10701-10704
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 10701-10704
10701. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. 10702. "Health certificate" means a health certificate from either a veterinary inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture, the state veterinarian or livestock sanitation official of the state of origin, or of a licensed veterinarian approved by the state veterinarian or livestock sanitation official. 10703. "Sales yard" includes any livestock yard, pen, corral, building, premises, or conveyance in which swine are assembled for sale, resale, exchange, or transfer by any owner or his agent. It does not, however, include any ranch premises where swine are assembled for sale, resale, exchange, or transfer by any owner or his agent in ordinary ranch-to-ranch transactions, or where swine are fed and fitted for slaughtering purposes only. 10704. "Premises" is the farm of origin where swine were born and raised or where they have resided for a minimum of 90 continuous days immediately preceding shipment.