(1) “Accredited Veterinarian” means a veterinarian approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 161 (2015) to perform functions specified in this article.

(2) “Animal identification number (AIN)” means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86, section 86.1 (2015).

(3) “Approved Livestock Marketing Facility” means a stockyard, livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or any other premises under State or Federal veterinary inspection where livestock are assembled and that has been approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 71, section 71.20 (2015).

(4) “Approved tagging site” means a premises, authorized by the Department pursuant to section 831.1, where livestock may be officially identified on behalf of their owner or the person in possession, care, or control of the animals when they are brought to the premises.

(5) “Brand Inspection Certificate” means an official document used by a state's official brand recording agency to identify animals to one owner and consisting of the ownership brand, consignor, consignee, origin, destination, and number and description of the animals.

(6) “Certificate of Veterinary Inspection” means an official numbered document issued and signed by a USDA accredited and state-licensed veterinarian in the state of origin certifying the inspection of animals in preparation for interstate movement. The requirements of a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection used for moving livestock into, within and from California shall be in accordance with section 830.3 of this article.

(7) “Change of Ownership” means a transaction where an animal is sold or ownership is transferred, with or without the exchange of money or other compensation.

(8) “Commuter Herd” means a herd of cattle or bison moved interstate during the course of normal livestock management operations and without change of ownership directly between two (2) premises, as provided in the Pasture to Pasture Permit agreement pursuant to section 831(a)(1) or the One-Time Event Permit agreement pursuant to section 831(a)(2)

(9) “Dairy cattle” means all cattle, regardless of age or sex or current use, that are 40 percent or more dairy in breed(s) used to produce milk or other dairy products for human consumption, including, but not limited to, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red and Whites.

(10) “Department” means the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

(11) “Directly” means moved in a means of conveyance, without stopping to unload while en route, except for stops of less than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and with no commingling of animals at such stops.

(12) “Electronic Identification Device” means an identification device that relays a unique animal identification number to an electronic reader by means of radio waves.

(13) “Farm of Origin” means: (1) Premises where cattle or bison are born and remain prior to movement from the premises but which are not used to assemble cattle or bison from any other premises for four (4) months before such movement; or (2) Premises where cattle or bison remain for not less than four (4) months immediately before movement from the premises, unless maintained under the same management and moved for management purposes, but which are not used to assemble cattle or bison from any other premises for four (4) months before such movement.

(14) “Group/lot identification number (GIN)” means the identification number used to uniquely identify a “unit of animals” of the same species that is managed together as one group throughout the pre-harvest production chain. When a GIN is used, it is recorded on documents accompanying the animals moving interstate; it is not necessary to have the GIN attached to each animal.

(15) “Herd” means: (1) All animals under common ownership or supervision that are grouped on one or more parts of any single premises (lot, farm, or ranch); or (2) All animals under common ownership or supervision on two (2) or more premises which are geographically separated but on which animals from the different premises have been interchanged or had contact with each other.

(16) “Interstate Livestock Entry Permit” means a numbered document issued by the Department for approving the movement of animals that meet entry requirements into California. The requirements of an Interstate Livestock Entry Permit used for moving livestock into California shall be in accordance with section 830.4 of this article.

(17) “Licensed dealer” means any person or entity that purchases, deals in, holds, controls, or sells livestock in California; acts as a livestock commission representative or broker; or operates and conducts an auction where livestock are sold. Dealers shall be licensed by the Department pursuant to Division 20, Chapter 7, Article 4 (commencing with section 56181) Food and Agricultural Code, and shall maintain records required for licensing for five (5) years.

(18) “Livestock” means cattle and bison, horses and other equine species, poultry, sheep and goats, swine, and captive cervids.

(19) “Minimal Risk State” means a state in which the California State Veterinarian or USDA has determined there is a minimal risk for introducing diseases, toxic conditions, or other agents to California livestock.

(20) “National Uniform Eartagging System” means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal.

(21) “Native animals” means a group of animals under one (1) owner either on the premises where they were born or where the group has been kept for at least four (4) months before shipping, provided animals have not been added to the group on the premises within the four (4) months prior to the date of shipping.

(22) “Official eartag” means an identification tag approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86 that bears an official identification number for individual animals. All official eartags applied to animals must bear an official eartag shield. The design, size, shape, color, and other characteristics of the official eartag will depend on the needs of the users, subject to the approval of the USDA. The official eartag must be tamper-resistant.

(23) “Official eartag shield” means the shield-shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with “U.S.” or the State postal abbreviation alpha code imprinted within the shield.

(24) “Official identification device or method” means a way approved by the USDA of applying an official identification number to an animal of a specific species or associating an official identification number with an animal or group of animals of a specific species or otherwise officially identifying an animal or group of animals in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86 (2015).

(25) “Official identification number” means a nationally unique number that is permanently associated with an animal or group of animals and that adheres to one of the following systems:

(26) “Officially identified” means identified by means of an official identification device or method approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 86 (2015).

(27) “One-Time Event cattle” means a type of commuter herd of beef feeder cattle moved interstate directly to an event premises without change of ownership as provided in a One-Time Event Permit agreement.

(28) “One-Time Event Permit” means a written agreement for One-Time Event cattle which is between the owner or manager of a herd of cattle and the animal health officials of the origin and destination states specifying the conditions required for the one time interstate movement to an event premises and return to the state of origin within 21 calendar days.

(29) “Owner-shipper statement” means a statement signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock being moved stating: the location from which the animals are moved interstate; the destination of the animals; the number of animals covered by the statement; the species of animal covered; the name and address of the owner at the time of the movement; the name and address of the shipper; and the identification of each animal, as required by the regulations, unless the regulations specifically provide that the identification does not have to be recorded.

(30) “Pasture to Pasture herd” means a type of commuter herd of beef breeding cattle moved interstate from farm of origin during the course of normal livestock management operations and without change of ownership directly between two premises, as provided in a Pasture to Pasture herd agreement.

(31) “Pasture to Pasture Permit” means a written agreement for a Pasture to Pasture herd which is between the owner(s) of a herd of cattle and the animal health officials of the origin and destination states specifying the conditions required for the interstate movement from one (1) premises to another in the course of normal livestock management operations and specifying the time period that the agreement is effective.

(32) “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company, or other legal entity.

(33) “Premises Identification Number (PIN)” means a nationally unique number assigned by a state and/or federal animal health authority to a premises that is, in the judgment of the state and/or federal animal health authority, a geographically distinct location from other premises. The PIN may be used in conjunction with a producer's own livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique and herd-unique identification number for an animal. It may be used as a component of a group/lot identification number.

(34) “Quarantine” means the designation of host and/or at-risk population(s) of animals, humans, and/or animal products, wherever located, for appropriate action as determined by the State Veterinarian, pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code section 9562 and in accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 7, Article 3 (commencing with section 1301.)

(35) “Recognized slaughtering establishment” means any slaughtering facility operating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or State meat or poultry inspection acts, approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 71, section 71.21 (2015).

(36) “Registered feedlot” means a feedlot or feed yard having more than 500 head of cattle at one time during the calendar year in which cattle are being fed for slaughter, and that is registered with the Department in accordance with Food and Agricultural Code section 21082.

(37) “Slaughter pens” means a pen or set of pens on a premises, used to feed restricted cattle destined for slaughter, approved by the Department and USDA to hold only animals for slaughter in accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section 1302.3.

(38) “Special Entry Permit” means a numbered document issued by the Department for approving the movement of specific classes of livestock into California when the owner, or agent of the owner, agrees to meet the requirements specified for the type of movement.

(39) “Terminal feedlot” means a confined feeding operation, or portion thereof, approved by the Department to hold only animals for slaughter in accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section 1302.2.

(40) “USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.

(41) “USDA approved backtag” means a backtag issued by the USDA that provides a temporary unique identification for each animal.