§ 23405 Horse Slaughter Sales Records

• •If you kill horses, mules, or donkeys for meat, you must keep the original sale papers for each animal.
• •You have to keep these papers in your office for at least one year after killing the animal.
• •This rule helps make sure the animals were bought legally.

A person buys a horse from a farmer and then kills it for meat.

The person must keep the paper that shows they bought the horse and save it in their office for one year. If they don’t, they could get in trouble.