Bulk supplies of food and bedding may not be stored in animal rooms. A separate area or room shall be available in which food and bedding can be stored off the floor on pallets, racks, or carts. Food storage areas shall be physically separated from refuse areas. Temperatures in the storage rooms may be the ambient temperature. Refrigerated storage shall be available for perishable items. Separate storage for animal waste and dead animals is essential. Carcasses shall be kept below 45°F to reduce putrefaction. Obnoxious materials shall be covered or packaged.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-304 and 2-304.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 1974

Regulations .01A, .03A, .04B, and .05A amended effective June 16, 1978 (5:12 Md. R. 969)

Regulation .01B amended effective February 3, 2014 (41:2 Md. R. 92)

Regulation .01 recodified to Regulation .01-2 and new Regulations .01 and .01-1 adopted effective May 24, 1993 (20:10 Md. R. 853)

Regulation .01-1 amended effective June 19, 1995 (22:12 Md. R. 902); January 1, 2007 (33:26 Md. R. 1997)

Regulation .01-2 recodified to Regulation .01-3 and new Regulation .01-2 adopted effective September 12, 2005 (32:18 Md. R. 1521)

Regulation .01-2 amended effective June 29, 2009 (36:13 Md. R. 900)

Regulation .02 amended effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 301)

Regulation .04B amended effective April 4, 2011 (38:7 Md. R. 433)

Regulation .05A, F amended effective September 12, 2005 (32:18 Md. R. 1521)

Regulation .05K adopted effective December 1, 1997 (24:24 Md. R. 1671)

Regulation .08 adopted effective March 15, 1993 (20:5 Md. R. 515)

Regulation .08 amended as an emergency provision effective May 24, 2004 (31:12 Md. R. 908); amended permanently effective September 13, 2004 (31:18 Md. R. 1351)