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NH Rev Stat § 435:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:20 - Registration.

    435:20 Registration. –||I. No person shall manufacture a commercial feed in this state unless he has filed with the department of agriculture, markets, and food, on forms provided by the department, his name and place of business and the location of each manufacturing facility in this state.||II. 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. Applications for registration, accompanied by a $75 per-product registration fee, shall be submitted in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. Upon approval by the commissioner, a registration shall be issued to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on December 31 of each year.||III. The commissioner may refuse to register any commercial feed not in compliance with the provisions of this subdivision and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this subdivision; provided that upon the refusal of registration, the $75 registration fee shall be returned to the applicant; and provided further that no registration shall be refused or cancelled unless the applicant or registrant has been given an opportunity to appear at a hearing before the commissioner and to amend his or her application in order to comply with the requirements of this subdivision.||IV. One-half of the fees collected under this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer into a separate, nonlapsing account to be known as the agricultural product and scale testing fund. The remainder of the fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund, provided that for each biennium, the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall include in the department's biennial request for appropriations pursuant to RSA 9:4 an amount sufficient to fund an adequate cost of care fund as provided in RSA 437-B:1.|||[Paragraph V repealed by 2021, 91:306, effective 2 years from certification that the animal records database is operational.]||||V. The commissioner shall transfer funds from the agricultural product and scale testing fund established under RSA 435:20, IV to the animal records database fund established in RSA 437:8-a to develop and make operational the animal records database. The commissioner shall certify to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services the date on which the animal records database is operational. For 2 years after such certification, if needed for database operation and maintenance, the commissioner may continue to transfer additional funds from the agricultural product and scale testing fund to the animal records database fund for this purpose.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1992, 289:48, 50. 1995, 130:4. 1999, 21:1, eff. July 1, 1999. 2005, 215:2, eff. July 1, 2005. 2020, 37:97, eff. July 1, 2020. 2021, 91:305, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:21 - Labeling.

    435:21 Labeling. –||A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows:||I. 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 rule 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 rule 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 rule as necessary for their safe and effective use.||(g) Such warning or caution statements as the commissioner by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.||II. 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, 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 commissioner may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use.||(f) Such warning or caution statements as the commissioner by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:22 - Misbranding.

    435:22 Misbranding. –||A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded:||I. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.||II. If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed.||III. If it is not labeled as required by RSA 435:21.||IV. 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 rule by the commissioner.||V. If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this subdivision 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.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:24 - Prohibited Acts.

    435:24 Prohibited Acts. –||The following acts and the causing thereof within the state are hereby prohibited:||I. The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded.||II. The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed.||III. The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of RSA 435:23, I, II, III or IV.||IV. The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under RSA 435:28.||V. The failure or refusal to register in accordance with RSA 435:20.||VI. The violation of RSA 435:29, VI.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:25 - Rulemaking.

    435:25 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner may adopt such rules for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this subdivision and such other reasonable rules as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this subdivision. In the interest of uniformity, the commissioner shall by rule adopt, unless he determines that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this subdivision and are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this state, the following:||I. 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||II. Any regulation promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. sec. 301 et seq.), provided that the commissioner would have the authority under this subdivision to adopt such regulations as rules.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:26 - Publication of Notice.

    435:26 Publication of Notice. –||Before the adoption of any rule authorized by this subdivision, the commissioner shall publish the proposed rule 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 commissioner shall take appropriate action to adopt the proposed rule. The provisions of this section notwithstanding, if the commissioner, pursuant to the authority of this subdivision, 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 and Human Services in the case of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be adopted automatically under this subdivision without regard to the publication of the notice required by this section unless the commissioner by order specifically determines that said amendment or modification shall not be adopted.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:28 - Detained Commercial Feeds.

    435:28 Detained Commercial Feeds. –||I. When the commissioner 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 subdivision or of any rule adopted under this subdivision, 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 commissioner or the court. The commissioner shall release the lot of commercial feed so withdrawn when said provisions and rules have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within 30 days, the commissioner may begin, or upon request of the distributor or registrant shall begin, proceedings for condemnation.||II. Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with said provisions and rules shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said commercial feed is located. In the event the court finds the commercial feed to be in violation of this subdivision and orders the condemnation of 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 subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:29 - Penalties.

    435:29 Penalties. –||I. Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, violates any provision of this subdivision or rule adopted under this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted or order issued under this subdivision shall, in addition, be liable for a civil forfeiture not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for each day of a continuing violation, which may be collected in a civil action or in connection with an action for injunctive relief brought by the attorney general.||III. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision, or any rule or order of the commissioner, shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1991, 44:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:30 - Cooperation With Other Entities.

    435:30 Cooperation With Other Entities. –||The commissioner 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 subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:31 - Publication of Information.

    435:31 Publication of Information. –||The commissioner shall publish at least annually, in such form 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 in the registration and on the label; provided that the information concerning production and use of commercial feed shall not disclose the operations of any person.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:31-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:31-a - Repealed by 2020, 37:101, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

    435:31-a Repealed by 2020, 37:101, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 435:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:32 - Definitions.

    435:32 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Garbage" means waste consisting in whole or in part of animal waste, including any waste animal carcasses or offal from such carcasses or parts thereof, but excluding waste from ordinary household operations which is fed directly to swine on the same premises where such household is located.||II. "Person" means the state, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity.||III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:33 - Permit.

    435:33 Permit. –||I. No person shall feed garbage to swine, without first securing a permit therefor from the commissioner or the state veterinarian. Such permits shall be renewed one year from the date issued.||II. This subdivision shall not apply to any person who feeds only his own household garbage to swine which are raised for such person's own use, or slaughtered under permit issued by the commissioner or his agent.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:34 - Application.

    435:34 Application. –||Any person desiring to obtain a permit to feed garbage to swine shall make written application therefor to the commissioner or the state veterinarian in accordance with the requirements of said commissioner or state veterinarian. At the time of filing such application the applicant shall pay to the state department of agriculture, markets, and food a permit fee in the sum of $10. All such fees shall be remitted to the state treasurer who shall place all moneys received to the credit of the state department of agriculture, markets, and food account for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:35 - Revocation.

    435:35 Revocation. –||Upon determination that any person having a permit issued under this subdivision, or who has applied for a permit under it, has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this subdivision, or any of the rules adopted under it, the commissioner or the state veterinarian may revoke such permit or refuse to issue a permit to any applicant.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:36 - Cooking or Other Treatment.

    435:36 Cooking or Other Treatment. –||All garbage, regardless of previous processing, shall, before being fed to swine, be thoroughly heated to at least 212 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 30 minutes, unless treated in some other manner which shall be approved in writing by the commissioner or the state veterinarian as being equally effective for the protection of public health.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:36-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:36-a - Quarantine Required.

    435:36-a Quarantine Required. –||Any person who violates RSA 435:36 by feeding raw garbage to swine, except as provided in RSA 435:33, II, shall be required to have such swine quarantined and tested, at his own expense, for brucellosis, pseudorabies, hog cholera and African swine fever.|||Source. 1989, 326:1, eff. June 2, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:37 - Inspection and Investigation; Maintenance of Records.

    435:37 Inspection and Investigation;  Maintenance of Records. –||I. Any authorized representative of the commissioner or the state veterinarian shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the treating of garbage to be fed to swine as required by this subdivision.||II. Any authorized representative of the commissioner or the state veterinarian may examine any records or memoranda pertaining to the feeding of garbage to swine. The commissioner or the state veterinarian may require maintenance of records relating to the operation of equipment for any procedure of treating garbage to be fed to swine. Copies of such records shall be submitted to the commissioner or the state veterinarian on request.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:38 - Cooperation With the Federal Government.

    435:38 Cooperation With the Federal Government. –||Insofar as available funds will permit, the commissioner or the state veterinarian is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry as set forth in RSA 436:6 and may pay such indemnities as may be agreed upon, but in no case shall the indemnities paid by the state of New Hampshire exceed that paid by the United States Government, and in no case shall indemnity be paid by the state of New Hampshire for swine fed garbage that has not been treated as provided for in RSA 435:36.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:39 - Enforcement; Rulemaking.

    435:39 Enforcement;  Rulemaking. –||The commissioner is hereby charged with administration and enforcement of the provisions of this subdivision, and is authorized to adopt and enforce all rules which he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:40 - Penalties.

    435:40 Penalties. –||I. Any person who violates any of the provisions of or who fails to perform any duty imposed by this subdivision, or who violates any rules adopted under it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, such person may be enjoined from continuing such offense. Each day upon which such offense occurs shall constitute a separate offense.||II. In addition, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or any rule adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $5,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 326:2, eff. June 2, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 435:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 435 - Animal Care, Breeding and Feed|Section 435:41 - Sheep and Goat Identification.

    435:41 Sheep and Goat Identification. –||I. Goats shall be officially identified upon change of ownership for all animals that are not in slaughter channels. To be considered as being in a slaughter channel, the goat shall be scheduled for a slaughter date which is not more than 2 weeks from the date of transfer of ownership.||II. Sheep less than 18 months of age shall be officially identified upon change of ownership for all animals that are not in slaughter channels. To be considered as being in a slaughter channel, the sheep shall be scheduled for a slaughter date which is not more than 2 weeks from the date of transfer of ownership.||III. Sheep 18 months of age or older shall be officially identified upon change of ownership for all animals regardless of whether or not they are being sold into slaughter channels. Official identification is required for all sheep over 18 months of age as evidenced by the eruption of the second incisor such that the animal may be traced to its flock of birth.||IV. The state veterinarian may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to clarify terms and to implement the requirements in this section, to add exemptions from specific provisions of this section, or to comply with requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.|||Source. 2006, 15:1, eff. May 22, 2006.|