Section 287.657 - Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules. - Michigan Statutes

BODIES OF DEAD ANIMALS (EXCERPT)
Act 239 of 1982

287.657 Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules.

Sec. 7.

(1) Except as provided in section 9, a person shall not establish any of the following as a business without obtaining a license under this act:

(a) An animal food manufacturing plant.

(b) A dead animal dealer.

(c) A transfer station.

(d) A rendering plant.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a person shall not transport a dead animal on a public highway if the animal has been officially quarantined by the director. The director may issue a permit for the transport of animals officially quarantined by the director under special security rules promulgated by the department.

History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994