CT HB06317

Requires any person, firm, or corporation engaged in growing swine for use or sale elsewhere to register with the Commissioner of Agriculture.

Grants the Commissioner of Agriculture authority to establish regulations regarding examination, quarantine, disinfection, treatment, transportation, importation, feeding, and sanitation of swine to prevent contagious and infectious disease.

Prohibits importing swine into Connecticut unless they originate from brucellosis-free herds and are qualified pseudorabies-negative, accompanied by a permit and official health certificate.

Prohibits farm owners or operators from confining gestating sows in a manner that prevents them from turning around freely, lying down, standing up, or fully extending their limbs, with exceptions for veterinary treatment, transport, exhibitions, temporary confinement under six hours, and the seven days before giving birth.

Violations of gestating sow confinement provisions carry penalties of up to $1,000 in fines or one year imprisonment, or both; custom farming practices are not a valid defense.