Indiana § 15-17-11-1 - Application of chapter
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§ 15-17-11-1. Application of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to or affect the following:
(1) Any person:
(A) slaughtering, butchering, manufacturing, or selling in any manner any animal flesh or products, or any poultry flesh or poultry products, where the animals or poultry are killed for the sole purpose of being used for human consumption;
(B) engaged in transporting and disposing of the bodies of the animals killed for human consumption; or
(C) engaged in the transportation and disposing of poultry or of any parts or products of animals or poultry to any person solely for human consumption.
(2) Any person transporting, disposing of, or selling the hides or skins of animals or tanning the hides or skins for the person's own use or the use of other persons, if the person does not engage in any other byproducts operation.
(3) Any bodies of dead fish, reptiles, or small animals of any kind, including dogs, cats, and small game.
(4) Any governmental agency collecting, transporting, or disposing of the bodies of dead animals or poultry in any manner.
(5) Any person collecting, transporting, or disposing of dead animals or poultry in any manner for educational or research purposes under a permit and approval of the board.
(6) Any livestock owner transporting the owner's dead livestock to a rendering plant or to a diagnostic facility.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-16-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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