Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not specify the effective date of this law.
Allowing Composting of Livestock Carcasses
This law allows composting parts of livestock carcasses from routine deaths or on-farm processing if specific rules set by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture are followed.
What This Bill Does
- Allows any part of a livestock carcass resulting from a routine mortality event or on-farm processing to be composted if certain requirements are met.
- Requires that this composting follows best management practices for livestock composting adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
- Overrides existing rules that generally ban the composting of unprocessed mammalian tissue.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who handle livestock carcasses from routine deaths or on-farm processing
- The Secretary of Food and Agriculture
Terms To Know
- Livestock carcass
- A dead animal raised for food.
- Routine livestock mortality event
- The death of a livestock animal that is not caused by disease outbreaks requiring special handling, as specified in the bill context.
- Best management practices
- Official rules and methods for composting adopted by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only applies if specific requirements set by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture are met.
- Existing laws about transporting dead animals to specified facilities remain in place unless a waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian.
- The official text provided does not state when this law officially takes effect.