§ 15-17-1-1 — Purposes of article

The following are the purposes of this article:
(1) To promote, encourage, and advance the prevention,
detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests affecting:
(A) the health of animals within Indiana; and
(B) trade in animals and animal products in and from Indiana.
(2) To protect the agricultural public and all other persons who
might be damaged through the purchase, sale, or exchange of
animals by means of fraud, deception, dishonesty, or
discrimination arising out of the marketing of animals.
(3) To safeguard the public health and welfare of the citizens of
Indiana against health hazards, annoyances, and nuisances that
might arise from the collection, transportation, and cooking of
garbage to be fed to swine.
(4) To control and regulate the transportation over the highways
of Indiana and the disposal of:
(A) the carcasses of dead animals not slaughtered and intended
for human foods; and
(B) the nonedible byproducts from the slaughtering of animals
and poultry for human foods;
to the end that the spread of animal diseases in Indiana is
controlled and that the public health and welfare of the citizens of
Indiana is conserved and protected against dangers, annoyances,
and nuisances that might arise from carcasses and byproducts of
slaughtering and from the transportation and disposal of carcasses
and the byproducts of slaughtering if these activities were not
regulated by laws designed to effectuate these purposes and
public policy.
(5) To control and regulate the sanitary and health conditions
under which animals are brought upon, consigned to, sold,
bartered, or exchanged through, or removed from, the premises of
livestock auction markets or community sales, to the end that the
spread of diseases and pests of animals in Indiana is controlled
and that the public health and welfare of the citizens of Indiana is
conserved and protected.
(6) To regulate the production, manufacture, processing, and
distribution of products derived from animals to control health
hazards that may threaten the public health and welfare of the
citizens of Indiana or threaten trade in animals and animal
products in and from Indiana.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: subdivision (1) formerly
15-2.1-1-1; subdivision (2) formerly 15-2.1-1-2; subdivision (3)
formerly 15-2.1-1-3; subdivision (4) formerly 15-2.1-1-4;
subdivision (5) formerly 15-2.1-1-5; subdivision (6) formerly
15-2.1-1-5.5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.