§ 2-40-602 - Certification. - Arkansas Statutes

2-40-602. Certification.

(a) (1) Whenever the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission shall declare a county in this state to be a brucellosis control area, the commission shall proceed to conduct such tests and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to qualify the county for certification or recertification as a modified certified brucellosis-free county, as outlined in the uniform rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture.

(2) A county may be certified as a brucellosis-free area when not more than one percent (1%) of cattle and not more than five percent (5%) of cattle herds are positive to the official agglutination test.

(b) Whenever seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the counties of this state have been certified by the commission as brucellosis-free areas, all other counties not so certified shall automatically become brucellosis control areas.