OFFICIAL MARK OF INSPECTION Part 312 of the Federal Meat Inspection Regulation shall refer to the following official North Carolina mark of inspection: (1) The mark shall be an isosceles trapezoid with base and top lines parallel, and the top line centered over …

SUBCHAPTER 52E - MARKETING OF LIVESTOCK SECTION .0100 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL RULES 02 NCAC 52E .0101 DEFINITIONS These definitions are applicable throughout Chapter 52: (1) "Farm of Origin" means a farm or other premise where an animal was born or on which it has been maintain…

02 NCAC 52E .0102 RESOLD CATTLE History Note: Authority G.S. 106-14; 106-22(3); 106-348; 106-396; 106-416; Eff. April 1, 1984; Repealed Eff. April 1, 1985.

02 NCAC 52E .0103 RESOLD CATTLE (a) When cattle for feeding or breeding purposes are delivered to a public livestock market, the seller shall designate as "resold" or "second-handed" any cattle which have been sold through any livestock market within the previous 21 days. The sel…

SECTION .0200 - PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKET REGULATIONS 02 NCAC 52E .0201 DAY AND TIME OF SALE The regularly scheduled auction sales at public livestock auction markets shall be held on a designated day or days, Monday through Friday. The State Veterinarian may, on a minimum of two w…

02 NCAC 52E .0202 NOTIFICATION OF UNSATISFACTORY PAYMENT Public livestock market operators shall notify the Commissioner of Agriculture of unsatisfactory payment for livestock within 24 hours after having knowledge of such unsatisfactory payment. The notification will include the…

02 NCAC 52E .0203 FACILITIES FOR HANDLING LIVESTOCK Proper facilities for handling, segregating, holding and sale of livestock shall meet the following minimum requirements: (1) Facilities for Handling Breeder and/or Feeder Swine. Alleys and pens shall have properly drained floor…

02 NCAC 52E .0204 MARKETS KEPT CLEAN AND SANITARY: DISINFECTION (a) Livestock market facilities including yards, loading and unloading docks, alleys, pens, chutes, scales, and sales ring shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. All loading docks, alleys, pens, scales a…

02 NCAC 52E .0205 VETERINARIANS ACCEPTABLE FOR WORK AT LIVESTOCK MARKETS History Note: Authority G.S. 106-408.1; Eff. April 1, 1984; Expired Eff. April 1, 2017 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

02 NCAC 52E .0206 CATTLE AND SWINE FOR IMMEDIATE SLAUGHTER: IDENTIFICATION (a) Cattle. Cattle sold in a public livestock market shall be identified with an official back tag applied at a point just back of the shoulder, or by any other method approved by the State Veterinarian. (…

02 NCAC 52E .0207 CATTLE: SWINE SOLD OTHER THAN SLAUGHTER: IDENTIFICATION (a) Cattle. All cattle sold for purposes other than for immediate slaughter in public livestock markets shall be identified with an official ear tag or a legible permanent ear tattoo or other methods approv…

02 NCAC 52E .0208 REMOVAL OF IDENTIFICATION MARKS: TAGS: ETC. No person or persons shall remove any paint mark, tag, etc., required for identification of cattle and swine unless previously authorized by the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative. The State Veterinari…

02 NCAC 52E .0209 CERTIFICATES: CATTLE AND SWINE REMOVED FOR NON-SLAUGHTER (a) No cattle except those for immediate slaughter shall be removed from a public livestock market unless they are accompanied by a certificate issued by a veterinarian accredited pursuant to Title 9, Part…

02 NCAC 52E .0210 REMOVAL OF SLAUGHTER SWINE FROM A PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKET (a) No swine consigned to and sold in a swine slaughter sale at a public livestock market shall be removed from the market for any purpose other than for immediate slaughter unless a permit is obtained fr…

02 NCAC 52E .0211 SALE OF SLAUGHTER SWINE IN FEEDER SWINE FACILITIES Public livestock markets not having separate facilities for receiving, handling and selling feeder and slaughter swine may use their feeder pig facilities for the sale of slaughter swine provided: (1) All feeder…