R70-330-8. Animal Health

  1) No testing for disease shall be required when the USDA/APHIS has determined Utah is "Certified Free" of a zoonotic disease relative to an animal species which is milked for human or animal consumption.

  2) Testing shall be required when USDA/APHIS has determined that Utah is not "Certified Free" of a zoonotic disease.

  a) Tests shall be conducted in the following manner:

  i) each animal shall be examined by a veterinarian prior to inclusion in a raw milk supply,

  ii) examination by veterinarians shall be conducted every six months;

  iii) each animal in the herd must be positively identified as an individual

  iv) the examination shall include an examination of the milk by a method recommended by the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, and

  vi) the test shall include a statement of the udder health of each animal, and a general systemic health evaluation.

  b) Tuberculosis tests shall be conducted in the following manner:

  i) each animal shall have been tested for tuberculosis within 60 days prior to the beginning of milk production;

  ii) each animal shall be retested for tuberculosis once each year; and

  iii) all positive reacting animals shall be sent to slaughter in accordance with R58-10 and R58-11.

  c) Each bovine animal from which raw milk for retail is produced shall be positively identified as a properly vaccinated animal or shall be negative to the official blood test for brucellosis within 30 days prior to the beginning of each lactation.

  i) All positively reacting animals shall be sent to slaughter in accordance with R58-10 and R58-11.

  ii) Goats and sheep shall be tested once each year for brucellosis with the official blood test and all positively reacting animals shall be sent to slaughter in accordance with R58-10 and R58-11.

  3) All bulk tank shall be tested at least four times yearly with the brucella milk ring test.

  a) If such brucella ring test is positive for brucellosis, each animal in the herd shall be tested with the official blood test and any reactors found shall be immediately sent to slaughter in accordance with R58-10 and R58-11.

  4) This section shall not apply whenever the Utah State Veterinarian has determined that an animal species in Utah which is milked for human or animal consumption is not at risk for a specific zoonotic disease.