SECTION 221.3. Registration Requirements, Exemptions, and Procedures

(a) Registering requirements. All rendering businesses, renderable raw material haulers and dead animal haulers shall register with the department unless an exemption applies in subsection (b) of this section. A registration is required for each business and place of business operated as a:

(1) rendering establishment;

(2) related station;

(3) transfer station;

(4) renderable raw material hauler;

(5) dead animal hauler; or

(6) combination dead animal and renderable raw material hauler.

(b) Exemptions from registering requirements. Rendering business registering requirements do not apply to the following:

(1) a person who slaughters, butchers, manufactures, or sells animal flesh or products only for use as food for human consumption, unless the person also performs rendering operations or processes as defined in this subchapter;

(2) a person who transports or disposes of the bodies of animals slaughtered for use as food for human consumption or the products of these bodies only for that purpose;

(3) an individual who disposes of the individual's own animal; or

(4) a governmental agency that collects, transports, or disposes of dead animals and renderable raw materials.

(c) Procedures for registration. To register as a rendering business, renderable raw material hauler or dead animal hauler, a person shall complete department registration forms, which can be obtained from the Department of State Health Services, Meat Safety Assurance Section. A rendering business, renderable raw material hauler or dead animal hauler must register with the department before accepting any renderable raw material.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.3 adopted to be effective December 10, 2000, 25 TexReg 12175; amended to be effective January 1, 2005, 29 TexReg 11979; amended to be effective December 23, 2020, 45 TexReg 9215