267.683. Animals may be sold for slaughter without dipping, when. - Missouri Statutes

Animals may be sold for slaughter without dipping, when.

267.683. Sheep and goats, when inspected at the market ordealer's premises and found free of scabies or known exposurethereto, may be sold for slaughter purposes without dipping ifconsigned directly and immediately to:

(1) A slaughtering establishment operating under federal orapproved municipal meat inspection service; or

(2) A slaughtering establishment as otherwise approved bythe department of agriculture; or

(3) A stockyards market operating under federal stockyardsinspection service, and are not diverted enroute, and areaccompanied by a waybill, weight bill or bill of lading or permitshowing the name of the market or dealer from which released, thename of purchaser and consignor, the name of the slaughteringestablishment or stockyards market to which consigned, the nameof the commission firm when consigned to a federal stockyardsmarket, the name of the transportation agency, the number andgeneral description of sheep or goats in the consignment. Alegible copy of the waybill, bill of lading or permit shall bepromptly furnished the department. In lieu of a waybill, thesheep or goats may be released under a slaughter permit issued bythe veterinarian approved for the market.

(L. 1961 p. 26 § 5)