Farming or Food Production
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| TX - Horse - Sale of Horsemeat (Chapter 149. Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption) | These statutes prohibit the sale of horsemeat, the possession of horsemeat with the intent to sell, and the knowing transfer of horsemeat to a person who intends to sell it for human consumption. Horsemeat is defined as the flesh of an animal of the genus equus. Prima facie evidence of an offense is prescribed by these statues and includes, for example, the presence of horsemeat in a restaurant or cafe. The penalty for an offense may be a fine of up to a $1,000, confinement for not less than 30 days and not more than two years, or both a fine and confinement. |
| TX - Wildlife - Subchapter H. Permits to Control Wildlife Protected by This Code. | This statute allows an individual to apply to a local municipality to receive a permit to destroy wildlife that is posing a serious risk to agricultural interests or public safety. This provision relates to a section that disallows the killing of eagles save for this exception. |
| UK - Fur - Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 |
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| UK - Slaughter - The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 | |
| United States Humane Society v. Ed Schafer Secretary US Department of Agriculture | |
| US - Cattle - Milk Income Loss Contract Program | Federal program that compensates dairy producers when domestic milk prices fall below a specified level. |
| US - Food Animal - Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter | These statutory sections comprise what is commonly termed the Humane Slaughter Act. Included in these sections are Congress' statement that livestock must be slaughtered in a humane manner to prevent needless suffering, research methods on humane methods of slaughter, the nonapplicability of these statutes to religious or ritual slaughter, and the investigation into the care of nonambulatory livestock. |
| US - Food Animal - Twenty Eight Hour Law | This Federal law addresses the transportation of animals, including those raised for food or in food production, across state lines. The statute provides that animals cannot be transported by "rail carrier, express carrier or common carrier" (except by air or water) for more than 28 consecutive hours without being unloaded for five hours for rest, water and food. |
| US - Grazing - Taylor Grazing Act | Statute empowers Secretary of the Interior to establish and oversee grazing districts on federal land via a system of permits. |
| US - Livestock - Ante-Mortem Inspection of Disabled Animals and Other Animals Unable to Move on |
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