This Chapter lays down the definition of commercial feed as a simple, mixed, compounded, ground, unground, organic, or inorganic material used as a feed for an animal, including a vitamin, mineral, antibiotic, antioxidant, medicine, drug, chemical, or other material used as an ingredient or component of a mixture of materials used as a feed for an animal as well as the exceptions to this rule. It also establishes administration structure as well as rules and minimum standards governing its performance, with the Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service as the governing authority (under the direction of the director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station), responsible for exercising the powers and performing the duties assigned to the service by this Chapter. Further the chapter regulates licensing requirements regarding the manufacture or distribute commercial feed including license terms, its refusal and revocation; labeling of commercial feed; inspection fees, penalties for late filing or payment; records; additional reports; audits; inspection, sampling and analysis including rules of procedure for sampling and analysis; enforcement; remedies; and penalties.
Соединенные Штаты Америки · 1981-09-01