ยง 72-a. Feeding of garbage, offal or carcasses to cattle, swine or
poultry prohibited. 1. Garbage fed to cattle, swine or poultry
contributes to the spread of vesicular exanthema, cholera, erysipelas,
foot and mouth disease, trichinosis and other infectious animal
diseases. Meat from animals so afflicted, when consumed by human beings,
is a primary source of trichinosis and other human sickness. It is
therefore declared to be the public policy of this state to prohibit the
feeding of garbage, offal or carcasses to cattle, swine or poultry to
assist in the eradication of animal diseases and for the protection of
the public health and public welfare.
2. Definitions. When used in this section:
a. "Garbage" means putrescible animal and poultry wastes from the
handling, processing, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods.
b. "Offal" means the waste parts of butchered animals or poultry.
c. "Carcasses" means the dead bodies of animals or poultry.
d. "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, public or private
corporation, public or private institution, public authority, municipal
corporation and the state.
e. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding paragraphs of this
subdivision to the contrary, animal feeds which have been heat rendered
by a rendering plant at a temperature sufficient to make the product
commercially sterile shall not be considered garbage, offal or carcasses
within the meaning of this section.
3. a. It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage, offal, or
carcasses, whether cooked or uncooked, to cattle, swine or poultry.
b. This section shall not apply to any individual who feeds garbage
from his own household only, to cattle, swine or poultry on his own
premises.
c. Violation of this section shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
Structure New York Laws
72 - Control and Suppression of Disease.
72-A - Feeding of Garbage, Offal or Carcasses to Cattle, Swine or Poultry Prohibited.
73-A - Unlawful Sale of Tuberculous Cattle.
73-B - The New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
74 - Regulations Relating to Importation.
76 - Quarantine on Animals or Premises.
77 - Examination by Veterinarian Prerequisite to Destruction of Animal.
78 - Examination of Domestic Animals.
79 - Examination at Request of Owner; Segregation; Grading of Herds.
80 - Certificate to Healthy Herds.
81 - Sale, Removal or Slaughter of Animals Affected With Tuberculosis.
83 - Appraisal of Diseased Animals.
85 - Destruction of Animals; Disposition of Carcasses.
86 - Post-Mortem Examination of Animals.
87 - Payments for Animals Killed.
87-A - Domestic Fowl and Fertile Eggs Thereof.
89 - Control of Vaccines, Serums and Other Preparations.
90 - Examination of Cattle for Bang's Disease.
90-A - Declaration of Policy and Purposes.
90-D - Application and Permit Fees.
90-E - Refusing and Revoking Permits.
91 - Hog Cholera and Pseudorabies Control; Indemnity.
95 - Protecting the Breeding of Pure Bred Stock.
95-A - Animal Ear Tags or Other Identification.
95-B - False Pedigree of Animals.