# South Dakota Animal Industry Board Rule Update The South Dakota Animal Industry Board is updating animal disease control and meat inspection rules to modernize language, align with current federal standards (as of January 1, 2025), and reflect contemporary practices. Key changes include adding municipal solid waste landfills as an approved method for disposing of animal carcasses, simplifying definitions to match national health programs, and reorganizing record-keeping requirements to clarify what information must be available to the board. The updates maintain the same safety and health protections while using clearer, more current terminology throughout the regulations.
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The effect of the rules will update definitions to more accurately reflect current terminology and to modernize language of reference material. 12:68:03:05 is being updated to add municipal or other permitted solid waste landfills to the rule to reflect current practice. The reason for adopting the proposed rules is to make definitions more consistent with national health programs and to allow for carcass disposal in a safe and secure method.
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