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NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.6 - Misbranding

4:4-20.6. Misbranding  A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded: a. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. b. If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed. c. If it is not labeled as required in section 5 of this act. d. If it purports to contain or is represented as containing or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the State board. e. If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. L.1970, c. 338, s. 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.8 - Prohibited acts

4:4-20.8. Prohibited acts  The following acts are prohibited in the State of New Jersey: a. The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded. b. The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed. c. The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of section 7 of this act. d. The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under section 12 of this act. e. The failure or refusal to register in accordance with section 4 of this act. f. The violation of section 13f of this act. g. Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports as required by section 9 of this act. L.1970, c. 338, s. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.9 - Inspection fees and reports

4:4-20.9 Inspection fees and reports  9. Inspection fees and reports. a. An inspection fee at the rate of $0.30 per ton shall be paid on commercial feeds distributed in this State by the person who distributes the commercial feed to the consumer subject to the following: (1) No fee shall be paid on a commercial feed if the payment has been made by a previous distributor. (2) No fee shall be paid on customer formula feeds if the inspection fee is paid on the commercial feeds which are used as ingredients therein. (3) No fee shall be paid on commercial feeds which are used as ingredients for the manufacture of commercial feeds which are subject to the inspection fee. If the fee has already been paid, credit shall be given for such payment. (4) In the case of a person who manufactures or distributes commercial feed in the State, a minimum annual fee of $250.00 shall be paid. b. Each person who is liable for the payment of such fee shall: (1) File, not later than January 31 of each year, a statement, setting forth the number of net tons of commercial feeds distributed in this State during the preceding calendar year; and upon filing such statement shall pay the inspection fee at the rate stated in subsection a.of this section. Inspection fees which are due and owing and have not been remitted to the department within 15 days following the due date shall have a penalty fee of 10% (minimum $10.00) added to the amount due when payment is finally made. The assessment of this penalty fee shall not prevent the department from taking other actions as provided in this act. (2) Keep such records as may be necessary or required by the State board to indicate accurately the tonnage of commercial feed distributed in this State, and the department shall have the right to examine such records to verify statements of tonnage. Failure to make an accurate statement of tonnage or to pay the inspection fee or comply as provided herein shall constitute sufficient cause for the cancellation of all registrations on file for the distributor. c. Fees imposed by, and fines collected for violations of this act, shall be deposited in the State Treasury. L.1970,c.338,s.9; amended 1975, c.370; 2002, c.34, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.10 - Rules and regulations

4:4-20.10. Rules and regulations  a. The State board is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this act and such other reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper for the efficient administration of this act. In the interest of uniformity, the State board shall by regulation adopt, unless it determines that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this State, the following: (1) The definition of feed ingredients and feed terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials and published in the official publication of that organization, and (2) Any regulation promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (U.S.C. Title 21, Sec. 301, et seq.). b. Before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this act, the State board shall comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (P.L.1968, c. 410) (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.). L.1970, c. 338, s. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.12 - Detained commercial feeds

4:4-20.12. Detained commercial feeds  a. "Withdrawal from distribution" orders: When the State Chemist or his authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe any lot of commercial feed is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any of the prescribed regulations under this act, he may issue and enforce a written or printed "withdrawal from distribution" order, warning the distributor not to dispose of the lot of commercial feed in any manner until written permission is given by the State Chemist or the court. The State Chemist shall release the lot of commercial feed so withdrawn when said provisions and regulations have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within 30 days, the State Chemist may begin, or upon request of the distributor or registrant shall begin, proceedings for condemnation. b. "Condemnation and confiscation" : Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with said provisions and regulations shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said commercial feed is located. In the event the court finds the said commercial feed to be in violation of this act and orders the condemnation of said commercial feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the State, provided, that in no instance shall the disposition of said commercial feed be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of said commercial feed or for permission to process or relabel said commercial feed to bring it into compliance with this act. L.1970, c. 338, s. 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.14 - Cooperation with other entities

4:4-20.14. Cooperation with other entities  The secretary may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this State, other states, agencies of the Federal Government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this act. L.1970, c. 338, s. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.15 - Publication

4:4-20.15. Publication  The State Chemist shall publish at least annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the State as compared with the analyses guaranteed on the label, provided that the information concerning production and use of commercial feeds shall not disclose the operations of any person. L.1970, c. 338, s. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-20.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-20.16 - Constitutionality

4:4-20.16. Constitutionality  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall for any reason be judged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. L.1970, c. 338, s. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-21 - Attaching tags on feed bags by metal fasteners

4:4-21. Attaching tags on feed bags by metal fasteners  A person who shall sell within this state feed for live stock in bags, to which bags there is attached a tag or tags by means of wire or other metal fasteners, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-22 - Pasteurization before delivery for feeding purposes

4:4-22. Pasteurization before delivery for feeding purposes  Every owner, operator or manager of a cheese factory, creamery, skimming station or other place where milk is received and the by-products distributed, shall, before returning to or delivering to any person any skim milk, whey, buttermilk, or other milk by-products to be used for feeding purposes for farm animals, cause such skim milk, whey, buttermilk, or other milk by-products to be thoroughly pasteurized by heating the same to one hundred forty-five degrees Fahrenheit and holding at that temperature for not less than thirty minutes, or to one hundred eighty-five degrees without holding. This section shall not apply to cheese factories or creameries that pasteurize the milk or cream prior to manufacture.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:4-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:4-23 - Penalty for violation

4:4-23. Penalty for violation  A person who shall violate any of the provisions of section 4:4-22 of this Title shall be liable to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first offense and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each subsequent offense, to be sued for and recovered in a civil action by and in the name of the department. All penalties collected under this section shall be paid into the State treasury. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 27, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-1 - Declaring epidemic; quarantine; serums; other preventive measures

4:5-1. Declaring epidemic; quarantine; serums; other preventive measures  The State Board of Agriculture may: a. Determine the existence of contagious and infectious diseases in animals or poultry and declare the same to be epidemic; b. Establish and enforce general or local quarantine; c. Provide and distribute, with or without charge as it may determine, serums for the prevention and cure of such diseases in animals or poultry as in its judgment are capable of prevention or cure by such treatment; d. Provide a service and co-operate with owners of livestock or local veterinarians to control or prevent the spread of mastitis or other contagious or infectious diseases that do not justify the measures specified in paragraphs a, b and c of this section, so that such diseases may not become a dangerous menace to other livestock or to human health. These powers and duties are in addition to and not in limitation of any similar powers and duties conferred upon the board by the specific provisions appearing elsewhere in this title. Amended by L.1942, c. 82, p. 325, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-2 - Diseases not specifically designated

4:5-2. Diseases not specifically designated  All powers and duties conferred upon the board with reference to a specific contagious or infectious disease of animals or poultry, the board shall have and perform with reference to any other such disease not specifically referred to in this chapter but determined by the board to be a contagious or infectious disease of animals or poultry.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-2.1 - Rules, regulations relative to certain fees for animal health programs

4:5-2.1. Rules, regulations relative to certain fees for animal health programs  1. a. The State Board of Agriculture may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations establishing a schedule in accordance with which the board may charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of: (1) Animal disease diagnostic and testing services conducted pursuant to R.S.4:5-1 et seq.; and (2) Animal health tests deemed necessary by the State Board of Agriculture. b. Any fees established by the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to this section shall supersede all prior animal testing and diagnostic service fees on the date of the State Board of Agriculture's adoption of new fees pursuant to this section. L.1997,c.363,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-2.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-2.2 - "Agriculture Fee Program Revolving Fund"

4:5-2.2. "Agriculture Fee Program Revolving Fund"  2. a. There is hereby created in the Department of Agriculture a non-lapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Agriculture Fee Program Revolving Fund," hereinafter referred to as the fund, to be held separate and apart from all other funds of the State. All fees collected pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be deposited into the fund and appropriated annually by the Legislature based on estimates provided annually by the Director of Budget and Accounting in the Office of Management and Budget. All moneys appropriated from the fund shall be dedicated to the support of the program for which they were collected. All earnings received from the investment or deposit of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. b. The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this section. L.1997,c.363,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-3 - Penalty for violating orders of board

4:5-3. Penalty for violating orders of board  A person who shall violate or fail to comply with an order of the board, or its constituted agent, made pursuant to sections 4:5-1 and 4:5-2 of this title, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each violation or failure to comply, to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the secretary of agriculture in the manner provided in article 2 of chapter 23 of this title (s. 4:23-11 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-4 - Notice to department by veterinarians and others of existence or appearance of disease

4:5-4. Notice to department by veterinarians and others of existence or appearance of disease  In case certain contagious or infectious diseases, which are designated by the Department of Agriculture as a particular and dangerous menace to the animal health of the State, shall appear or be suspected to exist in any locality, all veterinarians practicing in the State who shall gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of such disease, or any person who shall gain knowledge of the existence or suspected existence of such disease among animals owned by him or on premises owned or controlled by him, shall notify the Department of Agriculture of the facts within forty-eight hours. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 869, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-5 - Failure to give notice; punishment

4:5-5. Failure to give notice; punishment  Any veterinarian practicing in the State, or any owner of animals or premises containing animals with infectious disease or suspected of infectious disease as described in section 4:5-4 who fails to notify the Department of Agriculture as required in 4:5-4 shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 869, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-6 - Quarantine of infected or exposed animals; regulations

4:5-6. Quarantine of infected or exposed animals; regulations  Upon receiving information that an infectious or contagious disease exists or is suspected to exist in any herd or in any locality, the department may investigate or cause an investigation to be made. If the department deems it to be advisable it may quarantine such animals, take such precautionary measures with relation to other animals exposed to the disease as shall be deemed necessary, and enforce such regulations in relation to the disease as it may adopt. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-7 - Inoculation of herd exposed to disease

4:5-7. Inoculation of herd exposed to disease  When any herd or portion thereof is exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, and the department deems the disease likely to spread to that portion of the herd still unaffected, although isolated or quarantined, the department may, cause or allow the herd to be inoculated for the prevention of such diseases as can be thus mitigated. Loss resulting from such inoculation shall not constitute a claim against the State or the department. Inoculation for pleuropneumonia shall in no case be allowed without the consent of the department, and shall be made under its direction. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-8 - Buying or selling affected or exposed animals a misdemeanor

4:5-8. Buying or selling affected or exposed animals a misdemeanor  A person who without a permit from the department shall knowingly buy or sell, or cause to be bought or sold, an animal which is a part of a herd or stock held in quarantine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-9 - Slaughter and burial of infected animals in certain cases

4:5-9. Slaughter and burial of infected animals in certain cases  Whenever in the judgment of the department it shall appear that the disease is not likely to yield to remedial treatment, or that the expense of such treatment will be greater than the value of the animals infected; and when in any case the disease is likely, in the judgment of the department, to be communicated to other animals, it may cause the animals infected to be slaughtered immediately and their remains to be buried at least four feet beneath the surface of the ground or it may cause the animal to be disposed of otherwise in accordance with instructions. The department may require that all places in which the same have been kept be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 870, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-10 - Appraisement of and compensation for animals slaughtered

4:5-10. Appraisement of and compensation for animals slaughtered  When animals are slaughtered or otherwise disposed of as directed in section 4:5-9 of this Title, the value of the same may, at the request of the department or any person interested, be ascertained and appraised by any authorized agent of the department, or in cases where an agreement between the agent and the owner cannot be reached, by three disinterested freeholders resident in this State, one chosen by the agent, one chosen by the owner and the third by the first two at the expense of the owner, who shall make and sign a certificate thereof in the presence of a witness who shall attest the same. The appraisement shall be made on the basis of the market value of the animals to be slaughtered immediately prior to the time of the discovery of the infection. Such appraisal and disposal shall be carried out under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board, which may prescribe a maximum payment for any animal or animals, and may authorize the condemnation of an entire herd of animals and compensation therefor, even though all of the animals in the herd are not infected, where the secretary determines that an entire herd or flock needs to be slaughtered to control a disease or prevent its spread to other animals. The total amount receivable by the owner from the net proceeds of the sale of the animal, plus indemnity, if any, from the Federal Government, and plus the indemnity from the State, shall not, however, exceed the appraised value of the animal or animals. The board may promulgate rules and regulations to authorize payment for any disposal cost determined to be necessary. Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 871, s. 7; L.1973, c. 47, s. 1, eff. March 2, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:5-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:5-11 - Disposal of dead or slaughtered animals; disposal for food a misdemeanor

4:5-11. Disposal of dead or slaughtered animals; disposal for food a misdemeanor  When, by reason of the locality of an infected animal or herd within a city, or by reason of frozen ground or extreme heat, it is, in the judgment of the department of agriculture, inexpedient or impossible to bury any such dead or slaughtered animal on the premises, the department may authorize any veterinarian acting for it to slash the skin and cut the flesh of the animal, and, either under his direct oversight, or that of a city board of health, or contractor for the disposal of dead carcasses, to give over the same to the use of a bone-boiling or glue or other establishment for the disposal of dead animals, but in no case shall the dead animal, or any part thereof, be disposed of for food, and any such disposal of the same shall make the party concerned guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months.