Code of Alabama - Title 2: Agriculture - Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds

• Section 2-21-16 Short title
  This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Commercial Feed Law of 1978.
• Section 2-21-17 Definitions
  When used in this chapter or in rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them, except...
• Section 2-21-18 Enforcing official
  This chapter shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama, hereinafter referred to as the "commissioner."
• Section 2-21-19 Licensing
  (a) No person shall manufacture or sell a commercial feed in this state, unless he or she has filed with the commissioner on forms provided...
• Section 2-21-20 Labeling
  A commercial feed, regardless of the container in which it is shipped or sold, shall be labeled as follows: (1) In case of a commercial...
• Section 2-21-21 Misbranding
  A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) If it is distributed...
• Section 2-21-22 Adulteration
  A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious...
• Section 2-21-23 Prohibited acts
  The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Alabama are hereby prohibited: (1) The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that...
• Section 2-21-24 Inspection fee; quarterly statement; disposition of fees; overpayments
  (a) An inspection fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per ton shall be paid on commercial...
• Section 2-21-25 Rules and regulations
  (a) The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are...
• Section 2-21-26 Inspection, sampling, and analysis
  (a) For the purpose of enforcement of this chapter and in order to determine whether its provisions have been complied with, including whether or not...
• Section 2-21-27 Stop sale orders, seizure and condemnation
  When the commissioner or his duly authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe that any lot or other quantity of commercial feed is being distributed,...
• Section 2-21-28 Short weight
  If any commercial feed in the possession of or consigned to the purchaser is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the licensee...
• Section 2-21-29 Feed deficiency penalties
  If a commercial feed is found to be deficient in a constituent guaranteed on the label by more than one "permitted analytical variation," a monetary...
• Section 2-21-30 Recovery of short weight and feed deficiency penalties
  In any case wherein the licensee fails or refuses to make payment of a penalty to the purchaser within the time required, the purchaser may...
• Section 2-21-31 Penalties for violations of chapter or rules and regulations; injunctive relief; warning notices
  (a) Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by...
• Section 2-21-32 Protection of trade secrets
  Any person who seeks to his own advantage, or reveals to other than the commissioner or officers of the commissioner (appropriate department of the state),...
• Section 2-21-33 Cooperation with other entities
  The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government and private associations...
• Section 2-21-34 Publication of certain information
  The commissioner may publish annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on...

Last modified: May 3, 2021