1. (1) The Personal Use Exemption includes a person who raises poultry to slaughter or process for personal use, as allowed by Subsection 4-32-106(2) if:

   1. (a) the poultry is healthy when slaughtered; and
   2. (b) the exempt poultry is not sold or donated for use as human food.

2. (2) A Farm Custom Slaughter and Processing exemption allows a person to slaughter or process poultry belonging to another person if:

   1. (a) the poultry is healthy when slaughtered;
   2. (b) the person conducts the slaughtering or processing in accordance with sanitation standards that produce poultry product that is sound, clean, and fit for human food;
   3. (c) the person using a unit or vehicle for farm custom slaughtering constructs the unit or vehicle to permit maintenance according to sanitation standards; and

   4. (d) the immediate container bears the following information:

      1. (i) the owner's name and address; and
      2. (ii) the licensee's name and address.

3. (3) A Producer or Grower 1,000 Bird Limit Exemption consistent with Subsection 4-32-109(12) includes:

   1. (a) the producer or grower keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry products to customers for the current calendar year; and

   2. (b) as required by the U.S. Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Food Code 2022, incorporated by the department in Section R70-530-3, the immediate container bears the following information:

      1. (i) name of product; and
      2. (ii) name and place of business of the processor; and
      3. (iii) the statement "Exempt R58-11-6(4)."

4. (4) A Producer or Grower 20,000 Bird Limit Exemption consistent with Subsection 4-32-109(11) includes:

   1. (a) a poultry producer or grower may slaughter no more than 20,000 healthy birds of their own raising in a calendar year for distribution as human food;
   2. (b) the producer or grower keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry products to customers for the current calendar year;
   3. (c) the poultry product does not move in commerce, as defined in 9 CFR 381.1; and

   4. (d) the immediate container bears the following information:

      1. (i) name of product;
      2. (ii) name and address of the processor; and
      3. (iii) the statement "Exempt R58-11-6(5)."

5. (5) A Producer, Grower, or Other Person Exemption consistent with federal law and Subsection 4-32-109(11), allows a single entity to slaughter and process no more than 20,000 poultry within a calendar year that the entity raised or purchased for direct sale to household consumers, restaurants, hotels, and boarding houses for use in dining rooms to prepare meals served or sold directly to customers if:

   1. (a) the poultry products do not move in commerce;
   2. (b) the business slaughters or processes in a fixed establishment and in accordance with sanitation standards that produce poultry products that are sound, clean, and fit for human food;
   3. (c) the producer keeps slaughter records and records covering the sales of poultry products to customers for the current calendar year;

   4. (d) the immediate containers bear the following information:

      1. (i) name of product;
      2. (ii) ingredients statement if applicable;
      3. (iii) net weights statement;
      4. (iv) name and address of the processor;
      5. (v) safe food handling statement;
      6. (vi) date of the package or Lot number; and
      7. (vii) the statement "Exempt R58-11-6(6)";
   5. (d) the entity does not slaughter, or process poultry owned by another person; and
   6. (e) does not sell poultry products to a retail store or other producer or grower.

6. (6) A Small Enterprise Exemption consistent with federal law and Subsection 4-32-109(11), allows a business to raise, slaughter, dress and cut up poultry for distribution as human food if:

   1. (a) the business limits the processing of federal or state inspected, or exempt poultry products to the cutting up of carcasses or the business slaughters and dresses or cuts up no more than 20,000 birds in a calendar year;
   2. (b) the business slaughters or processes in a fixed establishment and in accordance with sanitation standards that produce poultry product that is sound, clean, and fit for human food;
   3. (c) the facility is not used to slaughter or process another person's poultry; and

   4. (d) the immediate containers bear the following information:

      1. (i) name of product;
      2. (ii) ingredients statement if applicable;
      3. (iii) net weights statement;
      4. (iv) name and address of processor;
      5. (v) safe food handling statement;
      6. (vi) date of package or Lot number, and;
      7. (vii) the statement "Exempt R58-11-6(7)."

KEY: food inspections, slaughter, livestock, poultry, custom exempt, exemptions, poultry exemptions

Date of Last Change: December 10, 2025

Notice of Continuation: November 8, 2024

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 4-32-109