Section R. 287.712 - Cattle importation lotsRule 12.
(1) Cattle importation lots shall be registered with the department on an application form provided by the department.(2) A cattle importation lot may be a designated lot, parcel, pasture, premises, facility, or confined area.(3) Registration shall not be issued unless the importation lot has been inspected by the director and found to meet all of the following requirements: (a) A cattle importation lot shall be constructed and operated to prohibit cattle in the importation lot from making contact with, or disseminating a contagious or infectious disease to, livestock other than cattle in the importation lot.(b) Livestock other than cattle in the importation lot shall not have access to manure or other waste material from the cattle importation lot.(c) Drainage from a cattle importation lot shall not be permitted to flow into areas accessible to livestock other than cattle in the importation lot.(d) A cattle importation lot shall be maintained in a condition free from the excessive accumulation of manure or waste material.(4) Cattle which are capable of reproduction, which originate directly from states that are not declared free of bovine brucellosis for the last 6 years by the USDA or which originate directly from states that are not declared free of bovine tuberculosis by the USDA, and which do not go directly to slaughter shall be placed in an importation lot.(5) Cattle which are capable of reproduction and which are imported into this state shall be accompanied by both of the following:(a) An official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection, which shall be given to the consignee at the point of destination.(b) A prior entry permit.(6) Nonnative cattle which are capable of reproduction and which enter this state shall be individually uniquely identified on the official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection. The individual unique identification shall be either of the following: (a) A USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag.(b) A USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag.(7) Within 10 working days after importation into this state, cattle which are capable of reproduction and which have been individually uniquely identified with a USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag shall be permanently identified with an official ear tag.(8) The official ear tag shall be recorded by the consignee at the point of destination on the official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection. The recording shall be done in a manner so that cattle which are imported into this state and which are identified by a USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag will correspond to the USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag.(9) The consignee shall forward to the department, within 10 working days after the importation into this state of cattle that are capable of reproduction, a copy of the official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection indicating that each animal is individually uniquely identified by a USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag.(10) A copy of the official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection shall be kept filed in the records of the consignee at the point of destination of the cattle until the cattle have been sent to slaughter or have died.(11) The consignee of imported cattle that are capable of reproduction shall not remove any existing USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tags that are on the cattle at the time of importation into this state.(12) The existing USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tags may be used as the required permanent identification, or the consignee at the point of destination shall comply with the requirement for permanent identification by placing a second USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag in ears of cattle which are capable of reproduction and which are imported into this state. The official ear tags shall be recorded on the official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection as prescribed in these rules.(13) If a female bovine gives birth while in a cattle importation lot, the calf shall not leave the importation lot and shall go only directly to slaughter, unless permission is granted by the director to move the calf to another premises.(14) Aborted fetuses in an importation lot shall be disposed of in compliance with the provisions of section 57 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being S750.57 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(15) Nonnative cattle which are capable of reproduction and which are kept in importation lots may move from an importation lot only as follows: (a) Directly to another importation lot by direct private sale.(b) To another importation lot through livestock auction sales if the cattle do not commingle with other livestock in the livestock auction market.(c) To slaughter by direct shipment.(d) To slaughter through a livestock auction sale if the cattle do not commingle with other livestock in the livestock auction market.(16) Records shall be maintained in an orderly and current manner and be available for the director to inspect at any time.(17) The director has the authority to inspect the records of any cattle importation lot at any time to determine the origin of any cattle handled by the cattle importation lot.(18) Importation lot records shall include all of the following information: (a) Individual unique identification of cattle that are capable of reproduction.(b) The date individual cattle were purchased.(c) The complete name or names and address or addresses of the individual or individuals from whom the cattle were purchased.(d) The complete street address or addresses of the premises from which the cattle originated.(e) The complete name and street address of the slaughterhouse or person to whom the cattle are sold.Mich. Admin. Code R. 287.712