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AL Code § 2-17A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17A - Rabbit Meat and Rabbit Meat Food Products.|Section 2-17A-3 - Contracts for Inspection Services by Department of Agriculture and Industries; Fees for Inspection Services.

Section 2-17A-3Contracts for inspection services by Department of Agriculture and Industries; fees for inspection services. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized and empowered to enter into agreements of contract with any person, firm, corporation or association on terms mutually agreeable with the parties thereto whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall provide qualified personnel to perform rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products inspection in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be adopted under authority of this chapter. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, under authority of contracts for inspection work as authorized in this section, is empowered to charge and collect fees for inspection services to be performed, which fees shall be in the nature of a contribution to defray the cost of such services. All amounts collected as inspection fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund and be specifically designated or earmarked therein for expenditure by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to defray cost and expenses necessary to furnish such inspection services. The amount of fees or compensation to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Industries under the provisions of any contract authorized hereunder shall be fixed and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries at an amount whereby no cost or additional expenses will be borne by said department in rendering the inspection services to be performed, except as hereinafter provided. The amount of inspection fees or compensation shall not be fixed at a sum which will produce any profit or additional revenue to the Department of Agriculture and Industries over and above the actual cost necessary to furnish such inspection service. In the event the Legislature appropriates funds to defray the cost and expenses of providing inspection services as authorized under this chapter, then any contract as authorized hereunder with respect to the payment of inspection fees shall not be necessary; provided, that if any such amount as may be appropriated shall be insufficient to furnish the required inspection services such contracts may then provide that the difference or an additional amount as may be necessary to perform the required inspection services shall be paid by the slaughtering and processing establishment receiving the inspection services. (Acts 1978, No. 656, p. 944, §3.)
AL Code § 2-17A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17A - Rabbit Meat and Rabbit Meat Food Products.|Section 2-17A-4 - Inspections Voluntary Unless Otherwise Provided by Congress; Other Statutes Relative to Inspections Not Affected by Chapter.

Section 2-17A-4Inspections voluntary unless otherwise provided by Congress; other statutes relative to inspections not affected by chapter. The provisions of this chapter authorizing the inspection of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products shall not be construed to make such inspection mandatory. Inspection services shall be on a voluntary basis upon request of a person, firm, corporation or association desiring such inspection. In the event the Congress of the United States at any time in the future requires compulsory inspection of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products, then the provisions and requirements of this chapter for inspection of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products shall become mandatory and otherwise in compliance with such congressional act. This chapter shall not affect, restrict, limit or modify the power and duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to provide and require mandatory inspection for slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equine and poultry for meat and meat food products for distribution in this state as authorized and required by Chapter 17 of this title. (Acts 1978, No. 656, p. 944, §4.)
AL Code § 2-17A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 17A - Rabbit Meat and Rabbit Meat Food Products.|Section 2-17A-5 - Expenditure of Available Funds; Authority to Contract With Federal Government.

Section 2-17A-5Expenditure of available funds; authority to contract with federal government. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to expend any funds that may hereafter be appropriated or otherwise available to such officer in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including financial aid and other assistance as may be made available by the Congress of the United States. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall also be authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing a state program for rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products inspection in the event the Congress of the United States shall in the future authorize or require inspection of rabbit meat and rabbit meat food products. Unless funds are made available as herein provided, the slaughtering or processing establishment receiving the inspection services shall pay the cost and expense thereof pursuant to contracts as authorized under Section 2-17A-3. (Acts 1978, No. 656, p. 944, §5.)
AL Code § 2-18-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 18 - Poultry Meat Grading.|Section 2-18-1 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Grading at Poultry Slaughtering, Dressing or Processing Plants or Establishments by State Board.

Section 2-18-1Promulgation of rules and regulations for grading at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants or establishments by state board. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations providing for poultry meat grading at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants or establishments to the end that consumers of poultry and poultry products may be supplied with a product which complies with the requirements of such rules and regulations and which may also comply with requirements of the federal government or any municipality receiving such poultry or poultry products or any state to which such poultry or poultry products may be shipped. (Acts 1957, No. 625, p. 896, §1.)
AL Code § 2-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 18 - Poultry Meat Grading.|Section 2-18-2 - Inspection at Poultry Slaughtering, Dressing and Processing Establishments.

Section 2-18-2Inspection at poultry slaughtering, dressing and processing establishments. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, through qualified personnel of said department, is authorized to inspect poultry meat at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing establishments for the purpose of determining whether or not poultry and poultry products slaughtered, dressed or processed at such plants or establishments comply with the requirements set forth in rules and regulations promulgated as authorized under Section 2-18-1. (Acts 1957, No. 625, p. 896, §2.)
AL Code § 2-18-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 18 - Poultry Meat Grading.|Section 2-18-3 - Department May Enter Into Contracts to Perform Grading at Poultry Slaughtering, Dressing or Processing Plants; Collection of Fees by Department and Disposition Thereof.

Section 2-18-3Department may enter into contracts to perform grading at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants; collection of fees by department and disposition thereof. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, acting by and through the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is also authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged in slaughtering, dressing, processing or marketing poultry or poultry products whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries, on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the parties to such a contract, shall perform poultry meat grading at poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants to the end that poultry slaughtered, dressed or processed at such plants shall meet the requirements of any rules, regulations, specifications or standards adopted and promulgated under the provisions of this chapter. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, under terms and conditions of any contract entered into under this section, is authorized to charge and collect fees for services to be performed thereunder, and such fees shall be in the nature of a contribution to defray the cost of such work, with the amount thereof to be mutually agreed upon. All amounts collected under this section as fees shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. The amount of fees or compensation to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Industries under the provisions of any contract authorized under this section shall be fixed at an amount whereby no cost or additional expenses will be borne by the department in rendering the services to be performed thereunder, nor shall the amount of fees or compensation be fixed at a sum which will produce a profit or any additional revenue to the department, as it is the intent and purpose of this section that such fees or compensation shall be fixed at an amount which will defray the actual cost and expense of the services provided. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require or make it mandatory upon the Department of Agriculture and Industries or any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to enter into contracts as authorized under this section, as it is the intent and purpose of this section that such contracts shall be voluntarily entered into. (Acts 1957, No. 625, p. 896, §3.)
AL Code § 2-20-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-1 - Size, Marking, etc., of Sacks, Bags, etc., in Which Corn, Oats, Rye, Cotton Seed Hulls, etc., to Be Sold Generally.

Section 2-20-1Size, marking, etc., of sacks, bags, etc., in which corn, oats, rye, cotton seed hulls, etc., to be sold generally. Oats, rye, corn, wheat, barley and cotton seed hulls shall be sold in the following prescribed quantities: (1) Oats in sacks containing two and one-half and five bushels, weighing, respectively, 80 and 160 net pounds; (2) Rye and corn in two and two and one-half bushel sacks weighing 112 and 140 pounds net, respectively; (3) Wheat in two and two and one-half bushel sacks weighing, respectively, 120 and 150 pounds; (4) Barley in two and three bushel sacks weighing, respectively, 96 and 144 pounds; and (5) Cotton seed hulls in 100 pound sacks or bags. Such sacks, bags or packages shall have plainly marked or stenciled thereon in large type and figures the net quantities required by this section and the name and address of the manufacturer or other person responsible for placing the product on the market as well as the grade as established by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries or shall be properly tagged as required by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Ag. Code 1927, §211; Code 1940, T. 2, §137.)
AL Code § 2-20-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-2 - Sale of Corn, Oats, Rye, Cotton Seed Hulls, etc., in Quantities Other Than Prescribed by Section 2-20-1 Generally.

Section 2-20-2Sale of corn, oats, rye, cotton seed hulls, etc., in quantities other than prescribed by Section 2-20-1 generally. Any person who sells any corn, oats, rye, wheat, barley or cotton seed hulls in sacks or bags, except in quantities respectively prescribed in Section 2-20-1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §210; Code 1940, T. 2, §136.)
AL Code § 2-20-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-3 - Sale of Corn, Oats, Rye, Cotton Seed Hulls, etc., in Bulk; Sale of Grains or Cereals by Producers or Growers Thereof.

Section 2-20-3Sale of corn, oats, rye, cotton seed hulls, etc., in bulk; sale of grains or cereals by producers or growers thereof. The provisions of Sections 2-20-1 and 2-20-2 shall apply only when corn, oats, rye, wheat, barley or cotton seed hulls are sold in sacks, bags or other packages and shall not prevent the sale of any of said articles in bulk. The provisions of Sections 2-20-1 and 2-20-2 shall not apply to sales of grains or cereals by the producer or grower of such grains or cereals. (Ag. Code 1927, §212; Code 1940, T. 2, §138.)
AL Code § 2-20-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-4 - Sale of Mill Oats or Adulterated Corn, Oats, Rye, etc.; Seizure of Adulterated Corn, Oats, Rye, etc., Generally.

Section 2-20-4Sale of mill oats or adulterated corn, oats, rye, etc.; seizure of adulterated corn, oats, rye, etc., generally. Any person who shall sell what is known to the trade as "mill oats" or like product either by itself or in combination with a commercial feed, as defined in Section 2-21-1, or who shall sell corn, oats, rye, wheat or barley which has been adulterated by means of the addition thereto of screenings, chaff, weed seed, wild oats, "mill oats" or water shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the corn, oats, rye, wheat or barley so adulterated shall be subject to seizure and confiscation pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Ag. Code 1927, §213; Code 1940, T. 2, §139.)
AL Code § 2-20-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-5 - Sale of Barley, Oats, etc., Bleached With Sulphur Fumes; Seizure of Same Generally.

Section 2-20-5Sale of barley, oats, etc., bleached with sulphur fumes; seizure of same generally. It shall be unlawful to sell in this state barley, oats or other grains bleached with sulphur fumes whereby damage or inferiority has been concealed or water has been added, and such barley, oats or other grains shall be subject to seizure for confiscation by writ of attachment for condemnation as provided for in this chapter; provided, that barley, oats or other grains bleached by sulphur fumes may be sold in Alabama under such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in cases where the bleaching does not conceal damage or inferiority or water has not been added, when the product is plainly and distinctly labeled, "bleached with sulphur fumes." (Ag. Code 1927, §;214; Code 1940, T. 2, §140.)
AL Code § 2-20-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 20 - Corn, Oats, Rye, Wheat, Barley and Cotton Seed Hulls.|Section 2-20-6 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc.

Section 2-20-6Applicability of laws relative to inspection, suspension from sale, seizure, etc. The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title shall be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.
AL Code § 2-21-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-16 - Short Title.

Section 2-21-16Short title. This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Commercial Feed Law of 1978. (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §1.)
AL Code § 2-21-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-18 - Enforcing Official.

Section 2-21-18Enforcing official. This chapter shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama, hereinafter referred to as the "commissioner." (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §2.)
AL Code § 2-21-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-20 - Labeling.

Section 2-21-20Labeling. A commercial feed, regardless of the container in which it is shipped or sold, shall be labeled as follows: (1) In case of a 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 commissioner by regulation determines is required to advise the user 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 commissioner, by regulation, may permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or he may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if he 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 responsible for distributing the commercial feed. f. Adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the commissioner may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use. g. Such precautionary statements as the commissioner 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, 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, the net weight of each 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 commissioner may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use. f. Such precautionary statements as the commissioner by regulation determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed. (3) In the case of a "vertical-integrator feed" all the conditions specified under subdivision (2) of this section for the customer-formula feed will apply except that the records will be kept at the place of manufacture and need not accompany the feed as it is transported to point of use, except as required by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 301, et seq.). (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §5.)
AL Code § 2-21-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-21 - Misbranding.

Section 2-21-21Misbranding. 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 Section 2-21-20; (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 commissioner; or (5) If any word, statement or other information required by or under authority of this chapter 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. (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §6.)
AL Code § 2-21-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-23 - Prohibited Acts.

Section 2-21-23Prohibited acts. The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of Alabama 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 subdivision (1) of Section 2-21-22. (4) The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under Section 2-21-27. (5) The failure or refusal to obtain a license in accordance with Section 2-21-19. (6) The violation of Section 2-21-30. (7) Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports as required by Section 2-21-24. (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §8.)
AL Code § 2-21-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 21 - Commercial Feeds.|Section 2-21-24 - Inspection Fee; Quarterly Statement; Disposition of Fees; Overpayments.

Section 2-21-24Inspection fee; quarterly statement; disposition of fees; overpayments. (a) An inspection fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per ton shall be paid on commercial feeds by every person who distributes the commercial feed in this state, exempting bulk grain; except that: (1) The inspection fee shall be paid only once on any commercial feed, feed ingredients, customer-formula feeds or parts thereof. Commercial feeds, feed ingredients, customer-formula feeds or parts thereof on which the inspection fee has not been paid by the distributor or previous distributor shall be subject to the inspection fee. (2) No fee shall be paid on "vertical-integrator feed" or on the ingredient used to manufacture a "vertical-integrator feed." Any services the Department of Agriculture and Industries provides manufacturers of "vertical-integrator feed" in relation to this chapter shall be paid for according to fees established by the board. (3) In the case of a commercial feed distributed in this state in packages or containers of ten pounds or less, an annual fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per product shall be paid to the benefit of the Agricultural Fund in lieu of the inspection fee specified above. (b) Each person who is liable for the payment of such fee also shall: (1) File, not later than the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, a quarterly statement, setting forth the number of net tons of commercial feeds distributed in this state during the preceding calendar quarter. Upon filing the quarterly statement, the person shall pay the inspection fee at the rate stated in subsection (a). Inspection fees which have not been paid to the commissioner within 15 days following the date due shall have a penalty fee of 15 percent (minimum $15.00) added to the amount due. The assessment of this penalty fee shall not prevent the commissioner from taking other actions as provided in this chapter. (2) Keep records as may be necessary or required by the commissioner to indicate accurately the tonnage of commercial feed distributed in this state. The commissioner may examine the 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 the licenses on file for the distributor. (c) Fees collected pursuant to this section, including license fees collected under Section 2-21-19, shall be deposited to the credit of the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury for the regulatory duties of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. (d) Amounts improperly or illegally collected under this chapter as overpayments may be refunded to the person entitled thereto in accordance with Section 2-1-6. (Acts 1978, No. 780, p. 1143, §9; Acts 1979, No. 79-310, p. 463; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)