163.26 - DEFINITION.
163.26 DEFINITION.
For the purposes of this subchapter, "garbage" means
putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and consumption of foods, including animal
carcasses or parts, and includes all waste material, by-products of a
kitchen, restaurant, hotel, or slaughterhouse, every refuse
accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquids or
otherwise, except grain not consumed, that is collected from hog
sales pen floors in public stockyards and fed under the control of
the department of agriculture and land stewardship. Animals or parts
of animals, which are processed by slaughterhouses or rendering
establishments, and which as part of the processing are heated to not
less than 212 degrees F. for thirty minutes, are not garbage for
purposes of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 163.26] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 612; 87 Acts, ch 115, § 27; 2001 Acts, ch 136,
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Referred to in § 163.15