Part XI. Animals and Animal Diseases; Rendering of Animals

§101. Definitions

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows.

AUTHORITY NOTE: The first source of authority for promulgation of the sanitary code is R.S. 36:258(B), with more particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated with the specific provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1316 (June 2002).

§103. Inspection of Premises Used to

A. Any premises to be used as a corral, stable, poultry yard, hog pen, aviary, or for the holding of any animals or fowls, shall be open to inspection by the state health officer at any reasonable time.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

§105. Sanitary Disposal of Dead Animals or Fowl
[formerly paragraph 11:003]

A. The body of any animal or fowl dead of any disease, killed on account of a diseased condition, or killed by accident, shall be buried, incinerated, rendered into tankage, or otherwise disposed of in such a manner as not to constitute a nuisance or hazard to the public health.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

Chapter 3. Rendering Plants

§301. Required Health Permit for Rendering Plant

A. No person shall operate a rendering plant without first obtaining a permit to operate from the parish health unit in the parish in which it operates.

B. [formerly paragraph 11:005] In applying for a permit, the applicant shall submit detailed plans for the rendering plant, showing its location, construction, equipment, water supply, sewage and refuse disposal.

C. [formerly paragraph 11:006] On receipt of an application, the state health officer shall review the plans submitted to ensure that they comply with sound sanitary engineering principles. If the plans are found satisfactory, a permit to build said facility shall be issued.

1. [formerly a part of paragraph 11:006] After completion, and during construction as necessary, the state health officer shall inspect the facility. If the inspection reveals that the facility is in compliance with all requirements of this code, a permit to operate shall be issued. This permit is conditioned on the plant being operated in such a manner so as not to create a nuisance or any condition which might injuriously affect the public health.

D. [formerly paragraph 11:007] The permit shall be issued to the person responsible for the operation of the rendering plant and is not transferable. If a different person becomes responsible, the plant will not be allowed to operate until a permit for that person has been issued.

E. [formerly paragraph 11:008] Any permit to operate a rendering plant is subject to revocation if the plant is operating at any time in violation of the provisions of this Code.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

§303. Sanitary Hauling Dead Animals or Offal

A. The hauling of any dead animal, or of offal, shall be done in a truck, or other conveyance having a water tight floor and sides made of an impervious material capable of being washed and scrubbed to eliminate any residues. It shall be provided with a tight covering to prevent entrance by flies. Said conveyance shall be washed at the end of each day's use, or more often if residues accumulate or odors become offensive. Said washing shall be done on concrete or other impervious surface sloping toward a drain so that none of the wash water escapes the controlled area. Said drain shall be equipped with a strainer and shall be connected to a sanitary sewage treatment system which meets the requirements of Part XIII of this Code.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

§305. Prohibited Activities

A. None of the products of any rendering plant shall be utilized in any food products for human consumption.

B. [formerly paragraph 11:013] No person shall keep, throw into, or place in any public water, street, or any other place, other than a facility designed for processing or disposing of same, and which is in compliance with all requirements of this code, any dead, sick, or injured animal or any part thereof.

C. [formerly paragraph 11:014] No person shall bring, or cause to be brought, into the limits of any municipality any hides, bones, pelts, rags or any other articles that might serve as an attraction to or a breeding place for flies or other vectors of infection, or which may in any way endanger the public health or create a public nuisance.

D. [formerly paragraph 11:015] No hide, bones, or any other parts of animals not intended as food for human consumption shall be kept in any room, refrigerator, cold storage area, or any other area where meat for human consumption is processed or stored, such as in slaughter houses or meat markets.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

§307. Label and Tagging Requirements

A. All grease and other products of a rendering plant not utilized in fertilizers but packed for use in, or transportation to, some other locality, shall be branded, marked, tagged or otherwise identified on every package with a conspicuous label, printed in read ink, as follows: "Inedible __________ of Dead Animals," with the name of the product to appear in the space left blank.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(12).

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1317 (June 2002).

§101. Definitions

Editor’s Note: The text in this Section will be effective on January 1, 2013.

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the Sanitary Code, and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows:

Abandoned Well―a water well that has been permanently discontinued; has had its pumping equipment permanently removed; is in such a state of disrepair that it cannot be used to supply water and/or has the potential for transmitting surface contaminants into the aquifer; poses potential health or safety hazards or the well is in such a condition that it cannot be placed in service.

Auxiliary Intake―any piping connection or other device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used.

Back Siphonage―a form of backflow caused by negative or subatmospheric pressure within a water system.

Backflow―

a. a flow condition, induced by a differential pressure, that causes the flow of water or other liquid into the distribution pipes of a potable water supply from any source or sources other than its intended source; or

b. the backing up of water through a conduit or channel in the direction opposite to normal flow.

Backflow Preventer―a device for a potable water supply pipe to prevent the backflow of water of questionable quality into the potable water supply system.

Boil Notice―an official order authorized by the state health officer to the owner/users of a specific water supply, directing that water from that supply be boiled according to directions, or otherwise disinfected prior to human consumption.

By-Pass―any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the water may be diverted around any part or portion of a water supply or treatment facility.

Category—a group of physical, chemical, or radiological parameters associated with drinking water for which laboratory certification is offered under the laboratory certification program.

Certification Fee―the annual charge assessed laboratories requesting certification from the Department of Health and Hospitals to provide the needed chemical (organic, inorganic and radiological) analytical support for the public water systems.

Certified Chemical Laboratory/Drinking Water—a laboratory meeting the requirements contained within the laboratory certification regulations and which has been officially certified by the state health officer to analyze and report compliance monitoring sample results for one or more physical, chemical, or radiological parameters associated with drinking water. Certification may be obtained on a parameter by parameter basis only.

Committee of Certification―the committee, created by R.S. 40:1141-1151, responsible for certification of waterworks operators and sewerage works operators.

Community Water Supply―a public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.

Contaminant―any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.

Cross Connection―

a. a physical connection through which a supply of potable water could be contaminated or polluted; or

b. a connection between a supervised potable water supply and an unsupervised supply of unknown potability.

Drain―any pipe which carries waste water or
water-borne waste in a building drainage system.

Drainage System―(drainage piping) includes all the piping within public or private premises, which conveys sewage, rain water, or other liquid wastes to a point of disposal, but does not include the mains of a public sewer system or a private or public sewage treatment plant.

Ground Water―subsurface water occupying the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table.

Human Consumption—the use of water by humans for drinking, cooking, bathing, showering, hand washing, dishwashing, or maintaining oral hygiene.

Interconnection―a physical connection between two water supply systems.

Laboratory Certification Manual―the reference book which contains the Department of Health and Hospitals' regulations governing laboratory certification and standards of performance for laboratories conducting drinking water analyses for public water supplies in the state of Louisiana.

Laboratory Certification Program—a program carried out by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health to certify commercially and publicly owned laboratories to perform compliance monitoring analyses for public water systems and other potable water supply systems in accordance with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and this Part. The cost of the program will be recouped from the laboratories requesting certification.

Laboratory Certification Regulations—the regulations which govern laboratory certification and standards of performance for laboratories conducting drinking water analyses for public water systems and other potable water supply systems in the state of Louisiana. Such regulations are housed in LAC 48:V.Chapter 80.

Laboratory Certification Program—a program carried out by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health to certify commercially and publicly owned laboratories to perform compliance monitoring analyses for public water systems and other potable water supply systems in accordance with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and this Part. The cost of the program will be recouped from the laboratories requesting certification.

Laboratory Requesting Certification―an uncertified laboratory which has submitted an acceptable application and appropriate fee(s) for the category in which it desires certification.

Lead Free—

a. In general.

i. not containing more than 0.2 percent lead when used with respect to solder and flux; and

ii. not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent lead when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures.

b. Calculation

i. The weighted average lead content of a pipe, pipe fitting, plumbing fitting, or fixture shall be calculated by using the following formula:

(a). For each wetted component, the percentage of lead in the component shall be multiplied by the ratio of the wetted surface area of that component to the total wetted surface area of the entire product to arrive at the weighted percentage of lead of the component. The weighted percentage of lead of each wetted component shall be added together, and the sum of these weighted percentages shall constitute the weighted average lead content of the product. The lead content of the material used to produce wetted components shall be used to determine compliance with Clause “a.ii.” above. For lead content of materials that are provided as a range, the maximum content of the range shall be used.

Listed—equipment or materials included in a list published by an approved nationally recognized testing laboratory, inspection agency or other organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials, and whose listing states either that the equipment or material meets nationally recognized standards or has been tested and found suitable for use in a specified manner. The means for identifying listed equipment may vary for each testing laboratory, inspection agency, or other organization concerned with product evaluation, some of which do not recognize equipment as listed unless it is also labeled. The water supplier should utilize the system employed by the listing organization to identify a listed product.

a. In respect to any solder, flux, pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, fixtures, and any other appurtenances which are claimed to be lead free, this defined term (listed) shall additionally include the requirement that all such solder, flux, pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, fixtures, and any other appurtenances have been certified to be lead free by an independent American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited third party testing laboratory, inspection agency or other organization concerned with product evaluation.

a. drinking water regulations promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to applicable provisions of title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, commonly known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 42 U.S.C.A. §300f et seq., and as published in the July 1, 2008 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 141 (40 CFR 141), less and except:

i. Subpart H—Filtration and Disinfection (40 CFR §§141.70-141.76);

ii. Subpart P—Enhanced Filtration and Disinfection—Systems Serving 10,000 or More People (40 CFR §§141.170-141.175);

iii. Subpart T—Enhanced Filtration and Disinfection—Systems Serving Fewer Than 10,000 People (40 CFR §§141.500—571);

iv. 40 CFR 141 drinking water regulation amendments promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to applicable provisions of the title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, commonly known as the “Safe Drinking Water Act,”42 U.S.C.A. §300f, et seq., and as published in the in the Federal Register dated November 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 216, pages 65651 through 65659); and

b. when "Subpart H", "Subpart P", or "Subpart T" is used within the actual text of the drinking water regulations cited in Subparagraph "a." of this Paragraph (definition), "LAC 51:XII.Chapter 11" shall be substituted therein.

a. any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such system; and

AUTHORITY NOTE: The first source of authority for promulgation of the Sanitary Code is in R.S. 36:258(B), with more particular provisions found in Chapters 1 and 4 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This Part is promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254(B)(7), R.S. 40:4(A)(8), R.S. 40:5(2)(3)(5)(6)(17)(20), and R.S. 40:1148.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1318 (June 2002), amended LR 28:2513 (December 2002), LR 30:1194 (June 2004), LR 30:2326 (October 2004), LR 35:484 (March 2009), LR 35:1240 (July 2009), LR 38:2375 (September 2012), LR 38:2793 (November 2012), LR 38:3232 (December 2012).