ANIMAL PROTECTION
EQUINE DISEASES
EXOTIC BIRDS AND PET BIRDS, DEALERS IN
LIVESTOCK AUCTION AND DEALERS
POULTRY
RENDERING AND DISPOSAL PLANTS
Citation: Rule 40-13-13-.04(h) Premise Requirements and
Performance Standards.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To keep complete and accurate records of
acquisitions, purchases, sales, releases, natural additions,
exchanges, adoptions, custodial care, and health records
of all animals.
Persons Affected: All stables, animal shelters,
kennels, and pet dealers.
Retention Period: A period of one year.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Sections 4-10-1
and 4-11-1 and the sections following.
Citation: Rule 40-13-13-.08(12) Euthanasia.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture
and the State Board of Pharmacy.
Requirement: To keep and maintain records signed
by the person performing euthanasia and the witness on forms
approved by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the State
Board of Pharmacy.
Persons Affected: Animal shelters or other
facilities which are operated for the collection and care of
stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals and the
supervising veterinarians of such shelters or facilities.
Retention Period: A period of two (2) years.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section
4-11-1 and the sections following.
Citation: Rule 40-16-3-.12 Records. Amended.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To maintain adequate records of all
transactions including the complete name and address of the
seller and purchaser.
Persons Affected: Equine auction markets.
Retention Period: Not stated.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section
4-4-110 and the sections following.
Citation: O.C.G.A. Section 4-10-6 Dealer's
Duty to Maintain Records;. . ..
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To keep records sufficient to
identify: (1) each exotic or pet bird in a dealer's possession or
sold by him, by species and physical description; (2) the name,
address, and telephone number of the person from whom each such
bird was acquired and, if that person is a licensed bird dealer,
his license number or, if that person is not a licensed bird
dealer, his driver's license number, social security number,
federal tax identification number, or such other identification
as may be available; (3) the name, address, and telephone number
of the person to whom each such bird is transferred and, if that
person is a licensed bird dealer, his license number or, if that
person is not a licensed bird dealer, his driver's license
number, social security number, federal tax identification
number, or such other identification as may be available; and (4)
any such bird which the dealer knows to be or have been sick or
diseased or to have died.
Persons Affected: Every bird dealer.
Retention Period: At least one year.
Citation: Rule 40-13-12-.03 Records.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To keep records which adequately:
(1) identify each exotic or pet bird in the dealer's possession
or sold by the dealer by species, description, or by leg band
number; and (2) verify the name, address, and telephone number of
the person from whom each is acquired, and (if that person is a
licensed bird dealer) the dealer's license number or (if that
person is not a licensed bird dealer) that person's driver's
license number, social security number, or federal tax
identification number; (3) verify the name, address, and
telephone number of the person to whom each bird is transferred,
and (if that person is a licensed bird dealer) the dealer's
license number or (if that person is not a licensed bird dealer)
that person's driver's license number, social security number, or
federal tax identification number; and (4) identify any bird
which the bird dealer knows to be or to have been sick, diseased,
or to have died.
Persons Affected: Bird dealers. [NOTE:
Rule 40-13-12-.01 defines "bird dealer" as "any
person engaged in the business of dealing in, purchasing,
breeding, or offering for sale (whether at wholesale or retail)
any exotic or pet birds customarily as pets."]
Retention Period: At least one year from the
time of receipt or sale of exotic and pet birds.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section
4-10-6.
Citation: O.C.G.A. Section 4-6-46 Maintenance
of Records and Accounts; Inspection.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To maintain such accounts and
records as will at all times disclose the names of the sellers or
consignors, the amount due and payable to each from the custodial
account for shippers' proceeds, and the legally authorized fees
and charges due the establishment.
Persons Affected: Sales establishments for the
sale of livestock at auction.
Retention Period: Not stated.
Citation: Rule 40-13-7-.01(7) Licensing and
Bonding Requirements. Amended.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To maintain adequate records on
sales and purchases, including (but not limited to): (1) the
complete name and address of the purchaser and the date of
purchase; (2) the complete name and address of the seller and the
date of sale; (3) the complete name and address of the herd of
origin, if different from the name of the seller; and (4) the
identification of the cattle by ear tag, tattoo, breed, sex, and
weight.
Persons Affected: All livestock auction markets
and dealer and buying stations.
Retention Period: A period of two (2) years.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section
4-6-46.
Citation: O.C.G.A. Section 4-6-5 Maintenance
of Records.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To record the name and address of
the person or persons bringing in livestock and to record the
license tag number of the vehicle used by the person or persons
to transport the livestock.
Persons Affected: All livestock dealers,
livestock brokers, and livestock market operators.
Retention Period: Not stated.
Citation: Rule 40-13-10-.03(2)(b)5. Poultry
Flock, Hatchery and Dealer Regulations.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To keep records of purchases and
sales of poultry products handled in a manner satisfactory to the
State Department of Agriculture and the Official State Agency.
Persons Affected: Poultry hatcheries and
dealers.
Retention Period: Not stated.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section 4-7-1
and the sections following.
Citation: Rule 40-13-10-.05 Records.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To record: (1) the name and address
of the person or persons from whom poultry is received; (2) the
number and type of such poultry; and (3) the license tag number
of the vehicle used to transport such poultry.
Persons Affected: All poultry dealers, brokers,
and market operators who buy, store, or otherwise receive any
poultry.
Retention Period: A period of two (2) years.
Related Code Sections: O.C.G.A. Section
4-4-82 and the sections following.
Citation: O.C.G.A. Section 4-4-43 Rendering
plant requirements.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To maintain at the rendering plant
for inspection review the document showing approval of the
plant's sewage facility by the governmental authority having
proper jurisdiction.
Persons Affected: Every rendering plant.
Retention Period: Not stated.
Citation: O.C.G.A. Section 4-4-45
Inspections; Maintenance of Records; Maintenance of Vehicles.
Regulating Agency: Commissioner of Agriculture.
Requirement: To keep and furnish the
Commissioner of Agriculture such information as he may by rule or
regulation require concerning the collection, transportation,
distribution, and processing of the carcasses of dead domestic
animals or packing house refuse.
Persons Affected: Every rendering plant.
Retention Period: Not stated.