150.722 Cervid meat processing and carcass material and waste disposal. (1) As used in this section, "cervid meat processor" means any person or business entity that: (a) Only butchers or makes meat products from meat that is not amenable under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 601 et seq., and is exempt from mandatory inspection by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service; (b) Has not been inspected and passed under voluntary Food Safety and Inspection Service inspection; and (c) Is paid to butcher or make meat products for human consumption from ten (10) or more animals that are members of the animal family Cervidae per calendar year. (2) Cervid meat processors shall dispose of any unused carcass material or waste produced as a result of butchering or making meat products from cervid meat by: (a) Complete incineration of the entire carcass and all of its parts and products; (b) Boiling the carcass and all of its parts and products in water or heating it with steam at a temperature above boiling, continuously for two (2) hours or more; (c) Burying the carcass and all of its parts and products in the earth at a point which is never covered with the overflow of ponds or streams and which is not less than one hundred (100) feet distant from any watercourse, sinkhole, well, spring, public highway, residence, or stable. The carcass shall be placed in an opening in the earth at least four (4) feet deep, the abdominal and thoracic cavities opened wide their entire length, and the entire carcass covered with two (2) inches of quicklime and at least three (3) feet of earth; (d) Removal of the carcass by a duly licensed rendering establishment; (e) Deposition of the carcass in a contained landfill approved pursuant to KRS Chapter 224; (f) Composting of the carcass in a facility according to the Board of Agriculture's administrative regulations and approved in accordance with KRS Chapter 224; (g) Any combination of the methods set forth in paragraphs (a) to (f) of this subsection; or (h) Any other scientifically proven method of disposal approved by the Board of Agriculture. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018.