Sale as feeding and breeding swine; requirements; conveyance; facilities approved as swine assembly point; pseudorabies test requirements; identification of swine consignment; removal of swine from premises.
MCL 287.849
in effect287.849. Sale as feeding and breeding swine; requirements; conveyance; facilities approved as swine assembly point; pseudorabies test requirements; identification of swine consignment; removal of swine from premises.
Sec. 49.
(1) The director may approve the designation of a swine assembly point for swine to be assembled and grouped for sale as feeding and breeding swine when facilities are provided separate and apart from any slaughter hogs if these facilities, methods of operations, and management practices have been inspected and approved by the director. Swine within this state which are not subject to quarantine and which are handled in compliance with this act and all rules pursuant to this act may be sold from other than a swine assembly point for purposes other than immediate slaughter only when the swine are moved from the vehicles in which they were delivered and loaded directly onto vehicles in which the swine are removed from the sales premises.
(2) Swine offered for sale shall be clinically free of infectious, contagious, or toxicological diseases and shall not originate from a quarantined premises.
(3) A conveyance bringing swine to or removing swine from a swine assembly point or market shall be free of accumulated litter or manure.
(4) An approved swine assembly point for the sale of swine shall meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Be constructed in a manner to provide protection of the swine from inclement weather.
(b) Have floors constructed of an impervious material that can be easily cleaned.
(c) Have adequate drainage and proper disposal of waste material from the cleaning process.
(d) Have an adequate supply of potable water.
(e) Be constructed in a manner to provide ample penning facilities with adequate room in the pens.
(f) Be constructed to properly contain the animals.
(5) An approved swine assembly point shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected 48 hours before each sale day using a procedure approved by the director.
(6) Breeding swine shall meet the pseudorabies test requirements specified in this act.
(7) Feeder swine may be assembled, graded, and grouped for sale provided that each consignment of swine shall be individually identified to the consignor by official identification.
(8) Swine sold at an approved swine assembly point shall be removed from the premises within 24 hours after the sale. The director shall not approve a swine assembly point to handle both feeder pigs and breeding swine.
1992, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-287-849Fetched: 10/20/2026