Rules and Regulations Governing the Identification of Sheep and Goats

250-RICR-40-05-7 INACTIVE RULE

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Title	250	Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chapter	40	Agriculture and Resource Marketing
Subchapter	05	Animal Health
Part	7	Rules and Regulations Governing the Identification of Sheep and Goats

Type of Filing	Adoption
Regulation Status	Inactive
Effective	06/01/2008 to 06/01/2008

Regulation Authority:

RIGL Chapter 42-17.1; Chapter 42-17.6; Chapter 4-4; and Chapter 42-35 in addition to Code of Federal Regulations Title 9 part 79.6

Purpose and Reason:

The rules are necessary to remain consistent with federal regulations regarding the disease of sheep and goats known as scrapie. There is no reliable test for this fatal disease, and it has a very long incubation period. The only means of control is through monitoring herds and testing animals at slaughter. To trace potentially infected animals, there needs to be a unique means of ID for each animal.

ACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 01/04/2022

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 06/01/2008 to 01/04/2022

INACTIVE RULE Adoption - effective from 06/01/2008 to 06/01/2008

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