Maine § 7 §717 Adulteration

Maine Statutes

§ 7 §717 — Adulteration

Maine § 7 §717

Title 7AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Part 2MARKETING, GRADING AND LABELING

Ch. 103PRODUCTS CONTROLLED

This text of Maine § 7 §717 (Adulteration) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 7, § 7 §717 (2026).

Text

1.Conditions deemed adulteration. A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:

2.Valuable constituent omitted. If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor;

3.Composition or greatly differs from labeling. If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling;

4.Contains drug but does not conform to regulations. If it contains a drug and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used for its manufacture, processing or packaging do not conform to current good manufacturing practice regulations promulgated by the commissioner to assure that the drug meets the requirement of this Act as to safety and has

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

1.
Conditions deemed adulteration.
A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:
2.
Valuable constituent omitted.
If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor;
3.
Composition or greatly differs from labeling.
If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling;
4.
Contains drug but does not conform to regulations.
If it contains a drug and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used for its manufacture, processing or packaging do not conform to current good manufacturing practice regulations promulgated by the commissioner to assure that the drug meets the requirement of this Act as to safety and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics that it purports or is represented to possess. In promulgating such regulations, the commissioner shall adopt the current good manufacturing practice regulations for medicated feed premixes and for medicated feeds established under authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, unless the commissioner determines that they are not appropriate to the conditions that exist in this State;
5.
Contains viable weed seed over limits.
If it contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits which the commissioner shall establish by rule or regulation.