Pennsylvania · Through 2026-01-08 (Statute Update stamp, 3 Pa.C.S.)

3 Pa.C.S. § 2377: Prohibitions and conditions.

(a) Sanitation.--All garbage feeding businesses shall be maintained in a reasonably sanitary condition. Approved methods to exterminate flies, vermin and rodents shall be employed regularly.
(b) Slaughter of certain domestic animals prohibited.--It shall be unlawful to slaughter domestic animals for human consumption on any premises used as a garbage feeding business or in any building located on any such premises.
(c) Construction and management.--
(1) Feeding shall be done on water-tight floors, properly drained and constructed so as to be maintained in a sanitary condition.
(2) Any place where feeds are mixed and prepared and any building connected with garbage feeding operations shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and good repair.
(3) Manure and other refuse and rubbish shall not be allowed to accumulate within the buildings or upon the premises of a garbage feeding business to create unsightly or unsanitary conditions.
(4) The facility shall be constructed so that domestic animals are unable to have access to untreated garbage or materials that have come into contact with untreated garbage.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 3 - AGRICULTURE
PART IV ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 23 DOMESTIC ANIMALS
SUBCHAPTER G GARBAGE FEEDING BUSINESS

(a) Sanitation.--All garbage feeding businesses shall be maintained in a reasonably sanitary condition. Approved methods to exterminate flies, vermin and rodents shall be employed regularly.

(b) Slaughter of certain domestic animals prohibited.--It shall be unlawful to slaughter domestic animals for human consumption on any premises used as a garbage feeding business or in any building located on any such premises.

(1) Feeding shall be done on water-tight floors, properly drained and constructed so as to be maintained in a sanitary condition.

(2) Any place where feeds are mixed and prepared and any building connected with garbage feeding operations shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and good repair.

(3) Manure and other refuse and rubbish shall not be allowed to accumulate within the buildings or upon the premises of a garbage feeding business to create unsightly or unsanitary conditions.

(4) The facility shall be constructed so that domestic animals are unable to have access to untreated garbage or materials that have come into contact with untreated garbage.

Collected 2026-09-02T16:30:13Z. Source file · JSON

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