(a) All cattle brought into this state by permit for immediate slaughter shall be identified and inspected in accordance with rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture at the time of slaughter at the expense of the owner by a veterinarian designated by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, and, if passed for food, shall be stamped with the department meat inspection stamp bearing the inscription “Insp’d. and P’s’d. Com’r. C. P. Conn. No. .....” All carcasses found unfit for food shall be destroyed without compensation to the owner.

(b) If not immediately slaughtered, such cattle shall be kept in quarantine, segregated from other cattle and without transfer of ownership, in possession of the person or persons named in the permit to bring such cattle into the state, unless a written transfer of quarantine has been signed by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agent.

(1949 Rev., S. 3364; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 28; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

History: 1959 acts replaced U.S. bureau of animal industry with U.S. department of agriculture, transferred inspection duty from commissioner of agriculture to commissioner of consumer protection, divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and in Subsec. (b) replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.