Oregon Statutes - Chapter 633 - Grades, Standards and Labels for Feeds, Fertilizers and Seeds

• 633.005   [1961 c.314 §1; repealed by 1967 c.591 §1 (633.006 enacted in lieu of 633.005)]
• 633.006   Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089.
  As used in ORS 633.006 to 633.089, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Animal feed manufacturing plant” means: (a) Any business, establishment, building, plant or...
• 633.010   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.011   [1967 c.591 §10; repealed by 1971 c.489 §11]
• 633.015   Registration of commercial feed required; rules; exemption; fee.
  (1) A person may not distribute a nonregistered commercial feed. Except as provided in subsections (2), (5) and (6) of this section, every brand, and...
• 633.020   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.025   [1961 c.314 §3; 1967 c.591 §3a; 1971 c.489 §2; 1979 c.116 §2; repealed by 2001 c.137 §9]
• 633.026   Labeling requirements for commercial feed; exemptions; rules.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, commercial feed must have a label bearing the following information: (a) The product name and...
• 633.027   [1967 c.591 §9; repealed by 2001 c.137 §9]
• 633.028   Information required to accompany custom mixed feed; rules; records.
  (1) A custom mixed feed delivered to a final consumer must be accompanied by at least one label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document...
• 633.029   License required for animal feed manufacturers and distributors; fee; exemption; rules.
  (1)(a) A person may not operate an animal feed manufacturing plant, distribute commercial feeds other than at retail, be furnished a certificate of registration of...
• 633.030   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.031   [1967 c.591 §§6,13(2); repealed by 1971 c.489 §11]
• 633.035   [1961 c.314 §4; repealed by 1967 c.591 §14]
• 633.037   Records required of licensees; records inspection by department.
  A person or contract feeder who manufactures, mixes or processes feeds in which drugs have been used so that the person or contract feeder is...
• 633.040   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.045   Adulterated commercial feeds prohibited; rules.
  A person may not distribute an adulterated commercial feed. A commercial feed is adulterated: (1) If any poisonous, deleterious or nonnutritive ingredient is present in...
• 633.050   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.055   Misbranding commercial feed prohibited; rules.
  A person may not distribute misbranded commercial feed. A commercial feed is misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (2)...
• 633.060   [Amended by 1961 c.425 §17; repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.065   Department to test commercial feeds.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the State Department of Agriculture to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test commercial feeds distributed within this...
• 633.067   Commercial feed law administration and enforcement; rules.
  The State Department of Agriculture may promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds as are necessary for the administration and enforcement of ORS 633.006...
• 633.070   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.075   [1961 c.314 §§8, 9; part renumbered 633.081; subsection (2) enacted as part of 1967 c.591 §13; repealed by 1971 c.489 §11]
• 633.077   Testing and analysis of bulk commercial feed and custom mixed feed; disclosure of test or analysis results.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall establish and maintain a procedure, plan and system whereby a farmer, contract feeder or other person actually feeding...
• 633.080   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.081   [Formerly part of 633.075; repealed by 1969 c.131 §5]
• 633.083   Cooperation with governmental units.
  The State Department of Agriculture may cooperate with and enter into contracts and agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, the federal government,...
• 633.085   [1963 c.212 §2; repealed by 1967 c.591 §12]
• 633.087   [1967 c.591 §11; repealed by 1971 c.489 §11]
• 633.088   Withdrawal from distribution of feeds sold or distributed in violation of law; seizure of noncomplying feeds.
  (1) When the State Department of Agriculture has reasonable cause to believe any quantity or lot of commercial feed is being sold or distributed in...
• 633.089   Disposition of moneys received by department.
  The State Department of Agriculture shall deposit all fees paid to it under the provisions of ORS 633.006 to 633.089 in the Department of Agriculture...
• 633.090   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.100   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.110   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.120   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.130   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.140   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.210   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.220   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.230   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.240   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.250   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.260   [Repealed by 1961 c.314 §12]
• 633.310   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §1; 1965 c.268 §1; 1977 c.799 §1; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.311   Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994.
  As used in ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994: (1) “Agricultural amendment” means a mixed or unmixed synthetic organic chemical substance, a chemically or physically...
• 633.315   Applicability of ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994.
  ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994 apply only to the extent that they are consistent with ORS chapter 634. The provisions of ORS 633.311 to...
• 633.318   Licensing of manufacturers and bulk distributors; application; fee; change of location; rules.
  (1) A manufacturer-bulk distributor license issued by the State Department of Agriculture is required for manufacturers or bulk distributors of registered or custom mixed fertilizer,...
• 633.320   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §2; 1959 c.78 §1; 1965 c.268 §2; 1977 c.799 §2; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.321   Labeling requirements for fertilizer, agricultural mineral, agricultural amendment and lime products; rules.
  (1) A person may not sell, offer for sale or distribute fertilizer, agricultural mineral, agricultural amendment or lime product, in package or in bulk, unless...
• 633.330   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §3; 1965 c.268 §3; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.331   Additional labeling requirements for lime products.
  In addition to the labeling requirements under ORS 633.321, the label for a lime product must include the following: (1) The name of the particular...
• 633.335   [1977 c.799 §18; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.336   Additional labeling requirements for agricultural amendment.
  In addition to the labeling requirements under ORS 633.321, the label for an agricultural amendment must include the following: (1) A guaranteed analysis that contains...
• 633.340   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §4; 1965 c.268 §4; 1997 c.249 §191; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.341   Additional labeling requirements for agricultural mineral.
  In addition to the labeling requirements under ORS 633.321, the label for an agricultural mineral must include the following: (1) The percentage of sulfur contained...
• 633.343   [1965 c.268 §6; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.344   Label guarantees of additional plant nutrients.
  In addition to the guarantees of plant nutrients required by ORS 633.321, label guarantees of other plant nutrients may be made from a list approved...
• 633.345   [1965 c.268 §5; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.350   [Amended by 1965 c.268 §9; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.351   Sale of animal byproducts.
  A person may not sell or offer for sale for agronomic purposes any leather, hair, wool waste, hoof, horn, urea-formaldehyde condensation products or similar materials,...
• 633.360   [Repealed by 1955 c.235 §13]
• 633.361   [1955 c.235 §12; 1965 c.268 §10; 1977 c.799 §3; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.362   Registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products; application; fee; expiration; product contents; rules.
  (1) Each separately identifiable fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral or lime product, whether in package or in bulk, shall be registered with the State Department...
• 633.364   Confidentiality of certain information supplied in application for registration.
  (1) Information required under ORS 633.362 (2)(f) and (g) and (6) is exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505. The State Department of Agriculture...
• 633.366   Prohibitions; mislabeled products; adulterated products.
  (1) A person may not: (a) Sell, offer for sale or distribute mislabeled products; (b) Register or attempt to register any product using fraudulent or...
• 633.370   [Amended by 1977 c.799 §4; 1979 c.499 §31; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.371   Disposition of revenues.
  The State Department of Agriculture shall deposit revenues received under ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994 in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. The revenues...
• 633.380   [Amended by 1965 c.268 §11; 1977 c.799 §5; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.385   Department access; sampling of products.
  (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall have access at reasonable times to records, premises, materials or conveyances as necessary for the purpose of implementing...
• 633.388   Reports of official sample.
  (1) A report of official sample, signed and acknowledged by a chemist employed by the State Department of Agriculture, other state agency or laboratory facility...
• 633.390   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §5; 1965 c.268 §12; 1977 c.799 §6; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.400   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §6; 1965 c.268 §13; repealed by 1977 c.799 §7]
• 633.410   [Repealed by 1969 c.131 §5]
• 633.420   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §7; 1977 c.799 §8; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.430   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §8; 1961 c.425 §18; 1977 c.799 §9; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.440   [Amended by 1965 c.268 §14; 1975 c.129 §1; 1977 c.799 §10; 1989 c.833 §64; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.441   Rules.
  In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may adopt rules necessary to implement, administer and enforce ORS...
• 633.445   Orders preventing sale or other disposition of product; seizure.
  (1) When the State Department of Agriculture has reasonable cause to believe any quantity or lot of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral or lime product...
• 633.450   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §9; 1977 c.799 §11; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.460   [Amended by 1955 c.235 §10; 1959 c.78 §2; 1965 c.268 §15; 1977 c.799 §12; 1989 c.833 §65; 1997 c.249 §192; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.461   Inspection fees; statement of distributions; failure to pay inspection fee; collection fee; record keeping.
  (1) An inspection fee in the amount set forth under subsection (2) of this section shall be paid to the State Department of Agriculture by...
• 633.470   [Amended by 1963 c.43 §1; 1965 c.268 §16; 1977 c.799 §13; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.471   Statement of lime product sales and distributions; collection fee.
  (1) A semiannual statement shall be filed with the State Department of Agriculture by any person who: (a) Sells or distributes into this state, from...
• 633.475   [1965 c.268 §7; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.476   Record keeping for custom mix products; inspection.
  (1) A person mixing or selling a custom mix of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral or lime products shall keep for a period of at...
• 633.479   Fertilizer Research Committee.
  (1) There is created the Fertilizer Research Committee to advise the Director of Agriculture on the funding of grants for research and development related to...
• 633.480   [Repealed by 1965 c.268 §18]
• 633.485   [1965 c.268 §17; 1977 c.799 §14; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.495   [1965 c.268 §8; 1977 c.799 §15; 1979 c.29 §1; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.500   [1977 c.799 §17; repealed by 2001 c.914 §30]
• 633.510   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.511   Definitions for ORS 633.511 to 633.750.
  As used in ORS 633.511 to 633.750: As used in ORS 633.511 to 633.750: (1) “Agricultural seed” means fiber, forage and grass crop seed and...
• 633.520   Labeling agricultural seed or bulk flower seed.
  Each container of agricultural seed, or of more than one pound of flower seed, sold, offered or exposed for sale, or transported within this state...
• 633.530   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.531   Labeling vegetable or flower seed weighing one pound or less.
  Each container of vegetable seed or flower seed that is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported within this state and that has...
• 633.540   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.541   Labeling vegetable seed weighing more than one pound.
  Each container of vegetable seed weighing more than one pound net weight shall be labeled with: (1) The name of the kind and variety of...
• 633.545   Labeling bins and bulk displays.
  All bins and other bulk displays of agricultural, flower or vegetable seed, and mixtures of agricultural, flower or vegetable seed, or both, shall be labeled...
• 633.550   Exemptions from labeling provisions.
  (1) In the following cases agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds, or mixtures of agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds, or both, are exempt from the labeling...
• 633.560   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.561   Preparation of list of prohibited noxious weed seeds and restricted noxious weed seeds.
  The director shall prepare a list of prohibited noxious weed seeds and a list of restricted noxious weed seeds. On the list of restricted noxious...
• 633.570   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.571   Changes in lists; publication of changes.
  (1) The director, with the concurrence of the dean, may make the following changes in the list of prohibited noxious weed seeds or in the...
• 633.580   Seed testing laboratory; cooperative agreements with federal agency.
  (1) The dean shall maintain and operate a properly equipped seed testing laboratory in connection with the agricultural experiment station at Oregon State University and...
• 633.590   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.600   Fees for seed tests; rules and regulations.
  (1) The dean may authorize the seed testing laboratory to make seed tests for certification purposes and commercial tests for the use of any person....
• 633.610   Seed testing fund.
  All moneys collected as fees or charges for seed testing work shall be deposited in a special fund to be known as the seed testing...
• 633.620   Certification of seeds, tubers and plants; fees; rules.
  (1) The certification of varieties of agricultural, cereal grain, flower or vegetable seeds, or of tubers or horticultural plants, for planting purposes as certified seeds,...
• 633.630   Certification fund.
  (1) All moneys collected as fees or charges for inspection and certification of agricultural, cereal grain, flower and vegetable seeds, and of tubers and horticultural...
• 633.640   Dean may employ assistants.
  For the purposes of performing the duties assigned to the dean, in carrying out ORS 633.511 to 633.750, the dean may employ necessary assistance and...
• 633.650   [Repealed by 1955 c.379 §23]
• 633.651   Prohibited acts.
  (1) A person may not sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or transport for use in planting in the State of Oregon any agricultural,...
• 633.655   When penalties not applicable.
  A person is not subject to the penalties of ORS 633.992 for having sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported in this state...
• 633.660   Enforcement and administration.
  The director shall enforce ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996. However, the enforcement of certification regulations and the work of testing seeds and sampling, inspecting,...
• 633.670   Inspection and sampling of seeds; seizure of seeds; report of inspection work.
  (1) In the enforcement of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the director, inspectors or samplers may: (a) Enter...
• 633.680   Establishment of standards of germination; rules and regulations; fees and charges.
  (1) The Director of Agriculture shall establish standards of germination for vegetable seed, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose...
• 633.690   Quarantine of seed entering state; disposition of nonconforming seed.
  (1) The director may place a quarantine on all agricultural, flower or vegetable seed entering this state from any outside source. However, seed labeled in...
• 633.700   Licenses required to sell seed; exemption; rules; fees.
  (1) A person may not sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any agricultural or vegetable seeds unless the person holds an unsuspended...
• 633.710   [Repealed by 1989 c.1035 §3]
• 633.711   [1989 c.1035 §§2,6; 1991 c.734 §56; 1995 c.371 §9; renumbered 633.996 in 2001]
• 633.720   Sampling and testing on request of owner of seed.
  On application of any person owning or controlling any lot of seed, the director may draw an official sample of any lot of such seed...
• 633.730   [Amended by 1955 c.379 §20; 1957 c.407 §3; repealed by 1959 c.31 §1]
• 633.740   [Repealed by 1959 c.31 §1]
• 633.750   Disposition of fees and charges paid under ORS 633.511 to 633.750.
  All fees paid to the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 633.511 to 633.750, other than the fees and charges specified in ORS 633.610...
• 633.990   [Amended by 1955 c.379 §22; 1961 c.314 §10; subsection (1) enacted as 1961 c.314 §11; repealed by 1971 c.489 §11]
• 633.992   Criminal penalties.
  Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder is a misdemeanor. [1971 c.489 §10]
• 633.994   Civil penalties for fertilizer law violations.
  (1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, a person that violates a provision of ORS 633.311 to 633.479 and 633.994...
• 633.996   Civil penalty for seed law violation.
  (1) Any person who violates any provision of ORS 633.511 to 633.750, a rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any order...

Last modified: August 7, 2008