4.1-32-04. Unloading chutes and vehicles used by rendering plant - Regulations
governing.
1. Any unloading places or chutes used by a rendering plant or establishment must be on
cement floors that can be cleaned and disinfected. Every vehicle used for transporting
carcasses of dead animals to a rendering plant or establishment must:
a. Have a bed or tank not less than fifty inches [127 centimeters] in width which is all
metal, metal lined, or watertight for at least six inches [15.24 centimeters] above
the floor of the box or bed of the vehicle.
b. Have a metal-lined endgate that is hinged at the bottom of the bed or box of the
vehicle and is fastened firmly to the top of the bed or box of the vehicle when
closed.
c. Have sides, a top, and an endgate that will prevent flies and other insects from
entering the vehicle.
d. Carry a tank filled with a solution approved by the state veterinarian for use as a
disinfectant.
e. Be disinfected with the solution described in subdivision d after it has been used
for collecting a dead animal and before it enters upon any public highway of this
state. Special attention must be given to all those parts of the vehicle which came
in contact with the ground while upon the premises.
f. Be thoroughly washed and disinfected with the solution described in subdivision d
or with live steam, or both, after the dead animal has been unloaded at the
rendering plant.
2. The operator of any vehicle used for transporting the carcasses of dead animals to a
rendering plant shall wash with disinfectant, paying special attention to disinfecting the
operator's hands and footwear, with the solution described in subdivision d of
subsection 1 immediately after leaving any farm at which the operator has collected
the carcass of a dead animal.
