163.26 - DEFINITION. - Iowa Statutes

163.26 DEFINITION. For the purposes of this subchapter, "garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of foods, including animal carcasses or parts, and includes all waste material, by-products of a kitchen, restaurant, hotel, or slaughterhouse, every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquids or otherwise, except grain not consumed, that is collected from hog sales pen floors in public stockyards and fed under the control of the department of agriculture and land stewardship. Animals or parts of animals, which are processed by slaughterhouses or rendering establishments, and which as part of the processing are heated to not less than 212 degrees F. for thirty minutes, are not garbage for purposes of this chapter.          Section History: Early Form [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 163.26]          Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 612; 87 Acts, ch 115, § 27; 2001 Acts, ch 136, §9 Referred to in § 163.15