Swine Health Protection Act 1980
Type de pratique Reuse for feed
Nom de la pratique Swine Health Protection Act 1980
Nom de l’acteur principal USA Government
Type d’acteur(s) Cultivateurs
Pays United States of America
Etape de mise en œuvre Exploitation
Année de mise en œuvre 1980
Opérations déjà accomplies/en cours The US Federal Swine Health Protection Act regulates the use of animal by-product for swine feed and includes
provisions, so as to reduce the risk of foreign animal diseases and the spread of harmful pathogens. It provides
that animal waste or non-animal products that had contact with raw or improperly cooked meat products must
be properly treated and cooked before being fed to swine. The Act leaves wide room for individual states to establish
their own regulation, resulting in implementation of converse legislation. For instance, California, Nevada,
New Jersey and North Carolina have adopted relaxed regulations with provisions similar to the one contained
in the federal law, while other states, such as Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, have chosen not to allow the
use of any kind of animal by-products for feeding purposes. Prior to the BSE outbreak in 2001, the highest percentage
of waste-fed animals in USA was found in Texas, Florida and New Jersey, which on their own constituted
the 50 percent of the total. However, many states imposed temporary or permanent bans on feeding animal
waste to swine; for example, the 2001 Texas Swine-Feeding Law’ provisions were then relaxed by the exception
mentioned under Section 165.026 on Feeding garbage to swine of the Texas Agriculture Code, which allows feeding
PAPs to swine under certain circumstances. On the other hand, some other states have adopted more relaxed
standards and allow animal waste to be fed to swine (provided that all the necessary treatment to prevent the
transmission of diseases have been taken in accordance to the Swine Health Protection Act), with the exception
of the no cannibalism principle (e.g. bill recently approved by the California Assembly Committee on Agriculture).
Résultats et impacts N/A