Michigan Requirements

Disposal of Dead Animals in Michigan
D.W. Rozeboom, August 7, 2015

BODA-NREPA Mortality Composting Briefing 
April 2013
Word Document

Bodies of Dead Animals Act 239 of 1982: amended December 18, 2008
PDF 
Also available at the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Bodies of Dead Animals Rules: effective June 2, 2011
PDF
Also available at the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Michigan Animal Tissue Compost Operational Standard
D.W. Rozeboom, S. Reamer, J.O. Sanders, October 11, 2007
Word Document 

Managing Animal Mortalities

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