Livestock and Poultry – Chapter 35 of 10 GCA “Health Safety”

COL120106 10 GCA HEALTH AND SAFETY CH. 35 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 1 CHAPTER 35 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY § 35101. Confinement of Animals. § 35102. Exclusion of Animals. § 35103. Sanitation. § 35104. Food Storage. § 35105. Disposal of Dead Animals. § 35101. Confinement of Animals. No pigs, goats, sheep, horses, cattle, carabao or other domestic animals shall be allowed to run loose or be at large. All such animals must be confined by fencing or be kept properly secured by tying or staking. SOURCE: GC § 9650. § 35102. Exclusion of Animals. No owner or occupant shall keep or allow to be kept upon any premises owned by him, or in his possession or control, any pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, goats or carabao in any residential area except those zoned as agricultural areas. Poultry or fowl may be kept upon any premises provided the number does not exceed twenty (20), they are kept fifty (50) feet away from any building, and, they are kept clean and free, from any accumulation of excreta, decayed food and filth of every kind. SOURCE: GC § 9650.1. § 35103. Sanitation. All houses, yards, coops, hutches, kennels, pens, paddocks, barns, stables or other structures or enclosures for any fowl or animal shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation of excreta, decayed food and filth of every kind. All such structures and enclosures shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. SOURCE: GC § 9650.2. § 35104. Food Storage. Food shall be stored only in rodent-proof boxes, bins or rooms. SOURCE: GC § 9650.3. COL120106 10 GCA HEALTH AND SAFETY CH. 35 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY 2 § 35105. Disposal of Dead Animals. (a) Animal carcasses and organs affected with disease transmissible or possibly transmissible to man or animals shall be destroyed and not used for animal or human consumption. (b) No person shall deposit or leave any dead animal on any land surface or in any stream or body of water within Guam. (c) Animal carcasses or organs or any parts thereof destroyed by burying shall be buried to such a depth that no part of any such carcasses or organs shall be nearer than three (3) feet to the natural surface of the ground if such carcasses or organs or parts thereof shall together weigh fifty (50) pounds or more, or no nearer than one (1) foot to the natural surface of the ground if such carcasses or organs or parts thereof shall together weigh less than fifty (50) pounds. No carcasses or organs or any parts thereof shall be buried within three hundred (300) feet of a well or any stream, river, lake or other natural body of water. (d) Carcasses of animals dying from disease or accident and all parts thereof shall be disposed of in the manner provided above within twenty four (24) hours of death of such animals. (e) The disposal of animal carcasses shall be the responsibility of the person or whose property the animal died. The collection and disposition of animal carcasses found on public property shall be the responsibility of the Department of Public Health and Social Services. In the event of indications or suspicion of disease transmissible to man in any animal carcass, the Director shall be notified. SOURCE: GC § 9650.4. COL120106