§ 2-8-41.7 — Adulteration.

A commercial feed shall be adulterated if: 1. a. it contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health. If the substance is not an added substance, the commercial feed shall not be considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of the substance in the commercial feed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health when utilized according to label and/or labeling directions, or b. it contains any added poisonous, added deleterious, or added nonnutritive substance which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act other than one which is: (1) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; or (2) a food additive, or c. it is, or contains, any food additive which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or d. it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provided, that where a pesticide chemical has been used in or on a raw agricultural commodity pursuant to an exemption or a tolerance under Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the raw agricultural commodity has been subjected to processing similar to canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling, the residue of the pesticide chemical remaining in or on the processed feed shall not be deemed unsafe if: (1) the residue has been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice, and (2) the concentration of the residue in the processed feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity unless the feeding of the processed feed will result or is likely to result in a pesticide residue in the edible product of the animal, which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or e. it is or contains any color additive which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; 2. Any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted or any less valuable substance substituted; 3. Its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling; 4. 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 rules promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture to assure that the drug meets the requirement of this subarticle as to safety and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics which it purports or is represented to possess. In promulgating the rules, the Board 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 Board determines that they are not appropriate to the conditions which exist in this state; or 5. If it contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits the Board shall establish.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1984, c. 15, § 7, eff. July 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 163, § 4, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 96, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.