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AL Code § 2-11-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 1 - Marketing of Agricultural Products.|Section 2-11-11 - Violations of Standards; Disposition of Fines and Fees.

Section 2-11-11Violations of standards; disposition of fines and fees. Whenever standards for agricultural products have been promulgated under this article, no person thereafter shall in any manner class, represent, describe or refer to any agricultural product for which such standards have been fixed in the preparation for or offering for sale or transportation, sale, distribution, transportation or otherwise marketing thereof as being of any other classification than fixed therefor under this article, except as otherwise provided in this article. After standards for containers for any agricultural products have been promulgated, no person shall use in the marketing of such product any other container or containers than those fixed as standards. In the marketing of any agricultural product, the container thereof shall be marked or labeled in accordance with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Agriculture and Industries with reference thereto. Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. All funds accruing from the operation of this article, including fines and fees, shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund for expenditure for the purposes provided for in this article. (Ag. Code 1927, §345; Acts 1935, No. 147, p. 187; Code 1940, T. 2, §415.)
AL Code § 2-11-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-30 - Short Title.

Section 2-11-30Short title. This article shall be known as the Alabama Catfish Marketing and Consumer Act of 1975. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §1.)
AL Code § 2-11-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-31 - Definitions.

Section 2-11-31Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) CAPABLE OF USE AS HUMAN FOOD. Such term shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof, unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food or unless it is naturally inedible by humans. (2) CATFISH. Any species of the scientific order Siluriformes or family Anarhichadidae. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (4) DIRECT RETAIL SALE. The sale of catfish products individually or in small quantities directly to the consumer. (5) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person offering for sale, exchange or barter any catfish product destined for direct retail sale in the State of Alabama. (6) LABEL. A display of written, printed or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a catfish product is offered for direct retail sale. (7) LABELING. All labels and other written, printed or graphic matter upon a catfish product or any of its containers or wrappers offered for direct retail sale. (8) PAY POND. A circumscribed body of water owned by a person and operated solely for recreational fishing purposes on a commercial basis for profit. (9) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation or association or other legal entity. (10) PROCESSOR. Any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products. (11) PRODUCER. Any person engaged in the business of harvesting catfish, by any method, intended for direct retail sale. (12) PRODUCT. Any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof, except products which contain catfish only in small proportions or historically have not been, in the judgment of the commissioner, considered by consumers as products of the commercial catfish industry and which are exempted from definition as a catfish product by the commissioner under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the catfish or portions thereof contained therein are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as catfish products. (13) PRODUCT NAME. The name of the catfish item intended for retail sale which identifies it as to kind, class or specific use. (14) RETAILER. Any person offering for sale catfish products to individual consumers and representing the last sale prior to human consumption; except, that restaurants and other eating establishments are hereby excluded. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §3.)
AL Code § 2-11-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-32 - Administration of Article.

Section 2-11-32Administration of article. This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §2.)
AL Code § 2-11-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-33 - Requirements as to Advertisement or Labeling for Sale of Catfish Products Generally.

Section 2-11-33Requirements as to advertisement or labeling for sale of catfish products generally. (a) No catfish product shall be offered for direct retail sale for human consumption by a processor, distributor or retailer unless the catfish product name is specifically labeled in the following manner: (1) "Farm-Raised Catfish, A Product of Alabama" if the product has been specifically produced in fresh water according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture; except, that the appropriate state name or USA or United States of America may be inserted in lieu thereof to accommodate similar catfish products produced in any one of the other states of the United States of America; (2) "River or Lake Catfish, A Product of Alabama" if the product has been produced in any freshwater lake, river or stream of the state, but has not been produced according to the usual and customary techniques of commercial aquaculture; except, that the appropriate state name or USA or United States of America may be inserted in lieu thereof to accommodate similar catfish products produced in freshwater lakes, rivers or streams of any other state in the United States of America; (3) "Imported Catfish" if the catfish is produced from freshwater, either according to the usual and customary techniques of aquaculture or from freshwater lakes, rivers or streams of a country other than the United States of America; or (4) "Ocean Catfish" if the catfish product is produced from marine or estuarine waters. (b) Any person selling river or lake catfish exclusively and directly to the consumer may have on his premises a sign reasonably visible to the consumer identifying such product as river or lake catfish rather than labeling each individual container or package of catfish product as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Any retailer selling catfish products not wrapped or in a container may comply with this section by placing a sign on the display case or refrigeration unit reasonably visible to the consumer, giving notice that such catfish is either "Farm-Raised Catfish," "River or Lake Catfish," "Imported Catfish" or "Ocean Catfish," as such products are defined in subsection (a) of this section. (d) Any advertising as to any catfish product shall state whether such catfish product is "Farm-Raised Catfish," "River or Lake Catfish," "Imported Catfish" or "Ocean Catfish," as defined in subsection (a) of this section. (e) This section shall not apply to catfish products exported out of the United States. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §4.)
AL Code § 2-11-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-34 - Information to Be Provided to Persons, Firms, etc., to Whom Catfish Products Distributed or Sold for Resale by Distributors, Processors, Etc.

Section 2-11-34Information to be provided to persons, firms, etc., to whom catfish products distributed or sold for resale by distributors, processors, etc. All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products distributing or selling catfish products shall provide information to each person, firm or corporation to whom they distribute or sell catfish products for resale as to whether such catfish product is "Farm-Raised Catfish," "River or Lake Catfish," "Imported Catfish" or "Ocean Catfish," as such terms are defined in subsection (a) of Section 2-11-33. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §5.)
AL Code § 2-11-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-35 - Promulgation, Amendment, etc., of Rules or Regulations by Commissioner.

Section 2-11-35Promulgation, amendment, etc., of rules or regulations by commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall be authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this article. (b) Before the issuance, amendment or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this article, the commissioner shall publish the proposed regulation, amendment or notice to repeal an existing regulation in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties 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 commissioner shall take appropriate action to issue the proposed rules or regulations or to amend or repeal an existing rule or regulation. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §6.)
AL Code § 2-11-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-36 - Publication by Commissioner of Information as to Sale, etc., of Catfish Products.

Section 2-11-36Publication by commissioner of information as to sale, etc., of catfish products. The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form as he may deem proper, information concerning the sale of catfish products, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable; provided, that the information concerning production and sales of catfish products shall not disclose the operation of any person. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §9.)
AL Code § 2-11-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-37 - Cooperation, etc., of Commissioner With State or Federal Agencies, Etc.

Section 2-11-37Cooperation, etc., of commissioner with state or federal agencies, etc. The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, agencies of the federal government and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §8.)
AL Code § 2-11-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-38 - Proceedings for Enforcement of Provisions of Chapter and Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Generally.

Section 2-11-38Proceedings for enforcement of provisions of chapter and rules or regulations promulgated thereunder generally. (a) It shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom any violation is reported to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay. Before the commissioner reports a violation for such prosecution, an opportunity shall be given the distributor or other affected person to present his view to the commissioner. (b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to apply for and the court to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Said injunction shall be issued without bond. (c) Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for prosecution or for the institution of libel or injunctive proceedings minor violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §7.)
AL Code § 2-11-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-39 - Suspension From Sale, Seizure and Condemnation of Catfish Sold in Violation of Provisions of Article.

Section 2-11-39Suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation of catfish sold in violation of provisions of article. Any catfish sold in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §7.)
AL Code § 2-11-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2 - Marketing of Catfish.|Section 2-11-40 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article for Which No Civil Penalty Provided.

Section 2-11-40Penalty for violations of provisions of article for which no civil penalty provided. Any person who violates any provision of this article for which no other civil penalty is provided by this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00; provided, that no person shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation any article in violation of this article if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refuses to furnish, on request of a representative of the commissioner, the name and address of the person from whom he received such article and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article to him. (Acts 1975, No. 1191, p. 2333, §7.)
AL Code § 2-11-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 2A|Section 2-11-45 - Weighing Procedures; Printed Ticket.

Section 2-11-45Weighing procedures; printed ticket. (a) When making a weight determination of farm-raised catfish, the processor shall weigh the catfish as they are unloaded from the live haul truck and shall drain any water from the weighing baskets before the catfish are weighed. No deductions shall be made thereafter for water in the weighing baskets. (b) The processor shall also use a weighing device that is of a type suitable for the weighing of farm-raised catfish and subject to the provisions of Article 1, commencing with Section 8-16-1, of Chapter 16 of Title 8. The weighing device shall electronically print a ticket which provides an exact duplicate of the weight indicated. A copy of this ticket shall be furnished to the owner of the catfish. The ticket shall also include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) The name and address of the processor. (2) The name of the owner of the catfish being weighed. (3) The date the catfish are weighed. (4) The signature of the individual who weighed the farm-raised catfish recorded on the weight ticket. (5) Any additional information the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries deems necessary for the lawful and accurate recording of the weight of farm-raised catfish. (c) The device should print zero (0) before each weighing. (d) Deductions for trash fish, turtles, and other foreign materials shall be determined by a separate electronic weighing of the trash fish, turtles, and other foreign materials with a printed ticket provided to the producer. (Act 2006-189, p. 267, §1.)
AL Code § 2-11-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-50 - Article Not Applicable to Saltwater Fish and Seafood.

Section 2-11-50Article not applicable to saltwater fish and seafood. This article shall not apply to saltwater fish and seafoods. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §2.)
AL Code § 2-11-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-51 - Commissioner Authorized to Make Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-11-51Commissioner authorized to make rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may prescribe rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of this article, including the fixing of fees which shall be reasonable and as nearly as may be to cover the cost of the service rendered. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §1.)
AL Code § 2-11-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-52 - Establishment and Alteration of Grades and Standards.

Section 2-11-52Establishment and alteration of grades and standards. The commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may establish and promulgate official grades and standards for farm products and fish produced and processed within the state for the purpose of sale and may from time to time amend or modify such grades and standards. Such official grades and standards may be promulgated so as to apply regardless of the stage of processing or of the form in which such farm products and fish are sold. Before establishing, amending or modifying any such grades or standards, the said commissioner shall hold public hearings in such places within the state as shall be most convenient to producers of the commodity under consideration. Notice of such hearings shall be advertised for three successive weeks prior thereto in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the county where the hearing is to be held and shall specify the date and place of each hearing and that it is to be held for the purpose of obtaining information with a view to establishing grades or standards for farm products and fish. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §2.)
AL Code § 2-11-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-53 - Adoption of Brands, Labels or Trademarks; Application for Use; Revocation or Suspension of Right to Use.

Section 2-11-53Adoption of brands, labels or trademarks; application for use; revocation or suspension of right to use. The commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may determine or design brands or labels for identifying farm products or fish packed and processed in accordance with the official grades and standards established as provided by law and may furnish information to packers and shippers as to where such labels may be obtained. A written application to the said commissioner requesting permission to use said brands or labels and a written acceptance thereto by the said commissioner or his duly authorized assistants shall be a condition precedent to the use of such brands or labels. The said commissioner, with the approval of said board, may revoke or suspend the right to use such brands or labels whenever it appears on investigation that they have been used to identify farm products or fish not in fact conforming to the grade indicated. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §3.)
AL Code § 2-11-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-54 - Publicity as to Establishment of Grades, Etc.

Section 2-11-54Publicity as to establishment of grades, etc. Upon the establishment of the grades or standards, brands or labels, the commissioner shall give due publicity through the newspapers of the state, setting forth the grade or grades so established and the date on which such establishment is to become effective, and shall distribute information explaining the same and their use. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §4.)
AL Code § 2-11-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-55 - Unauthorized Use of Brand or Label.

Section 2-11-55Unauthorized use of brand or label. After notice of the establishment of grades or standards and the determination of brands and labels, it shall be unlawful to use a brand or label to identify farm products and fish as being of a grade established before a permit is granted or after the revocation of the right to use such brand or label by the commissioner, with the approval of said board. Violations of this section shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine of not more than $50.00 and for subsequent offenses by a fine of not more than $200.00. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §5.)
AL Code § 2-11-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish.|Article 3 - Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish Generally.|Section 2-11-56 - Inspection of Farm Products and Fish; Certificate.

Section 2-11-56Inspection of farm products and fish; certificate. The commissioner or his duly authorized agents may inspect farm products and fish marked, branded or labeled in accordance with official grades or standards established and promulgated by the said commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, condition and approximate quality of the farm products and fish inspected and such other pertinent facts as the said commissioner, with the approval of the said board, may require. Such a certificate relative to the condition or quality of said farm products and fish shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the facts required to be stated therein. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §6.)