Section 17.1. Definitions


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  • The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

    Agent—An agent of the Bureau.

    Bureau—The Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department.

    Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.

    Diseased livestock—Animals, including poultry, affected with a contagious or communicable disease.

    Rendering plant—An establishment wherein dead animal bodies, carcasses, parts of carcasses and offal are processed or rendered into cracklings, grease or fertilizer by complete cooking until such finished commercial products are obtained.

The provisions of this § 17.1 adopted April 8, 1946; amended November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1437).