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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-98 - Publication of Grain Standards.

Section 2-11-98
Publication of grain standards.
The commissioner shall cause all grades established under this article to be published in one or more newspapers or farm journals of general circulation throughout the state, with the dates when such grades so established shall become effective, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication. Official grades shall be kept on file in every official grading station for public inspection.
(Ag. Code 1927, §329; Code 1940, T. 2, §324.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-99 - Apparatus for Testing and Grading.

Section 2-11-99
Apparatus for testing and grading.
The commissioner shall provide proper sieves, cleaning devices and other apparatus necessary for separating dockage from grain, grain testers, strokers and such other tools as shall be approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Ag. Code 1927, §330; Code 1940, T. 2, §325.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-100 - Inspection.

Section 2-11-100
Inspection.
The commissioner and his duly authorized employees may enter and inspect any place where grain is stored, shipped, sold or offered for sale for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article. The commissioner and his duly authorized employees may, for the purpose of inspection and examination of grain, break the seals of cars; and, after such inspection has been made, the said officials shall securely close and reseal such doors as have been opened by them, using the special seal provided by the Department of Agriculture and Industries for the purpose. A record of all original seals broken by said officials and the date when broken and also a record of all state seals substituted therefor and the date and number of said seals shall be made by such officials. Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, impedes or interferes with said commissioner or his employees in the execution of any duty authorized to be performed by him under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ag. Code 1927, §332; Code 1940, T. 2, §326.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-101 - Disposition of Funds and Fees.

Section 2-11-101
Disposition of funds and fees.
Any funds or fees collected under this article shall accrue to the Agricultural Fund and shall be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a proper enforcement of the provisions of this article.
(Ag. Code 1927, §333; Code 1940, T. 2, §327.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-102 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc.

Section 2-11-102
Applicability 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 article.
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 5 - Grading and Standards of Grain. › Section 2-11-103 - Violations of Article.

Section 2-11-103
Violations of article.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ag. Code 1927, §331; Code 1940, T. 2, §328.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 6 - Labeling and Marketing of Honey Products. › Section 2-11-120 - Definitions.

Section 2-11-120
Definitions.
The terms "honey," "liquid or extracted honey," "strained honey" or "pure honey" as used in this article, shall mean the nectar of plants that has been transformed by, and is the natural product of the honeybee, either in the honeycomb or taken from the honeycomb and marketed in a liquid, crystalized or granulated condition.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-373, p. 549, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 6 - Labeling and Marketing of Honey Products. › Section 2-11-121 - Labeling Requirements - Generally.

Section 2-11-121
Labeling requirements - Generally.
(a) No person shall sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale, any article or product in imitation or semblance of honey branded as "honey," "liquid or extracted honey," "strained honey" or "pure honey" which is not pure honey, nor may the label of any such article or product in imitation or semblance of honey, depict thereon a picture or drawing of a bee, beehive or honeycomb.
(b) No person, firm, association, company or corporation shall manufacture, sell, expose or offer for sale, any compound or mixture branded or labeled as honey which shall be made up of honey mixed with any other substance or ingredient.
(c) Whenever honey is mixed with any other substance or ingredient and the commodity is to be marketed, there shall be printed on the package containing such compound or mixture a statement giving the ingredients of which it is made; if honey is one of such ingredients it shall be so stated in the same size type as are the other ingredients, but it shall not be sold, exposed for sale, or offered for sale as honey; nor shall such compound or mixture be branded or labeled with the word "honey" in any form other than as herein provided; nor shall any product in semblance of honey, whether a mixture or not, be sold, exposed or offered for sale as honey, or branded or labeled with the word "honey," unless such article is pure honey.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-373, p. 549, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 6 - Labeling and Marketing of Honey Products. › Section 2-11-122 - Labeling Requirements - Use of "Imitation" and "honey."

Section 2-11-122
Labeling requirements - Use of "imitation" and "honey."
The word "imitation" shall not be used in the name of a product which is in semblance of honey whether or not it contains any honey. The label for a product which is not in semblance of honey and which contains honey may include the word "honey" in the name of the product and the relative position of the word "honey" in the product name, and in the list of ingredients, when required, shall be determined by its prominence as an ingredient in the product.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-373, p. 549, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 11 - Marketing, Grading and Standards of Farm Products and Fish. › Article 6 - Labeling and Marketing of Honey Products. › Section 2-11-123 - Penalty.

Section 2-11-123
Penalty.
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor as defined in Title 13A.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-373, p. 549, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-12-1
Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) DEALER. Any person who sells or offers eggs for sale in this state.
(2) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association.
(3) EGGS. The eggs of a domesticated chicken hen, which eggs are in the shell.
(4) ALABAMA EGGS. Eggs which are produced in the State of Alabama.
(5) GRADE. The quality of eggs to be determined by candling pursuant to standards or classifications for quality which are adopted and promulgated under Section 2-12-3.
(6) WEIGHT CLASS. The size of eggs to be determined by weighing pursuant to standards or classifications for size which are adopted and promulgated under Section 2-12-3.
(7) WHOLESALE. Such term shall include the sale of eggs by a dealer to a retailer or to another wholesaler.
(8) RETAIL. The sale of eggs to the user or consumer.
(9) PRODUCER. A person who sells eggs of his own hens' production only.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §1; Acts 1975, No. 342, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-3 - Grades, Standards and Weight Classes.

Section 2-12-3
Grades, standards and weight classes.
To provide for uniformity in the marketing of eggs, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall adopt and promulgate, from time to time, reasonable classifications or standards for grades of quality and weight classifications or standards for the size of eggs to be sold or offered for sale in this state, and such grades and weight classes shall, so far as practicable, be consistent with the standards and classifications for grades and weight classes of the United States Department of Agriculture and the tolerances allowed thereunder as such standards, grades and weight classes are now established or may hereafter be amended. Eggs unfit for human consumption may also be defined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-5 - Sales Between Wholesale Dealers.

Section 2-12-5
Sales between wholesale dealers.
A wholesale dealer who is a holder of a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter may sell or consign eggs to another wholesale dealer who holds such a permit without complying with the labeling requirements of this chapter. Such sales must be accompanied by a proper bill of sale or invoice, and the wholesale dealer to whom such eggs are sold or consigned shall, prior to selling or offering them for sale, comply with all of the requirements of this chapter.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §7; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-6 - Exemptions.

Section 2-12-6
Exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Producers who sell eggs of their own hens' production and who do not sell eggs received or purchased from other sources, unless such a producer elects to come under this chapter by applying for and securing a permit as provided in Section 2-12-4;
(2) Eggs to be used exclusively for hatching purposes; and
(3) Bona fide shipments of eggs in interstate commerce.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §8; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §4; Acts 1975, No. 342, p. 876, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-7 - Furnishing Duplicate Copies of Invoices to Department of Agriculture and Industries.

Section 2-12-7
Furnishing duplicate copies of invoices to Department of Agriculture and Industries.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, under rules and regulations adopted for this purpose, shall be authorized to require any dealer granted a permit under this article to furnish to the Department of Agriculture and Industries duplicate copies of invoices or equivalent information showing the consignor, consignee, quantity, source, standard or grades of quality and weight classes of eggs included in any purchase thereof. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the filing of the copy of an invoice of sale to a consumer.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-8 - Administration and Enforcement of Chapter; Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-12-8
Administration and enforcement of chapter; rules and regulations.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter, and, in order to execute the provisions thereof, he is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-9 - Suspension From Sale and Seizure; Cost of Inspection and Grading After Suspension.

Section 2-12-9
Suspension from sale and seizure; cost of inspection and grading after suspension.
(a) Suspension from sale and seizure. Any eggs sold or offered for sale within this state or any eggs which are being transported for sale within this state which are in violation of any of the provisions or requirements of this chapter shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title, which article is applicable to the provisions of this chapter. Any person who moves, transports, sells or in any other manner disposes of any eggs after such eggs have been ordered suspended from sale without written authority from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his duly authorized agents or employees shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Cost of inspection and grading when suspended from sale. Eggs which have been suspended or ordered withheld from sale as authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall not be released for sale, transportation or removal until all costs of the inspection, grading and releasing of such eggs by the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Industries by the person on whose premises such eggs are suspended from sale or by the person who packed, graded and labeled for sale the eggs in cases, cartons, packages or other containers. The amount to be charged and collected for inspecting, grading and releasing eggs, as authorized in this section, together with the responsibility for payment thereof, shall be fixed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to rules and regulations providing for inspecting, grading and releasing eggs which have been ordered suspended or withheld from sale.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §11; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-10 - Inspections of Buildings, Vehicles, Records, etc.; Penalty for Failure to Pay Inspection Fee or Affix Labels.

Section 2-12-10
Inspections of buildings, vehicles, records, etc.; penalty for failure to pay inspection fee or affix labels.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, authorized inspectors, employees and agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have power and authority during business hours to enter any store, market or other building or place where eggs are sold or offered for sale or kept for sale or where such eggs are packaged, graded and labeled in this state or to stop and inspect any truck or other vehicle transporting eggs to be sold or offered for sale in this state and to make such examination or inspection as may be necessary to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule and regulation adopted under this chapter relating to the sale of eggs are being violated. Inspectors, employees and authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall also have power and authority to inspect, examine and review books, records, invoices and other records of purchase and sales of eggs by any person or dealer to determine whether such purchases and sales of eggs comply with the requirements of this chapter. Whenever it is found that any person or dealer has failed to pay the inspection fee or charge levied for the sale or offering for sale of eggs as required under Section 2-9-40 or where it is found that the proper inspection fee labels have not been affixed to containers in which eggs are sold or offered for sale, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to add a delinquent penalty fee of 15 percent to the amount determined to be due.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §12; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-11 - Offenses; Disposition of Fines.

Section 2-12-11
Offenses; disposition of fines.
Any person who shall perform any of the acts which are declared unlawful by the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this article relating to the sale or offering for sale of eggs or who shall hinder or obstruct any authorized agent of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries by refusing to allow entrance at any reasonable time into any place of business for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, including the review of books and records of egg sales, or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as now prescribed by law for such offenses. All amounts collected under this chapter as fines shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Egg Inspection Fund existing under the provisions of Section 2-9-40.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §13; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 194, p. 2167, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 12 - Eggs. › Section 2-12-12 - Injunction.

Section 2-12-12
Injunction.
In addition to the penalty provided in this article the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may apply by petition to a circuit court, and such court or the judge thereof shall have jurisdiction for cause shown, to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or from failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this article or any rules or regulations duly promulgated under the provisions of this article. Such a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond.
(Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 152, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-13-1
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(1) MILK. The fresh, clean lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept, excluding that obtained within 10 days before and five days after calving, and which contains not less than eight and five-tenths percent of solids not fat and not less than three and one-fourth percent of milk fat and not less than 11.75 percent of total solids.
(2) CREAM. That portion of milk rich in milk fats, which rises to the surface of milk standing or is separated from it by centrifugal force, is fresh and clean and contains not less than 18 percent of milk (butter) fat.
(3) BUTTER. The clean, non rancid product made by gathering in any manner the fat of fresh or ripened milk or cream into a mass, which contains a small portion of other milk constituents, with or without salt or added coloring matter, and contains not less than 80 percent of milk fat nor more than 16 percent of moisture content.
(Ag. Code 1927, §49; Code 1940, T. 2, §187.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-2 - Purpose of Article; Power of Board.

Section 2-13-2
Purpose of article; power of board.
The purpose of the provisions of this article is to promote the dairying interest of the state, to secure to the public wholesome, clean and nutritious milk, cream, butter and by-products of the same and to prevent frauds upon the public in connection therewith. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the authority and power and it shall be its duty upon the recommendation of the commissioner to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to accomplish the declared purpose of this article and to secure the enforcement of the provisions of this article; provided, that such rules and regulations shall not invade the domain of the public health laws or ordinances nor restrict the powers of the State Board of Health nor the local boards of health.
(Ag. Code 1927, §48; Code 1940, T. 2, §186.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-4 - Adding or Blending Fat or Oil With Milk or Cream.

Section 2-13-4
Adding or blending fat or oil with milk or cream.
No person himself or by his servant or agent shall, for the purpose of sale or exchange, add any fat or oil other than milk fat to or blend or compound the same with any milk, cream or skimmed milk, whether or not condensed, evaporated, concentrated, powdered, dried or desiccated, nor shall any person himself or by his servant or agent sell any milk, cream or skimmed milk in any of the aforesaid forms to which has been added or with which has been blended or compounded any fat or oil other than milk fat.
(Ag. Code 1927, §51; Code 1940, T. 2, §189.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-5 - Sanitation of Premises and Utensils.

Section 2-13-5
Sanitation of premises and utensils.
All premises and utensils used in the handling of milk or cream and the by-products of the same and all premises and utensils used in the preparation, manufacture or sale of any food product for man from milk or cream or the by-products of the same which shall be kept in an unclean, filthy or noxious condition are hereby declared to be unsanitary.
(Ag. Code 1927, §52; Code 1940, T. 2, §190.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-6 - Utensils to Be Cleaned by Purchaser.

Section 2-13-6
Utensils to be cleaned by purchaser.
Any person within the state who receives in cans, bottles or other vessels any milk or cream, ice cream or other dairy products intended for human food, when such vessels are to be returned, shall cause the said cans, bottles or other vessels to be thoroughly washed and cleaned before returning.
(Ag. Code 1927, §53; Code 1940, T. 2, §191.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-7 - Milk From Diseased Cows; Unsanitary Premises or Utensils.

Section 2-13-7
Milk from diseased cows; unsanitary premises or utensils.
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of handling or selling milk or cream or any by-product of the same or in the preparation, manufacture, or sale of any food products for man from milk or cream or any by-product of the same to maintain his premises or utensils in an unsanitary condition or to knowingly sell milk or cream drawn from sick or diseased cows or cows kept in an unsanitary place or cows fed on unwholesome feeds or slops.
(Ag. Code 1927, §54; Code 1940, T. 2, §192.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-8 - Businesses for Which Permit From Commissioner Required; Duration; Application; Filing Fee.

Section 2-13-8
Businesses for which permit from commissioner required; duration; application; filing fee.
Every cream station, receiving station, shipping station, creamery, cheese factory, ice cream factory or condensory or any person buying or paying for milk or cream on the basis of the butterfat contained therein shall be required to secure from the commissioner a permit to engage in such business. Such permit, unless sooner revoked, shall be valid until the next succeeding January 1. Application for such permit shall be made to the commissioner upon forms prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $1.00. It shall be the duty of the applicant to give all information required on said application blank.
(Ag. Code 1927, §55; Code 1940, T. 2, §193.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-9 - License for Operation of Testing Apparatus.

Section 2-13-9
License for operation of testing apparatus.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a milk or cream testing apparatus to determine the percentage of milk fat in milk or cream for the purpose of purchasing the same, either for himself or another, without first securing a license from the commissioner, who shall issue such license upon a form prepared by him, upon payment of a fee of $1.00, which license shall be valid, unless sooner revoked, until the next succeeding January 1. The applicant for such license shall pass a satisfactory personal examination that shall satisfy said commissioner that he is competent and qualified to operate and use such apparatus and make an accurate test with the same. The license may be revoked by the commissioner when it shall be shown that such licensed person is incompetent or unreliable. Any person making application for a tester's license may be issued a permit by the commissioner to do testing until such time as a personal examination can be given by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent. The testing of each lot of milk or cream by any unlicensed person shall constitute a separate offense under this article. Any licensed person may, for a valid reason satisfactory to said commissioner, appoint a substitute for a period not to exceed 15 days, subject to the approval of said commissioner.
(Ag. Code 1927, §56; Code 1940, T. 2, §194.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-10 - Use of Standard Test Required.

Section 2-13-10
Use of standard test required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either for himself or another, to falsely manipulate or underread or overread or take inaccurate samples or make any false determinations by Babcock test or any other contrivance used to determine the quantity of fat in milk or cream or the value of milk or cream delivered to a creamery, cheese factory, condensory, ice cream plant, milk plant or milk depot or when sold or purchased. The test shall be clear oil, free from sediment, solids or other foreign substance, and must be read at a temperature of 125 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Test cream shall be weighed. The scales must be sensitive and accurate. The tester and owner or owners are jointly responsible for their accuracy. All licensed receiving stations, conducted for the purchase of butterfat either in the form of cream or milk shall retain in a cool, clean, sanitary place and in tightly stopped bottles or tightly covered jars the exact, properly labeled samples of cream or milk from which the butterfat test has been conducted, until 4:00 P.M. of the day following the application of the test where daily testing is practiced, and until 4:00 P.M. of the second day following the application of the test where composite testing of individual deliveries is practiced.
(Ag. Code 1927, §57; Code 1940, T. 2, §195.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-11 - Ice Cream Defined and Standardized.

Section 2-13-11
Ice cream defined and standardized.
For the purpose of this article, ice cream is hereby defined and standardized as follows: Ice cream is the frozen compound, varied as to kind and proportion of ingredients, within the limit established by custom and usage. Ice cream consists chiefly of a sweetened and flavored mixture of cream or milk and cream or milk with or without added milk fat in the form of sound, sweet butter or as contained in condensed, evaporated or concentrated milk or in milk powder and with or without added milk solids not fat and in the form of skimmed milk powder or as contained in milk powder or in condensed, evaporated or concentrated skimmed milk or of sweetened and flavored homogenized or emulsified mixture of sound, sweet butter, milk powder or skimmed milk powder and water, with the addition of gelatin, vegetable gums or other wholesome stabilizer. Standard ice cream contains not less than 10 percent butterfat, and the total content of solids shall be not less than 33 percent; except, that when the ingredients of standard ice cream include eggs, fruit or fruit juices, cake confection, cocoa or chocolate or nuts, such reduction of the percentage of butterfat as may be due to the addition of such ingredients shall be allowed, provided such milk fat content is not less than eight percent.
(Ag. Code 1927, §58; Code 1940, T. 2, §196.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-12 - Adulterated Ice Cream.

Section 2-13-12
Adulterated ice cream.
For the purpose of this article, ice cream shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(1) If in quality or grade it is lower than the professed standard of quality or grade under which it is sold or offered for sale;
(2) If it contains any poisonous or other deleterious ingredients which may render such ice cream injurious to health;
(3) If it contains any rancid or renovated or processed butter or any fat or oil other than milk fat and the fat or oil of contained eggs and nuts and the fat or oils of substances used for flavoring;
(4) If it contains in whole or in part any filthy or decomposed substances which may render such ice cream injurious to health; or
(5) If it contains less weight per unit volume than the standards promulgated from time to time by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §59; Code 1940, T. 2, §197.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-13 - Misbranded Ice Cream.

Section 2-13-13
Misbranded ice cream.
For the purpose of this article, ice cream shall be deemed to be misbranded:
(1) If the label, brand, tag or notice under which it is sold is false or misleading in any particular as to the kind, grade or quality or composition of such ice cream;
(2) If it is sold as the product of one manufacturer when in reality it is the product of another manufacturer; or
(3) If on the label, brand, tag or notice under which it is sold there is any false statement concerning the sanitary conditions under which it is manufactured.
(Ag. Code 1927, §60; Code 1940, T. 2, §198.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-14 - Requirements Relative to Milk and Cream Tests.

Section 2-13-14
Requirements relative to milk and cream tests.
Any person, firm, company, association, corporation or agent thereof engaged in the business of buying milk or cream on the basis of or in any manner with reference to the amount or percentage of butterfat contained therein, as determined by the Babcock test, shall use standard Babcock bottles, pipettes and weights as defined in specifications for "Standard Babcock Testing Glassware and Weights," which shall be passed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. All such Babcock test bottles, pipettes and weights so used shall be subject to inspection and proper approval or condemnation in the same manner as is authorized in the inspection of other weighing or measuring devices. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, company, association, corporation or any agent or agents thereof to use any other than standard test bottles, pipettes and weights to determine the amount of fat in milk or cream bought on the butterfat basis as determined by the Babcock test. All bottles and pipettes used in measuring milk or milk products for making determinations of the percentage of fat in said milk or milk products shall have clearly blown or otherwise permanently marked in the side of the bottle or pipette the word, "sealed," and in the side of the pipette or the side or the bottom of the bottle the name, initials or trademark of the manufacturer and his designating number, which designating number shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries upon application by the manufacturer and upon the filing by the manufacturer of a bond in the sum of $1,000.00 with the sureties, to be approved by said commissioner, conditioned upon conformance with the requirements of this section. A record of the bonds furnished, the designating number and to whom furnished shall be kept in the office of the commissioner. Any manufacturer who sells Babcock or other milk, cream or butter test bottles or pipettes to be used in this state that do not comply with the provisions of this section shall suffer a penalty of $500.00, to be recovered by the Attorney General in a civil action in the name of the state upon the bond of such manufacturer. No person shall use, for the purpose of determining the percentage of milk fat in milk or milk products, any bottles or pipettes unless they comply with the provisions of this section relating thereto.
(Ag. Code 1927, §62; Code 1940, T. 2, §199.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-15 - Annual Reports of Creameries, Milk Plants, Etc.

Section 2-13-15
Annual reports of creameries, milk plants, etc.
Creameries, ice cream plants, milk plants and cream and milk stations, when buying cream or milk, shall report annually, on or before March 1 of each year, the amount of milk or cream or both purchased during the preceding calendar year, with the amount of fat in the milk or cream or both, and the total price paid for the same, on blanks furnished by the commissioner.
(Ag. Code 1927, §63; Code 1940, T. 2, §200.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-16 - Imitation Butter and Imitation Cheese Defined.

Section 2-13-16
Imitation butter and imitation cheese defined.
Every article, substitute or compound, except that produced from pure milk or cream from milk cows, made in the semblance of or designed to be used for and in the place of butter, is imitation butter. Every article, substitute or compound, except that produced from pure milk or cream from milk of cows, made in the semblance of or designed to be used for and in the place of cheese, is imitation cheese. No person shall manufacture, sell, solicit or take orders to deliver, ship, consign or forward by any common carrier, public or private, and no common carrier shall knowingly receive or transport any such imitation butter or cheese except in the manner and subject to the provisions of this article and in compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §65; Code 1940, T. 2, §201.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-17 - Substitutes for Butter and Cheese - Required Stamping or Marking on Containers.

Section 2-13-17
Substitutes for butter and cheese - Required stamping or marking on containers.
A substitute for butter and cheese not having a yellow color nor colored in imitation of butter and cheese may be manufactured, sold, shipped, possessed, consigned or forwarded by common carriers, public or private, if each tub, firkin, box or other package in which the same is kept, sold, shipped, consigned or forwarded shall have branded, stamped or marked on the side or top thereof in the English language in a durable manner the words "substitute for butter" or "substitute for cheese," as the case may be, the letters of the words to be black Gothic and not less than one inch in height by one inch in width. The defacing, erasing, cancelling or removing of this brand or mark with intent to mislead, deceive or violate any section of this article is prohibited.
(Ag. Code 1927, §66; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940, T. 2, §202.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-18 - Substitutes for Butter and Cheese - Statement Required to Accompany Sale; Transportation Through State.

Section 2-13-18
Substitutes for butter and cheese - Statement required to accompany sale; transportation through state.
No substitute for butter or cheese shall be offered for sale in the manufacturer's original package under the name of or for true butter or cheese made from the milk or cream of cows, nor shall any substitute for butter or cheese be offered for sale or sold unless the purchaser at the time was informed thereof and, in addition, furnished with a printed statement in the English language in prominent type that the substance sold is such substitute and giving the name and place of business of the maker. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be so construed as to prohibit the transportation of imitation butter or cheese through and across the state.
(Ag. Code 1927, §68; Code 1940, T. 2, §204.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-19 - Substitutes for Butter and Cheese - Possession of Substitutes; Use of Certain Words or Representations in Sale or Advertisement.

Section 2-13-19
Substitutes for butter and cheese - Possession of substitutes; use of certain words or representations in sale or advertisement.
No person shall have in his possession or under his control any substance designed as a substitute for butter or cheese unless the tub, firkin, box or package holding the same is branded or marked in black Gothic letters one inch high by one inch in width. No person shall use in any way, in connection or association with the sale or exposure for sale or advertisement of any substance designed to be used as a substitute for butter, the word "butter," "creamery," "dairy" or the name or representation of any breed of dairy cattle or any combination of such word or words and representations or any other words or symbols or combination thereof commonly used in the sale of butter.
(Ag. Code 1927, §69; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940, T. 2, §205.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-20 - Substitutes for Butter and Cheese - Sale of Substitutes Tending to Deceive Public.

Section 2-13-20
Substitutes for butter and cheese - Sale of substitutes tending to deceive public.
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, barter, exchange or give away any substitute for butter which is molded in such form or shape or manner or which because of any brand, name, mark or advertisement has a reasonable tendency to cause the public to think or believe said substitute to be butter.
(Ag. Code 1927, §70; Code 1940, T. 2, §206.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-21 - Renovated Butter.

Section 2-13-21
Renovated butter.
No person shall sell in this state any butter that is produced by taking original packing stock butter or other butter or both and melting the same so that the butterfat can be drawn off or extracted, then mixing the said butterfat with skimmed milk or milk or cream or other milk product and rechurning or reworking the said mixture or that produced by any process that is commonly known as boiled, process or renovated butter, unless the words "renovated butter" shall be plainly branded with Gothic or boldface letters at least three fourths of an inch in height on the top and sides of each tub, box, pail or other kind of case or package or on the wrapper of prints or rolls in which it is put up. If such butter is exposed for sale uncovered or not in a case or package, a placard containing the labels so printed shall be attached to the mass of butter in such manner as to easily be seen and read by the purchaser. The branding or marking of all packages shall be in the English language and in a conspicuous place so as to be easily seen and read by the purchaser.
(Ag. Code 1927, §71; Code 1940, T. 2, §207.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-13-22 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc.

Section 2-13-22
Applicability 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 article.
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-80 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-13-80
Purpose of article.
The purpose of this article is to more effectively utilize the existing agencies or departments of the State of Alabama in regulating production, processing and distribution of milk and milk products to the end that the inhabitants of this state will be supplied with a wholesome and healthful supply of milk, cream, milk products and by-products thereof. It is, therefore, declared to be in the public interest that milk and milk products be produced, processed, distributed and otherwise handled under requirements as provided for in this article and as otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-81 - Cooperation Among State Agencies.

Section 2-13-81
Cooperation among state agencies.
There shall be the fullest cooperation, including the making available of information, between the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, the State Board of Health and the Alabama Dairy Commission in the making of surveys, investigations and inquiries for the purpose of determining whether or in what manner the production, processing and distribution of milk, cream and milk products may affect the public health. Whenever the findings in the report of any survey, investigation or inquiry made by the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, the State Board of Health or the Alabama Dairy Commission show any hazard to public health existing incident to the production, processing or distribution of milk, cream or milk products, the State Board of Health shall take such action as may be necessary to remove such hazard. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may also take such action as may be necessary to remove such hazard under authority provided in Sections 2-13-84 and 2-13-92. Nothing contained in this article shall limit the authority of the State Board of Health to take immediate action when it appears necessary in the interest of public health. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to limit or affect the authority and jurisdiction conferred on the Alabama Dairy Commission under any provisions of Article 2 of this chapter and any amendments thereto.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-84 - Milk Transported Into Alabama.

Section 2-13-84
Milk transported into Alabama.
No milk shall be shipped or transported into the State of Alabama from another state unless such milk is produced and handled under sanitary conditions no less adequate in protection of public health than milk produced in the State of Alabama. Shipping or transporting such milk into the State of Alabama must be authorized by permits as provided in Section 2-13-83 and must be authorized by a permit by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-13-83. Said commissioner is hereby authorized to issue or revoke such permits as have been issued by the commissioner under rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this article providing for a method of ascertaining the conditions under which such milk shipped into the State of Alabama was produced and handled. Any milk shipped into the State of Alabama in violation of the provisions of this section or rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall be suspended from sale, seized and condemned in accordance with the procedure set forth under Article 2, Chapter 2 of this title.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-86 - Permits Issued by Commissioner on Semiannual Basis; Suspension or Revocation.

Section 2-13-86
Permits issued by commissioner on semiannual basis; suspension or revocation.
Permits issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to this article shall be issued on a semiannual basis and may be suspended or revoked by the commissioner for any good and sufficient cause after written notice of the cause has been given to the permit holder.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-87 - Issuance and Revocation of Permit.

Section 2-13-87
Issuance and revocation of permit.
The commissioner shall issue to each person, firm or corporation who holds a permit issued under the authority of Section 2-13-82 or Section 2-13-83 a permit for a semiannual period, as authorized by this article upon the application of such person, firm or corporation. The commissioner shall have no authority to revoke a permit so issued to any such person, firm or corporation until an inspection of the premises has been made by the commissioner or by an employee of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. Revocation must be in writing, and no permit shall be revoked except for violations of rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of this article. Any revocation of a permit shall not become effective until three days after the order of revocation has been delivered to the permit holder. Delivery of the notice may be made by registered or certified mail.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §7A.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-89 - Seizure of Milk in Transit.

Section 2-13-89
Seizure of milk in transit.
No milk in transit can be stopped, seized or condemned by the commissioner unless said milk has been produced, processed or delivered by a person, firm or corporation who does not hold a permit under the provisions of this article or whose permit has been previously revoked for cause.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §7A.)