Unless the context requires otherwise, terms not defined below or at M.G.L. c. 129 take the applicable USDA definition at 9 CFR §§ 71.1, 78.1, and 85.1.

Department. Department of Agricultural Resources

Director. Director of the Department's Division of Animal Health.

Garbage. Any meat waste, or meat waste combined with food waste, resulting from handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods, including animal carcasses or parts thereof. For purposes of 330 CMR 11.00, the term Meat shall be broadly defined to include red meat, poultry, and Pacific coast seafood. Some examples of foods that, so long as they are not contaminated by meat waste, are not defined as Garbage are as follows:

1. (a) milk and dairy products;
2. (b) candy and candy waste;
3. (c) bakery products and bakery waste;
4. (d) table (non-fertile) eggs;
5. (e) produce; and
6. (f) non-Pacific coast seafood.

Immediate Slaughter. Movement directly to a Recognized Slaughtering Center, with slaughter occurring within 72 hours. For compelling public policy reasons or other extraordinary circumstances, and solely at the Director's discretion and in writing, the Director may approve a longer waiting period.

Official ID. A unique set of numbers, letters and/or symbols that is securely affixed to a porcine animal by ear tag, tattoo, brand, or microchip, or other method approved in writing by the Director, that will positively identify the animal.

Recognized Slaughtering Center. Any point where slaughtering facilities are provided and to which animals are regularly shipped and slaughtered.

Swine. All porcine animals, including pot-bellied and other "pet" pigs.

USDA. The United States Department of Agriculture.

Valid Health Certificate. An official certificate of veterinary inspection for an individual animal written and signed by a federally-accredited veterinarian in the State of origin no longer than 30 days prior which contains the following:

1. (a) age, sex, breed, marking and Official ID of the animal;
2. (b) the names and addresses of the original owner and/or place of origin, the current owner, the shipper, and the receiver of the animal;
3. (c) if the animal has been held on premises in a state other than the state of origin, the pseudorabies and brucellosis status of the herd(s) and premises in the other state(s) where it was held;
4. (d) proof of satisfaction of the pseudorabies and brucellosis requirements of 330 CMR 11.00; and
5. (e) a statement that the animal is free from any evidence of hog cholera, vesicular exanthema and any infectious or contagious disease; has not been recently exposed to hog cholera, vesicular exanthema or any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease; and, to the best of the veterinarian’s knowledge and belief, has not been fed raw garbage.