New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV,
Issue 13 / July 16, 2024
TITLE 21 AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
CHAPTER 35 LIVESTOCK MARKETING
PART 3 HUMANE HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK BY
LIVESTOCK MARKETS AND FACILITIES
21.35.3.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Livestock Board.
[21.35.3.1 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.1, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.2 SCOPE: All owners and operators of livestock
markets, stockyards, market agencies, dealers, rest stations and rendering
plants.
[21.35.3.2 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.2, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Section 77-2-7, 77-2-22, 77-9-3, 77-9-4,
77-10-2, 77-10-3, 77-10-8, 77-10-10, NMSA 1978 and such other regulatory
authority as provided in Chapter 77 NMSA 1978.
[21.35.3.3 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.3, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[21.35.3.4 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.4, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 16, 2024, unless a later date is
cited at the end of a section.
[21.35.3.5 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.5, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish rules governing the
humane handling of livestock.
[21.35.3.6 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.6, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Animal” means livestock including cattle,
sheep, swine, bison, goats, horses, mules, asses, poultry, ratites, camelids
and farmed cervidae.
B. "Board" means the
New Mexico livestock board.
C. “Facilities” means livestock markets, stockyards,
market agencies, dealers, rest stations and rendering plants.
D. “Humanely euthanized” means to kill by mechanical
method (gunshot or captive bolt) or chemical method that rapidly and
effectively renders the animal insensitive to pain.
E. “Livestock market” means any facility in the state
of New Mexico, which is used for the purpose of holding consignment sales of
livestock.
F. “Non-ambulatory animal” means an animal that is unable
to stand and walk without assistance.
G. “Operator” means a person in control of the
management or operation of a livestock auction market, including a licensee
under Article 10 of Chapter 77.
[21.35.3.7 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.7, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.8 REQUIRED CONDUCT BY LIVESTOCK
AUCTION MARKET:
A. An operator shall not buy, sell or
receive a non-ambulatory animal.
B. An operator shall not process, butcher or sell meat or
products of non-ambulatory animals.
C. An operator shall not hold a non-ambulatory animal without
taking immediate action to humanely euthanize the animal or to provide
immediate veterinary treatment.
D. An operator shall not, at any time, either while the
animal is on the premises or in transit, drag or push with equipment a
non-ambulatory animal. Such animal must be moved with a sling, a stoneboat
or other sled-like or wheeled conveyance, a soft-lay rope, a padded cable or
chain or a web type belt (no bare chains).
Once a vehicle has entered the official premises of the establishment,
it is considered to be within the operator’s premises.
E. An operator shall not consign, ship or accept any
non-ambulatory animal for transporting or delivering.
F. An operator is responsible for the wrongful acts or
omissions of agents and employees.
G. An operator must adequately train and supervise agents and
employees to assure that such agents and employees do not engage in wrongful
conduct.
H. Any violation of this rule or any other rule of the board
will subject the licensee to criminal penalties and license revocation.
[21.35.3.8 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.8, 7/16/2024]
21.35.3.9 REQUIRED CONDUCT BY FACILITIES:
A. Livestock markets, stockyards, market agencies, dealers, rest stations
and rendering plants are subject to the requirements of 21.35.3.8 NMAC and must
adhere to those requirements; provided, however, that rendering plants may
process, butcher and sell meat or products of non-ambulatory animals so long as
they do not engage in those activities for purpose of human consumption.
B. Any violation of this rule or any rules of the board or of
the Chapter 77 NMSA 1978 will subject the offender to criminal penalties as
provided in Chapter 77 NMSA 1978.
[21.35.3.9 NMAC -
Rp, 21.35.3.9, 7/16/2024]
HISTORY OF 21.35.3
NMAC:
History of Repealed
Material: 21 NMAC 35.3 - Humane Handling of
Livestock by Livestock Markets and Facilities filed (10/16/2008) repealed
effective 7/16/2024.
Other History: 21 NMAC 35.3 - Humane
Handling of Livestock by Livestock Markets and Facilities filed (10/16/2008)
replaced by 21.35.3 NMAC - Humane Handling of Livestock by Livestock Markets
and Facilities effective 7/16/2024.