LEFTOVERS FOR LIVESTOCK
Leftovers-for-Livestock_A-Legal-Guide_August-2016
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IOWA<br />
Iowa allows the feeding of animal-derived and vegetable waste to swine provided that it has been properly heattreated.<br />
Individuals may feed household garbage to their own swine without heat-treating it.<br />
Iowa Code §§ 163.1–.62 (2015)<br />
Animals covered<br />
Definition of<br />
“garbage”<br />
Prohibitions<br />
Licensure<br />
All animals; exception for swine<br />
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation,<br />
cooking, and consumption of foods, including animal carcasses or parts. “Garbage”<br />
includes all waste material, byproducts of a kitchen, restaurant, hotel, or slaughterhouse,<br />
every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquids or otherwise,<br />
or grain not consumed, that is collected from hog sales pen floors in public stockyards.<br />
Animals or parts of animals, which are processed by slaughterhouses or rendering<br />
establishments, and which as part of the processing are heated to not less than 212<br />
degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes, are not garbage for purposes of this chapter. §<br />
163.26 (2015).<br />
No feeding garbage to animals, but heat-treated garbage may be fed to swine and<br />
individuals may feed untreated household garbage to their own swine. §§ 163.26–.27<br />
(2015).<br />
N/A<br />
The department of agriculture or attorney general may obtain an injunction to restrain an<br />
individual or facility from violating the garbage-feeding rule. § 163.62 (2015).<br />
Enforcement<br />
Treatment requirements<br />
Relevant state regulatory<br />
body<br />
Violators of the garbage-feeding rule will be subject to a civil penalty of at least $100 but<br />
no more than $1,000. Each day of a continuing violation counts as a separate violation,<br />
but an individual or facility may not be subject to a civil penalty totaling more than<br />
$25,000. § 163.61 (2015).<br />
Garbage fed to swine must be heated to at least 212 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.<br />
§ 163.26 (2015).<br />
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship (§ 163.1 (2015)),<br />
http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/.<br />
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