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NC Gen Stat § 106-277.33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31 - North Carolina Seed Law.|§ 106-277.33 - Duties of Seed Board.

 106-277.33. Duties of Seed Board.(a) In conducting its investigation of claims referred by the Commissioner, the Seed Board may engage in the following activities:(1) Examine the buyer regarding the buyer's use of the seed of which the buyer complains and examine the dealer on the dealer's packaging, labeling, and selling of the seed alleged to be faulty.(2) Grow a representative sample of the alleged faulty seed to production when such action is deemed by the Board to be necessary.(3) Hold informal hearings at a time and place directed by the chairperson upon reasonable notice to the buyer and the dealer.(4) Seek evaluations from authorities in allied disciplines, when deemed necessary by the Board.(5) Visit and inspect the affected site and take samples, make plant counts, and take pictures of affected and unaffected areas.(b) The Board shall keep a record of its activities and reports on file in the Department. The Department shall transmit all findings and recommendations to the buyer and to the dealer within 30 days of completion of the investigation.(c) No investigation shall be made by less than the whole membership of the Board unless the chairperson directs such investigation in writing. Such investigation shall be summarized in writing and considered by the Board in reporting its findings and making its recommendations.(d) The report of the investigation and the recommendations of the Seed Board shall be binding upon all parties to the extent, if any, that they have so agreed in writing subsequent to the filing of the complaint pursuant to G.S. 106-277.30. (1998-210, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-277.34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31 - North Carolina Seed Law.|§ 106-277.34 - Actions regarding defective seed claims; evidence.

 106-277.34. Actions regarding defective seed claims; evidence.(a) In any court action involving a complaint that has been the subject of an investigation under G.S. 106-277.32, any party may introduce evidence of seed quality, cultivation practices and procedures, and scientific opinion contained in the report of the Seed Board. Statements of the parties and recommendations of the Seed Board as resolution of the dispute are not admissible as evidence unless such evidence is otherwise discoverable.(b) In any court action where a buyer alleges that he or she suffered damages due to the failure of agricultural or vegetable seed to produce or perform as labeled or warranted, or as the result of negligence, and the buyer failed to make a sworn complaint against the dealer as set forth in G.S. 106-277.30, the buyer's right to recover damages shall be limited to actual expenditures paid by the buyer to other persons for the cost of seed, labor, equipment, fertilizer, insecticide, herbicide, land rent, or other expenses incurred in connection with the cultivation of the seed alleged to be defective, less any value received by the buyer arising from the sale or transfer of any crops grown from the seed in question. (1998-210, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.14 - Title.

 106-284.14. Title.This Article shall be known as the "Vegetable Plant Law." (1959, c. 91, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.15 - Purpose of Article.

 106-284.15. Purpose of Article.The purpose of this Article is to improve vegetable production in North Carolina and to enable vegetable producers to secure vegetable plants for transplanting that are free from diseases and insects, and in order to prevent the spread of diseases and insects affecting the future stability of the vegetable industry and the general welfare of the public. (1959, c. 91, s. 2; 1973, c. 1370, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.16 - Definitions.

 106-284.16. Definitions.For the purpose of this Article, the following terms shall be construed respectively to mean:(1) "Certified vegetable plants for transplanting" shall mean plants which have been tagged or labeled so as to indicate that such plants have been inspected by an authorized agent of an officially recognized State inspecting or certifying agency of some state, and found to conform to the appropriate standards set by the North Carolina Board of Agriculture.(2) "Vegetable plants" shall mean such plants as asparagus, pepper, eggplant, sweet potato, onion, cabbage and other cole crops, tomato plants, white seed potatoes and onion sets intended for transplanting purposes and such other vegetable plants intended for transplanting purposes as the North Carolina Board of Agriculture may designate by regulation in order to protect the vegetable industry.(3) As applied to vegetable plants "standards" include the qualities of color, freshness, firmness, strength, straightness, unbroken and undamaged condition, uniformity of size, and freedom from injurious insects, diseases, nematodes, snails, and other pests and means the standards with respect thereto as established and fixed in regulations adopted by the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. (1959, c. 91, s. 3; 1973, c. 1370, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.17 - Unlawful to sell plants not up to standard and not appropriately tagged or labeled.

 106-284.17. Unlawful to sell plants not up to standard and not appropriately tagged or labeled.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to pack for sale, offer or expose for sale, or ship into this State any vegetable plants which do not meet the appropriate standards as set by the North Carolina Board of Agriculture and which have not been appropriately tagged or labeled as certified vegetable plants for transplanting. (1959, c. 91, s. 4; 1973, c. 1370, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.18 - Rules and regulations.

 106-284.18. Rules and regulations.The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the intent, purposes and provisions of this Article. (1959, c. 91, s. 5; 1973, c. 1370, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.19 - Inspection; interference with inspectors; "stop-sale" notice.

 106-284.19. Inspection; interference with inspectors; "stop-sale" notice.To enforce the provisions of this Article effectively, the Commissioner of Agriculture and his duly authorized agents are authorized to inspect vegetable plants, and may enter any place of business, warehouse, common carrier or other places where such vegetable plants are stored or being held, for the purpose of making such an inspection; and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in custody of such vegetable plants or of the place in which the same are held to interfere with the Commissioner or his duly authorized agents in making such inspections. When the Commissioner or his authorized inspectors find vegetable plants being held, offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this Article or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, he may issue a "stop-sale notice" to the owner or custodian of any such vegetable plants and shall tag such plants as are in violation. It shall be unlawful for anyone after notice or receipt of such "stop-sale notice" to remove such notice from plants or from any location to which attached; or to plant, sell, give away, move or exchange for transplanting purposes any plants in respect to which such notice has been issued unless and until so authorized by the Commissioner or his agent or a court of competent jurisdiction. (1959, c. 91, s. 6; 1973, c. 1370, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.20 - Interference with Commissioner, etc., or other violation a misdemeanor; penalties.

 106-284.20. Interference with Commissioner, etc., or other violation a misdemeanor; penalties.If anyone shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with the Commissioner or any of his agents, while engaged in the performance of his duties under this law or shall violate any provision of this law or any rule or regulation of the Board of Agriculture adopted pursuant to this law, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. (1959, c. 91, s. 7; 1973, c. 1370, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 759; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.21 - Authority to permit sale of substandard plants.

 106-284.21. Authority to permit sale of substandard plants.Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized when the public necessity, welfare, economy, or any emergency situation requires it, to permit for such periods of time as, in his discretion may seem necessary, the sale of vegetable plants for transplanting purposes which do not meet the standards referred to in G.S. 106-284.16. (1959, c. 91, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.22 - When Article not applicable.

 106-284.22. When Article not applicable.The provisions of this Article shall not apply:(1) To the sale by a grower or retail merchant of vegetable plants grown within this State when such sale is made for home or garden or any noncommercial use; provided, however, the provisions shall apply to such sale when such plants are found to be infested with pests so that the exposure for sale or planting is deemed by the Commissioner or his agent to be a hazard to the commercial vegetable industry of North Carolina.(2) To the sale of vegetable plants for commercial transplanting purposes in this State when grown within this State and sold by a plant producer to a planter having personal knowledge of the conditions under which such vegetable plants were grown or produced provided that such plants are transplanted within a 30-mile radius at which they were grown; but also provided, however, the provisions shall apply to such sale when such plants are found to be infested with pests so that the exposure for sale or planting is deemed by the Commissioner or his agent to be a hazard to the commercial vegetable industry of North Carolina. (1959, c. 91, s. 9; 1973, c. 1370, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31B - Vegetable Plant Law.|§ 106-284.23 - Not set out.

 106-284.23. Not set out.
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.30 - Title.

 106-284.30. Title.This Article shall be known as the "North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973." (1973, c. 771, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.31 - Purpose.

 106-284.31. Purpose.The purpose of this Article is to regulate the manufacture and distribution of commercial feeds in the State of North Carolina and to protect a farmer-buyer from the manufacturer-seller of concentrated, commercial feed who might sell substandard or mislabeled feedstuff, and not to protect from himself a farmer who mixes his own feed. (1973, c. 771, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.32 - Enforcing official.

 106-284.32. Enforcing official.This Article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner." (1973, c. 771, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.34 - Registration.

 106-284.34. Registration.(a) No person shall manufacture or distribute a commercial feed in this State, unless he has filed with the Commissioner on forms provided by the Commissioner, his name, place of business, and location of each manufacturing facility in this State, if any, and made application to the Commissioner for a permit to report the quantity of commercial feed distributed in this State.(b) Manufacturers of registered feeds may apply for, and the Commissioner at his discretion may issue, numbered permits authorizing manufacturers of registered feeds to purchase commercial feed as defined in G.S. 106-284.33(4), and the responsibility for the payment of the inspection fee assessed by the provisions of this Article will be assumed by the purchaser to whom such permit has been issued. The Commissioner may at his discretion, and without notice, cancel any permit issued under the provision of this section. The use of permits issued under the provisions of this section shall be governed by rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner.(c) No person shall distribute in this State a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of this section. The application for registration shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner. Upon approval by the Commissioner or his duly designated agent the registration shall be issued to the applicant. All registrations expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. An annual registration fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each commercial feed other than canned pet food shall accompany each request for registration. An annual registration fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) for each canned pet food shall accompany each request for registration.(d) The Commissioner is empowered to refuse registration of any commercial feed not in compliance with the provisions of this Article and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provisions of this Article: Provided, that no registration shall be refused or canceled unless the registrant shall have been given an opportunity to be heard before the Commissioner or his duly designated agent and to amend his application in order to comply with the requirements of this Article.(e) The manufacturer of commercial feed that has not been registered and is found being distributed in the State shall pay a thirty-dollar ($30.00) delinquent registration fee in addition to the regular registration fee. (1973, c. 771, s. 5; 1989, c. 544, s. 7; 2005-276, s. 42.1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.35 - Labeling.

 106-284.35. Labeling.A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows:(1) In case of commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:a. The net weight.b. The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed.c. The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the Board by regulation determines is required to advise the users of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.d. The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed: Provided, that the Board by regulation may permit the use of collective terms for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or the Board may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if it finds that such statement is not required in the interest of consumers.e. The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person distributing the commercial feed.f. Adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the Board may require by regulations as necessary for their safe and effective use.g. Such precautionary statements as the Board by regulation determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.(2) In the case of a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip, or other shipping document to be presented to the purchaser at time of delivery, bearing the following information:a. Name and address of the manufacturer.b. Name and address of the purchaser.c. Date of delivery.d. The product name and brand name, if any, and the net weight of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture, and the net weight of each other ingredient used.e. Adequate directions for use for all customer-formula feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the Board may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use.f. Such precautionary statements as the Board by regulation determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed. (1973, c. 771, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.36 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.36 - Bag weights.

 106-284.36. Bag weights.All commercial feed, except that in bags or packages of five pounds or less, shall be in such standard-weight bags or packages as the Board by regulation shall prescribe. (1973, c. 771, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.37 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.37 - Misbranding.

 106-284.37. 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 under the name of another commercial feed.(3) If it is not labeled as required in G.S. 106-284.35.(4) If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, 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 Board.(5) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this Article 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. (1973, c. 771, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.39 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.39 - Prohibited acts.

 106-284.39. Prohibited acts.The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of North Carolina are hereby prohibited:(1) The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded.(2) The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed.(3) The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of G.S. 106-284.38(1).(4) The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under G.S. 106-284.43.(5) The failure or refusal to register in accordance with G.S. 106-284.34.(6) The violation of G.S. 106-284.44(f).(7) Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports as required by G.S. 106-284.40.(8) The use of metal fasteners as bag fasteners or for attaching labels to the containers of commercial feed. (1973, c. 771, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 106-284.41 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 106 - Agriculture|Article 31C - North Carolina Commercial Feed Law of 1973.|§ 106-284.41 - Rules and regulations.

 106-284.41. Rules and regulations.(a) The Board is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this Article and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this Article. In the interest of uniformity the Board shall by regulation adopt, unless it determines that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Article or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this State, the following:(1) The official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials and published in the official publication of that organization, and(2) Any regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. section 301 et seq.).(b) Before the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this Article, the Board shall publish the proposed regulation, amendment, or notice to repeal an existing regulation in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties, including all current registrants, adequate notice and shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present their views thereon, orally or in writing, within a reasonable period of time. After consideration of all views presented by interested persons, the Board shall take appropriate action to issue the proposed rule or regulation or to amend or repeal an existing rule or regulation. The provisions of this subsection notwithstanding, if the Board pursuant to the authority of this Article, adopts the official definitions of feed ingredients or official feed terms as adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, any amendment or modification adopted by said Association or by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the case of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be deemed adopted automatically under this Article without regard to the publication of the notice required by this subsection (b), unless the Board by resolution specifically determines that said amendment or modification shall not be adopted. (1973, c. 771, s. 12; 1975, c. 19, s. 32.)