§ 6-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgricultureEffective: July 1, 2016
Effective: July 1, 2016
MD Code, Agriculture, § 6-101
§ 6-101. Definitions
(b) A commercial feed is “adulterated” if:
(c) “Brand” means the term, design, trademark, or other specific designation under which individual commercial feed is distributed in the State.
(d) “Commercial feed” means a material or combination of materials distributed, or intended for distribution, for use as feed, or for mixing in feed for any animal other than man including feed prepared and distributed for consumption by dogs and cats, or any domesticated animal normally maintained in a cage or tank, including gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, and turtles, except:
(e) “Contract feed” means a commercial feed which is formulated according to an agreement between a distributor and a contract feeder.
(f) “Contract feeder” means an independent contractor who feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to him and his remuneration is determined wholly or partially by feed consumption, mortality, profits, amount, or quality of the product.
(g) “Customer-formula feed” means a mixture of commercial feed, each batch of which is mixed according to the specific instructions of any distributee.
(h) “Distribute” means to exchange, offer for sale, sell, or barter, supply, furnish, or provide commercial feed, customer-formula feed, or contract feed to a contract feeder, or otherwise to supply, furnish, or provide commercial feeds as part of a commercial enterprise.
(i) “Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed.
(j) “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, customer-formula feed, or contract feed is distributed.
(l) A commercial feed is “misbranded” if:
(4) It purports to be or is represented as a feed ingredient, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a feed ingredient, unless the feed ingredient conforms to any definition of identity, prescribed by departmental rules and regulations, which shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions, such as those issued by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Inc.; or
(5) Any word, statement, or other information, required to appear on the label or labeling, is not placed on it prominently and conspicuously, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling, and it is not in terms that render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
(m) “Official sample” means any sample of feed taken and designated as “official” by the Secretary.
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1974, c. 855; Acts 1998, c. 324, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1998, c. 325, § 3, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2010, c. 31, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2016, c. 400, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
Formerly Art. 48, §§ 118, 122, 123.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 6-101, MD AGRIC § 6-101
Current through legislation effective through July 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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