§ 3.1-828.2. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Animal" means any animate being, which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary action.
"Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from the commercial feed of other distributors or registrants.
"Commercial feed" means any materials or combination of materials which are distributed or intended for distribution for use as feed for animals, or for mixing in feed. Commercial feed shall not include the following commodities, provided they are not adulterated as provided in § 3.1-828.10: unmixed whole seeds, raw meat, raw goats' milk, at the farm only, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds or substances, when not mixed or intermixed with other materials.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Contract feeder" means a person who is an independent contractor and: (i) feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract; (ii) pursuant to such contract, such commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided by a licensed distributor to such person; and (iii) whereby such person's remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of production.
"Customer-formula feed" means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial feeds, or feed ingredients, or a combination of both commercial feeds and feed ingredients, each batch being manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser.
"Custom mix feed" means a feed for which the customer provides ingredients.
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"Distribute" means to offer or expose for sale, sell, warehouse, exchange, or barter commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder.
"Distributor" means any person who distributes commercial feed.
"Drug" means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than man and articles other than commercial feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body.
"Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed.
"Guarantor" means any person whose name appears on the label of a commercial feed.
"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 bulk commercial feed, or customer-formula feed, is distributed.
"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 such commercial feed.
"Licensee" means the person who receives a license to distribute commercial feed under the provisions of this chapter.
"Manufacture" means to grind, mix or blend feed ingredients, or further process a commercial feed for distribution.
"Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures commercial feed.
"Medicated feed" means a commercial feed obtained by mixing a commercial feed and a drug.
"Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.
"Official analysis" means the analysis of an official sample made by the Commissioner or his agent.
"Official sample" means a sample of feed taken by the Commissioner or his agent and designated as "official" by the Board.
"Percent" or "percentages" means percentage by weight.
"Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by cats and dogs.
"Product name" means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.
"Quantity statement" means the net weight (mass), net volume (liquid or dry), count or other form of measurement of a commodity.
"Small package commercial feed" means commercial feed distributed in individual packages of ten pounds or less.
"Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintained in a cage or tank, including, but not limited to, gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes and turtles. Specialty pet does not include dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and wild birds.
"Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by specialty pets.
"Stop sale, use, removal or seizure order" means an order which prohibits the distributor from selling, relocating, using, or disposing of a lot of commercial feed or portion thereof, in any manner, until the Commissioner, or his agent, or a court, gives written permission to sell, relocate, use, or dispose of the lot of commercial feed or portion thereof.
"Ton" means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.
(1994, c. 743.)
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