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Committee hears bill to repeal outdated feedlot dead-animal inspection rule
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 79, which would repeal statutory requirements that a brand inspector examine animals that die on feedlots and require delay of disposal until an inspection occurs.
The House Agriculture Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 79, which would repeal statutory requirements that a brand inspector examine animals that die on feedlots and require delay of disposal until an inspection occurs. Senator Josh Kasmier, sponsor of the measure, told members the provisions are outdated given modern communications.
The bill would remove requirements in statute that, when “an animal dies in the feedlot,” the feedlot must notify the Department of Livestock, retain the carcass until a department…
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