§ 106-314. Manufacture and use of serum and virus restricted. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑314. Manufacture and use of serum and virus restricted.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation todistribute, sell, or use in the State anti‑hog‑cholera serum unlesssaid anti‑hog‑cholera serum is produced at the serum plant of theState Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, or produced in a plantwhich is licensed by the Biological Products Licensing Section, AnimalInspection and Quarantine Division, Agricultural Research Service of the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, allowing said plant to do an interstatebusiness.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation todistribute, sell, or use in the State of North Carolina, virulent blood fromhog‑cholera‑infected hogs, or virus, unless said virulent blood, orvirus, is produced at the serum plant of the State Department of Agricultureand Consumer Services or produced in a plant which is licensed by theBiological Products Licensing Section, Animal Inspection and QuarantineDivision, Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department ofAgriculture, allowing said plant to do an interstate business. No virulentblood from hog‑cholera‑infected hogs, or virus, shall bedistributed, sold or used in the State unless and until permission has been givenin writing by the State Veterinarian for such distribution, sale or use. Saidpermission to be cancelled by the State Veterinarian when necessary.

Any person, firm, or corporation guilty of violating the provisions ofthis section or failing or refusing to comply with the requirements thereofshall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1915, c. 88; 1919, c. 125, ss. 1, 2, 3; C.S., s. 4879; 1959, c. 576,s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 767; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1997‑261,s. 109.)