Section 345IAC1-2.6-1. Definitions

   The definitions in IC 15-17-2 and the following apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Animal identification number" or "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. The AIN consists of fifteen (15) digits, with the first three (3) being the country code (840 for the United States or a unique country code for a U.S. territory that has such a code and elects to use it in place of the 840 code). The AIN beginning with the 840 prefix may not be applied to animals known to have been born outside the United States.

(2) "Board" means the Indiana state board of animal health appointed under IC 15-17-3.

(3) "Feeder pigs" means swine under six (6) months of age that are not slaughter swine.

(4) "Flock-based number system" means a combination of a flock identification number (FIN) with a producer's unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique identification number for an animal.

(5) "Flock identification number" or "FIN" means a nationally unique number assigned by a state or federal animal health authority to a group of animals that are managed as a unit on one (1) or more premises and are under the same ownership.

(6) "Group/lot identification number" or "GIN" means the identification number used to uniquely identify a "unit of animals" of the same species that is managed together as one (1) group throughout the preharvest 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.

(7) "Location-based number system" means a combination of a state issued LID or a PIN with a producer's unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique and herd-unique identification number for an animal.

(8) "National Uniform Eartagging System" or "NUES" 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.

(9) "Official eartag" means an identification tag approved by the state veterinarian that bears an official identification number for individual animals. All official eartags applied to animals must bear an official eartag shield. The official eartag must be tamper resistant and have a high retention rate in the animal.

(10) "Official eartag shield" means the shield-shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with "U.S." or the state postal abbreviation or Tribal alpha code imprinted within the shield.

(11) "Official identification number" means a nationally unique number that is permanently associated with an animal or group of animals and that adheres to one (1) of the following systems:

(A) National Uniform Eartagging System (NUES).

(B) Animal identification number (AIN).

(C) Location-based number system.

(D) Flock-based number system.

(E) Any other numbering system approved by the state veterinarian for the official identification of animals.

(12) "Officially identified" means identified by a means of an official identification device or method approved by the state veterinarian.

(13) "Official swine tattoo" means a tattoo, conforming to the six-character alpha-numeric National Tattoo System, that provides a unique identification for each herd or lot of swine.

(14) "Premises identification number" or "PIN" means a nationally unique number assigned by the state veterinarian to a livestock production unit that is, in the judgment of the state veterinarian, a geographically distinct location from other premises.

(15) "State veterinarian" means:

(A) the state veterinarian appointed by the board under IC 15-17-4; and

(B) any authorized agents.

(16) "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

(Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 1-2.6-1; filed Dec 18, 2007, 3:45 p.m.: 20080116-IR-345070295FRA; errata filed Oct 3, 2008, 3:30 p.m.: 20081022-IR-345080767ACA; filed Aug 22, 2014, 4:04 p.m.: 20140917-IR-345140057FRA; readopted filed Oct 16, 2014, 9:43 a.m.: 20141112-IR-345140300RFA)