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The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter:

“Breakdown” means a sudden failure of any odor control system or ventilation equipment to function as designed as a result of wear, failure to repair, breakage, unavoidable damage, negligence or other unintentional causes.

“Dead animal” means the whole or substantially whole carcass of a dead or fallen domestic animal, domesticated wild animal, or wild animal, that was not slaughtered for human consumption.

“Finished product” means the resulting products of the rendering process whether those products are ultimately sold for commercial use or disposed of otherwise other than as food for human consumption.

“Odor control system” means any machine, equipment, or device used singly or in combination with other machines, equipment, or devices including any associated pipes, tubing, or duct work designed for or intended to reduce odorous emissions from the rendering facility.

“Rendering process” means the steps by which dead animals or renderable raw materials are unloaded from trucks and rendered, boiled, processed, or otherwise prepared to obtain a finished product for commercial use or disposition other than as food for human consumption.

“Rendering facility” means an establishment or part of an establishment, a plant, or any other premises at which dead animals or renderable raw materials enter the rendering process to obtain a finished product for commercial use or disposition, other than as food for human consumption.

“Renderable raw material” means any unprocessed or partially processed material of animal origin, other than a dead animal, that is processed by a rendering facility. The term includes:

(a) animals, poultry, or fish slaughtered or processed for human consumption but that are unsuitable for that use;

(b) the inedible products and by-products of animals, poultry, or fish slaughtered or processed for human consumption;

(c) parts from dead animals;

(d) whole or partial carcasses of dead poultry or fish; and

(e) waste cooking greases.

(Enacted 1999-47)