Application

Application. Application for a permit as required by Section 10 may be made by the person making the shipment or by the person receiving the swine. Any permit issued under this Act is valid for 72 hours from time of issuance to time of delivery of the swine, and shall accompany the shipment. Such shipment shall also be accompanied by a health certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin or a veterinarian in the employ of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Such health certificate shall indicate the number of animals and description of same involved in the shipment, shall show that the swine are free from evidence of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease, and are not from a quarantined area. At the time of issuance of the health certificate, an accredited veterinarian shall ear tag or tattoo each head of feeding swine and the number of such tag or tattoo shall appear on the health certificate, except that feeder swine consigned from the farm of origin directly to a federally approved market shall be tagged immediately upon arrival at the market if they arrive directly from that state of origin. Breeding swine shall be identified by registration number, ear tag, tattoo or ear notch approved by the respective breed registry, and such identification shall appear on the health certificate. Ear tag or tattoo numbers for feeder swine which originate from cooperative feeder pig sales do not have to be listed on the health certificate if the location of the record of such numbers is shown on the health certificate. All ear tags or tattoos shall indicate the state of origin of the swine. The consignee shall be furnished with a copy of the health certificate which shall be delivered to the receiver of the swine, and a copy bearing the approval of the Animal Health Official of the state of origin must be filed with the Department. (Source: P.A. 88-590, eff. 8-16-94; 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)