§ 4-2-3. Definitions.
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Brand name� means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination identifying
the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that
of others.
(2) "Commercial feed� means all materials except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered
entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. The director by regulation
may exempt from this definition, or from specific provisions of this chapter, commodities
such as hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds
or substances when those commodities, compounds, or substances are not inter-mixed
or mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of § 4-2-7.
(3) "Contract feeder� means a person who as an independent contractor, feeds commercial
feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby that commercial feed is supplied, furnished,
or otherwise provided to that person and whereby that person's remuneration is determined
all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product.
(4) "Customer formula feed� means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial
feeds and/or ingredients each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific
instructions of the final purchaser.
(5) "Distribute� means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter, commercial feed;
or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder.
(6) "Distributor� means any person who distributes.
(7) "Drug� means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment,
or prevention of disease in animals other than humans and articles other than feed
intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body.
(8) "Feed ingredient� means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed.
(9) "Label� means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to
the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery
slip with which a commercial feed is distributed.
(10) "Labeling� means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:
(i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper; or
(ii) Accompanying that commercial feed.
(11) "Manufacture� means to grind, mix, or blend, or further process a commercial feed
for distribution.
(12) "Mineral feed� means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements
or inorganic nutrients.
(13) "Official sample� means a sample of feed taken by the director or his or her agent
in accordance with § 4-2-10(c), (e), or (f).
(14) "Percent� or "percentages� means percentages by weights.
(15) "Person� means individual, partnership, corporation, and association.
(16) "Pet� means any domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the household(s)
of the owner(s).
(17) "Pet food� means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by pets.
(18) "Product name� means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind,
class, or specific use.
(19) "Specialty pet� means any domesticated animal pet normally maintained in a cage or
tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds,
mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes and turtles.
(20) "Specialty pet food� means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption
by specialty pets.
(21) "Ton� means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois.