Section 75.110  Identification Tags

No person shall remove identification tags, numbers, brands, ear tags, microchips, or market cattle identification program backtags from livestock except:

a)         Backtags shall only be removed when an animal is blood tested or is slaughtered and a Market Cattle Identification sample collected.

b)         Identification tags shall be removed only when an animal is slaughtered and a Market Cattle Identification sample collected.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)