KRS 150.722: Authorized methods of disposal of cervid carcass material and waste by

cervid meat processors, butchers or meat processors, and licensed

taxidermists.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Butcher or meat processor" means any person or business entity that:

1. Butchers or makes meat products from meat that is amenable under the

Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 601 et seq., and is not

exempt from mandatory inspection by the United States Department of

Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service; and

2. Has been inspected and passed under voluntary Food Safety and

Inspection Service inspection; and

(b) "Cervid meat processor" means any person or business entity that:

1. Butchers or makes meat products from meat that is not amenable under

the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 601 et seq., and is

exempt from mandatory inspection by the United States Department of

Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service;

2. Has not been inspected and passed under voluntary Food Safe ty and

Inspection Service inspection; and

3. Is paid to butcher or make meat products for human consumption from

ten (10) or more animals that are members of the animal family

Cervidae per calendar year.

(2) Cervid meat processors, butchers or meat process ors, and licensed taxidermists

shall dispose of any unused cervid carcass material or cervid waste produced as a

result of butchering, making meat products, or preparing, stuffing, or mounting

wildlife by:

(a) Burying the carcass and all of its parts and p roducts in the earth at a point

which is never covered with the overflow of ponds or streams and which is

not less than one hundred (100) feet distant from any watercourse, sinkhole,

well, spring, public highway, residence, or stable. The carcass shall be placed

in an opening in the earth at least four (4) feet deep, the abdominal and

thoracic cavities opened wide their entire length, and the entire carcass

covered with two (2) inches of quicklime and at least three (3) feet of earth;

(b) Removal of the carcass by a duly licensed rendering establishment; or

(c) Deposition of the carcass in a contained landfill approved pursuant to KRS

Chapter 224.