Colorado § 35-52-113 - Garbage cooking.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 35-52-113 — Garbage cooking., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 35-52-113. Garbage cooking.
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, including charitable institutions, to feed garbage to animals unless the garbage has been heated throughout to boiling or equivalent temperature for thirty minutes or heated according to a method specifically adopted by the state agricultural commission; except that this requirement does not apply to an individual who feeds to the individual's own animals only the garbage obtained from the individual's household.
(2) Garbage to be fed to swine located within the state of Colorado shall be cooked or heated as provided in subsection (1) of this section by one or more of the following methods:
(a) Wet steaming or boiling in an open vat;
(b) Dry steaming or boiling in a jacketed kettle;
(c) Steaming in a pressure cylinder;
(d) Steam boilers; or
(e) Direct heating.
Source: L. 65: p. 229, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-6-13. L. 2025: (1) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 135, § 140, effective August 6.
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Section 35-52-113 ("Garbage cooking.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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