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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.526 - Inspection Fee per Ton; Payment; Filing Statement of Tonnage and Fees; Failure to Comply With Section; Disclosure of Information.

287.526 Inspection fee per ton; payment; filing statement of tonnage and fees; failure to comply with section; disclosure of information.
Sec. 6.
(1) An inspection fee of $0.30 per ton must be paid on commercial feed distributed in this state by the person whose name appears on the label as the manufacturer, guarantor, or distributor, except that a person other than the manufacturer, guarantor, or distributor may assume responsibility for the inspection fee, subject to the following:
(a) If more than 1 person is involved in the distribution of commercial feed, the last person that is required to be licensed and that distributes to a nonlicensee is responsible for reporting the tonnage distributed and paying the inspection fee.
(b) A fee will not be paid on customer-formula feed if the inspection fee is paid on the commercial feeds that are used as ingredients within the customer-formula feed.
(c) The minimum inspection fee is $50.00 per July 1 to June 30 annual period.
(d) The inspection fee is $0.15 per ton on feed ingredients that are by-products of manufacturing processes and have a moisture content equal to or greater than 60%.
(2) Each person liable for paying the inspection fee under subsection (1) shall do both of the following:
(a) File annually, by the last day of July, a statement, stating the number of tons of commercial feed distributed in this state during the preceding July 1 to June 30 period. The inspection fee and tonnage must be reported on forms furnished or approved by the director. Payments due of less than $5.00 are waived, and refunds of less than $5.00 will not be processed unless requested in writing. For any report not filed with the department by the due date, a penalty of $50.00 or 10% of the amount due, whichever is greater, will be assessed. The assessment of this penalty fee does not prevent the department from taking other actions as provided in this act.
(b) Maintain records for 2 years to accurately indicate the commercial feed tonnage distributed in this state. The director may examine the records to verify statements of tonnage.
(3) Failure to make an accurate statement of tonnage, pay the inspection fee, or comply with this section constitutes sufficient cause for suspending a distributor license.
(4) Unless disclosure is required for the enforcement of this act, the information furnished under this section is private or nonpublic, is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be disclosed by an employee of the department in any manner that divulges the business operations of a licensee required by this section to make a report.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1980 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.529 - Commercial Feed Considered to Be Misbranded.

287.529 Commercial feed considered to be misbranded.
Sec. 9.
A commercial feed is considered to be misbranded and in violation of this act if any of the following occur:
(a) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
(b) It is distributed under the name of another commercial feed.
(c) It is not labeled as required under section 5.
(d) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless the commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition prescribed by rule by the director.
(e) A word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this act to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed on the commercial feed with the 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.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.530 - Recall of Adulterated or Misbranded Commercial Feed; Notification.

287.530 Recall of adulterated or misbranded commercial feed; notification.
Sec. 10.
A manufacturer that voluntarily recalls a commercial feed that has been introduced into channels of trade beyond its control, and that supports the conclusion that the feed processed by the manufacturer is adulterated or misbranded in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk to animals or to the public health, shall immediately notify the director of the recall and the reasons for the recall. The notification may be oral if it is followed by a written notice to the director. Information or a statement exclusively derived from notification required under this section, except for information contained in records required to be maintained under this act, shall not be used as evidence in a proceeding brought against the person pursuant to this act with respect to a violation of law occurring prior to or concurrently with the notification. The notification required by this section shall contain a clear description of the adulterated or misbranded feed, an evaluation of the risk related to the feed, and a statement of the measures to be taken to protect animals or the public from the risk.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.531 - Rules.

287.531 Rules.
Sec. 11.
The director may promulgate rules necessary to implement this act.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Admin Rule:
R 285.505.1 and R 285.635.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.532 - Implementation of Act; Agreements; Reports.

287.532 Implementation of act; agreements; reports.
Sec. 12.
(1) The director may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government, and private associations to implement this act.
(2) The director may publish a report of gross tonnage of feed sold or distributed in this state annually or more often as may be desirable.
(3) The director may annually publish a report of official sample analyses results of commercial feed sold within this state as compared with the analyses guaranteed on each respective product label.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.533 - Manufacture or Distribution of Commercial Feed; Requirements.

287.533 Manufacture or distribution of commercial feed; requirements.
Sec. 13.
A person manufacturing or distributing commercial feed shall comply with all of the following:
(a) The requirements in 21 CFR 558.6 for a veterinary feed directive drug as defined in 21 CFR 558.3.
(b) The requirements in 21 CFR 589.1 to 589.2001 for prohibited mammalian protein.
(c) The following requirements of manufacturing or distributing commercial feeds containing drugs:
(i) The regulation prescribing good manufacturing practices for type B and type C medicated feeds in 21 CFR 225.1 to 225.202.
(ii) The regulations prescribing good manufacturing practices for type A medicated articles in 21 CFR 226.1 to 226.115.
(d) The requirements in 21 CFR part 507 for good manufacturing practices and preventive controls for animal food.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.534 - Prohibited Acts.

287.534 Prohibited acts.
Sec. 14.
A person shall not do or shall not cause any of the following:
(a) Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded.
(b) Adulterate or misbrand any commercial feed.
(c) Distribute agricultural commodities such as whole grain, whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, and husks, that are adulterated within the meaning of section 8. Upon prior approval by the director, commodities described in this subdivision may be distributed if reworked to acceptable levels for safe use to be fed to animals.
(d) Remove or dispose of, without authorization from the director, commercial feed subject to a seizure order.
(e) Fail or refuse to obtain a license required under section 4.
(f) Fail to make records available, furnish reports, permit the examination of records, or pay an inspection fee as required under section 6.
(g) Refuse, or cause another person to refuse, to permit entry, inspection, sampling, or examination and copying of production and distribution records and production and control procedures authorized under section 7.
(h) Provide false information in a matter pertaining to this act or resist, impede, or hinder the director or authorized representatives in the discharge of their duties.
(i) Violate section 16(8).
(j) Violate a rule promulgated under section 11.
(k) Reuse bags, totes, or other containers for animal feed, including customer-formula feeds, unless the container has always been used and restricted to use within a commercial licensed facility, or is in, on, or upon a portable device and can be filled without entering the manufacturing facility. Containers that have been used to directly feed livestock, such as tubs, troughs, licks, or other containers, must not be refilled with feed.
History:
1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.537 - Feed Control Fund.

287.537 Feed control fund.
Sec. 17.
(1) The feed control fund is created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer shall receive for deposit in the fund all fees, administrative or civil fines, and payments for the costs of investigations incurred by the director collected under this act. In addition, the state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The director shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) The administration and enforcement of this act.
(b) Training programs and outreach and educational materials to ensure the proper use and handling of animal feed.
History:
Add. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 120 of 1975 - Feed Law (287.521 - 287.539) › Section 287.539 - Access to Markets for Commercial Feed and Commercial Feed Ingredients; Application; Certificate of Free Sale; Fees; "Certificate of Free Sale" Defined.

287.539 Access to markets for commercial feed and commercial feed ingredients; application; certificate of free sale; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
Sec. 19.
(1) To facilitate continued access to markets for commercial feed and commercial feed ingredients, the department may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) At the request of a manufacturer or based upon records voluntarily supplied by a manufacturer, inspect, audit, or certify locations where commercial feed or commercial feed ingredients are manufactured in this state.
(b) Issue certificates of free sale under subsection (3).
(c) Promulgate rules to inspect, audit, or certify and issue certificates of free sale under this section.
(2) A manufacturer shall submit an application for a certificate of free sale on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department.
(3) The department shall grant or deny an application for a certificate of free sale within 10 business days after the department receives a completed application under subsection (2) and the application fee under subsection (4). If the department determines that the application meets the requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall issue a certificate of free sale. If the department determines that the application does not meet the requirements of this act or the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall deny the application and send a written notice to the manufacturer stating the reasons for the denial.
(4) A manufacturer shall pay the department the following fees, as applicable:
(a) An application fee, $60.00.
(b) A duplicate copy of a certificate of free sale, $10.00.
(5) A fee collected under subsection (4) must be deposited in the feed control fund created in section 17.
(6) A certificate of free sale issued under this section is valid for 1 year.
(7) As used in this section, "certificate of free sale" means a document that is issued by the department that verifies that the commercial feed or commercial feed ingredient listed is manufactured in this state and is legally sold or distributed in this state and on the open market with the approval of the department.
History:
Add. 2015, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.551 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock; Definitions.

287.551 Humane slaughter of livestock; definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Director" means the director of agriculture.
(b) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or association doing business in this state, in whole or in part.
(c) "Slaughterer" means any person regularly engaged in the commercial slaughtering of livestock.
(d) "Livestock" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, goats and any other animal which can or may be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products.
(e) "Packer" means any person engaged in the business of slaughtering, or of manufacturing or preparing meat or meat products for sale, either by such person or others; or of manufacturing or preparing livestock products for sale by such person or others.
(f) "Stockyard" means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a stockyard, conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public market, consisting of pens or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, for the handling, keeping and holding of livestock for the purpose of sale or shipment.
(g) "Humane method" means either: (1) A method whereby the animal is rendered insensible to pain by mechanical, electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or (2) a method in accordance with ritual requirements of any religious faith whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.552 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock; Methods Prohibited.

287.552 Humane slaughter of livestock; methods prohibited.
Sec. 2.
No slaughterer, packer or stockyard operator shall shackle, hoist or otherwise bring livestock into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.553 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock; Exemptions.

287.553 Humane slaughter of livestock; exemptions.
Sec. 3.
No slaughterer, packer or stockyard operator shall bleed or slaughter any livestock except by a humane method. The director, by administrative order, may exempt from compliance with this act, for a period not to exceed 1 year after the effective date of this act, any slaughterer, packer or stockyard operator if he finds that an earlier compliance would cause such person an undue hardship.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.554 - Ritual Slaughter.

287.554 Ritual slaughter.
Sec. 4.
Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit, abridge or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, ritual handling or other preparation of livestock for ritual slaughter are exempted from the terms of this act. For the purposes of this section, the term "ritual slaughter" means slaughter in accordance with subsection (g) of section 1. To conform with the provisions and intent of this act, animals not previously rendered insensible, and to be slaughtered in accordance with a humane method as defined in subsection (g) of section 1, shall be slaughtered immediately following total suspension from the floor.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.555 - Rules and Regulations; Inhumane Methods.

287.555 Rules and regulations; inhumane methods.
Sec. 5.
The director shall administer the provisions of this act. He shall promulgate and may from time to time revise rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, which shall conform substantially to the rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of agriculture of the United States pursuant to the federal humane slaughter act of 1958, Public Law 85-765, 72 Stat. 862, and any amendments thereto. The use of a manually operated hammer, sledge or poleax is declared to be an inhumane method of slaughter within the meaning of this act.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 163 of 1962 - Humane Slaughter of Livestock (287.551 - 287.556) › Section 287.556 - Violation of Act; Penalty.

287.556 Violation of act; penalty.
Sec. 6.
Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Repealed - Act 280 of 1965 - Slaughterhouses; Edible Rendering, Wholesale Fabricating, Processing, or Storage Establishments (287.571 - 287.582)

SLAUGHTERHOUSES; EDIBLE RENDERING, WHOLESALE FABRICATING, PROCESSING, OR STORAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
Act 280 of 1965
287.571-287.582 Repealed. 2015, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 14, 2016.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.601 - Short Title.

287.601 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "beef industry commission act".
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.602 - Definitions.

287.602 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Cattle" means ruminating and nonruminating bovine animals sold for slaughter, ruminating and nonruminating bovine animals produced in this state to be fed for slaughter, and ruminating and nonruminating bovine animals to be fed for slaughter and sold in this state more than 30 days after arrival in this state.
(b) "Commission" means the state beef industry commission.
(c) "Department" means the state department of agriculture.
(d) "Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, company, association, society, or trust, or other business unit or organization.
(e) "Market agency" means a person, including a producer, who sells, offers for sale, markets, distributes, trades, or processes cattle which have been purchased or acquired from a producer or other, or which is marketed on behalf of a producer, and includes meat packing firms and their agents which purchase or consign to purchase cattle. The owner or operator of a livestock sales yard is the exclusive market agency for sales made at that yard.
(f) "Producer" means a person who raises or feeds cattle for market.
(g) "Director" means the director of the state department of agriculture.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.603 - Commission; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Lists.

287.603 Commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; lists.
Sec. 3.
(1) The state beef industry commission is created within the department. The commission shall be composed of 11 members, 2 of whom shall be ex officio and without vote. The following voting members shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate for terms of 3 years:
(a) Two members engaged in the raising, breeding, or growing of cattle or calves for beef production.
(b) Three members engaged in the feeding of cattle for beef production.
(c) One member engaged as a dairyman in the production of fluid milk.
(d) One member who is an executive of a meat packing company which purchases cattle and processes beef.
(e) One member engaged in the operation of a public livestock marketing firm.
(f) One member engaged in retail sales of beef.
(2) One ex officio member shall be selected by the director and 1 by the chairperson of the animal science department of Michigan state university.
(3) The governor shall select a minimum of 2 of the members engaged in the feeding of cattle for beef production from a list submitted by the Michigan cattlemen's association, inc. The list submitted shall contain twice the number of names required to fill the available positions. The governor shall solicit similar lists of qualified candidates for other commission vacancies from appropriate industry organizations.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1984
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.604 - Commission; Duties; Compensation; Personnel; Contracts; Appropriations; Rules.

287.604 Commission; duties; compensation; personnel; contracts; appropriations; rules.
Sec. 4.
(1) The commission shall:
(a) Annually elect a chairperson, secretary, and treasurer from the members of the commission.
(b) Meet not less often than once each calendar quarter and at any other time as set by the chairperson or requested by 4 or more members.
(c) Receive and distribute funds, and make arrangements for financial affairs for these purposes including banking, accounting, and other services as needed.
(d) Prepare an annual report that shall include a full description of all activities of the commission including a detailed financial statement certified by the auditor general or a certified public accountant appointed by the auditor general. The report shall be given to the governor and the director and made available to the affected producers.
(2) Voting members of the commission shall receive $50.00 per day for each day spent in actual attendance at meetings of the commission and on other official activities approved by the commission, together with travel expense in accordance with standard travel regulations of the department of management and budget.
(3) The commission may employ personnel and enter into other contracts as necessary to carry out the commission's duties.
(4) The commission may make annual appropriations to the national livestock and meat board of not more than 50% of the money collected under this act.
(5) The commission may adopt procedures and promulgate rules necessary for the exercise of powers and the performance of duties under this act. The rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.605 - Purposes and Objectives of Commission's Program.

287.605 Purposes and objectives of commission's program.
Sec. 5.
The program created and organized by this act is the state beef industry commission. The purposes and objectives of the commission's program may include but shall not be limited to:
(a) The promotion of the sale, use of beef and beef products in this state.
(b) The support of the beef promotion, research, education, consumer marketing and other activities of the national livestock and meat board.
(c) Conducting or contracting with an accredited university, college or other institution for scientific research on any or all phases of beef production and marketing or promotion.
(d) Dissemination of reliable information benefiting the consumer and the beef industry on such subjects as purchase, pricing, identification, care, cookery, serving, nutritive and economic value of beef and beef products.
(e) Functioning in a liaison capacity between the beef industry and other food industry of the state in matters which ultimately benefit both consumers and industry.
(f) Aiding in the development of practices within the industry tending to improve the quality of the air and waters of the state.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.606 - Assessments; Collection; Records; Report; Duties of Market Agency; Commission Expenses.

287.606 Assessments; collection; records; report; duties of market agency; commission expenses.
Sec. 6.
(1) The commission may make an assessment of not more than 1/10 of 1% of gross receipts from sale of all cattle raised or fed in the state and shall impose the assessment upon all producers. The assessment collected from each producer shall be used to defray the commission's program and administrative costs.
(2) All market agencies shall keep as a part of the permanent records a record of all purchases and sales which records shall be open for inspection at all times.
(3) Market agencies shall collect the assessments from the producers at no cost to the commission. Assessments collected by a market agency from a producer shall be held in trust for the commission in a separate account until transferred to the commission. The market agency is the trustee of the assessments until the transfer.
(4) Each market agency shall file a report with the commission stating the quantity of cattle received, sold, or shipped by the market agency on forms approved by the director and provided by the commission. The report prepared by the market agency shall be due at least once a month. With the filing of the report, the market agency shall pay to the commission the assessment provided for in this act. A producer who functions as a market agency shall be responsible for remitting assessment payments on that producer's own production of cattle.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the operational and administrative expenses of the commission shall be paid entirely by assessments collected under this act. Other state funds may be appropriated for expenses of a program under section 5. The commission may accept and expend money from sources other than state appropriations for achieving the purposes of section 5.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.607 - Failure to File Report or Pay Assessment or Falsification of Information as Misdemeanor; Penalty; Order to Pay Assessment; Interest on Unpaid Assessment.

287.607 Failure to file report or pay assessment or falsification of information as misdemeanor; penalty; order to pay assessment; interest on unpaid assessment.
Sec. 7.
(1) A market agency or a producer which fails to file a report or to pay an assessment or which falsifies an affidavit, record, receipt, voucher, or other information required to be maintained by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. However, an offending party shall be allowed 30 days after an order to pay an assessment within which to pay the assessment. A penalty for a violation of this act shall not be imposed before this 30-day period expires.
(2) If an assessment is not paid when due, the assessment shall be subject to an 18% annual interest charge.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.608 - Enforcement of Act; Reimbursement.

287.608 Enforcement of act; reimbursement.
Sec. 8.
Employees and agents of the department shall enforce this act. The commission shall reimburse the department in the enforcement of the act. Such funds received by the department are appropriated for the department's use.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.609 - Exemption of Assessments Prohibited; Referendum; Petition; Ballots; Costs; Termination of Programs; Payment of Debts; Disposition of Unexpended or Unencumbered Funds.

287.609 Exemption of assessments prohibited; referendum; petition; ballots; costs; termination of programs; payment of debts; disposition of unexpended or unencumbered funds.
Sec. 9.
(1) An exemption shall not be made of an assessment required to be imposed under this act.
(2) After the first 5 full calendar years of operation the commission shall conduct a referendum to determine if the program shall be continued. The program shall be terminated only if, in a referendum, more than 50% of the affected producers who pay more than 50% of the assessments vote in favor of the program's termination.
(3) Upon written petition signed by 500 of the producers affected by the program during the previous calendar year, the director, within 100 days, shall conduct a referendum to determine if the marketing program shall be terminated. A program shall be terminated only if more than 50% of the affected producers who pay more than 50% of the assessments vote in favor of its termination.
(4) In a referendum, the director shall mail a ballot to each affected producer of record. Ballots shall also be made available through livestock sales yards, extension offices, and the commission upon request.
(5) The commission shall pay the costs of conducting a referendum.
(6) Upon termination of the program, the commission shall assure payment of all debts incurred by the program. Unexpended or unencumbered funds remaining in the account of the commission at the time of termination shall be paid into the state general fund.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 284, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1978 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.609a - Veal Producers; Assessment; “Veal” Defined.

287.609a Veal producers; assessment; “veal” defined.
Sec. 9a.
(1) Veal producers who pay an assessment of at least 1/10 of 1% of gross receipts under a veal marketing program pursuant to Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1965, being sections 290.651 to 290.674 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, are exempt from this act.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "veal" means nonruminating bovine animals raised entirely on a formulated milk-soymilk ration.
History:
Add. 1983, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 291 of 1972 - Beef Industry Commission Act (287.601 - 287.610) › Section 287.610 - Falsification of Affidavits, Records, Receipts, or Information.

287.610 Falsification of affidavits, records, receipts, or information.
Sec. 10.
A person who falsifies any affidavit, record, receipt, voucher or any information required to be maintained by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1972, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.651 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.

287.651 Meanings of words and phrases.
Sec. 1.
For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.654 - Definitions; G to T.

287.654 Definitions; G to T.
Sec. 4.
(1) "Grinding" means the mechanical reduction of intact or whole animal tissues into smaller pieces.
(2) "Groundwater" means that term as defined in section 8303 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.8303.
(3) "Normal natural daily mortality" means dead animals generated as a result of the ordinary death loss or tissue by-product accumulations associated with or as a result of the day-to-day operations of raising, keeping, and harvesting animals.
(4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, cooperative, association, joint venture, or other legal entity or 2 or more entities in contractual relationships.
(5) "Pile" means the mass or mound of compost within the forms of an open-pile, contained-pile within bin, or open-windrow.
(6) "Rendering plant" means an establishment for the reduction by cooking or processing of dead animals to tallow and meat scrap, cracklings, or other items unfit for human consumption.
(7) "Restaurant grease dealer" means a person who procures and transports cooking grease wastes from a restaurant.
(8) "Static" means a compost pile that is left to stand motionless or idle and does not include a rotating drum in-vessel compost digester.
(9) "Transfer station" means an establishment for the collection of dead animals that are to be transported to a facility licensed either under this act or the Michigan commercial feed law, 1975 PA 120, MCL 287.521 to 287.535.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.657 - Establishment of Business Without License Prohibited; Exemptions; Transportation of Officially Quarantined Dead Animals on Public Highway; Permit; Rules.

287.657 Establishment of business without license prohibited; exemptions; transportation of officially quarantined dead animals on public highway; permit; rules.
Sec. 7.
(1) Except as provided in section 9, a person shall not establish any of the following as a business without obtaining a license under this act:
(a) An animal food manufacturing plant.
(b) A dead animal dealer.
(c) A transfer station.
(d) A rendering plant.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a person shall not transport a dead animal on a public highway if the animal has been officially quarantined by the director. The director may issue a permit for the transport of animals officially quarantined by the director under special security rules promulgated by the department.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.659 - License; Exemptions.

287.659 License; exemptions.
Sec. 9.
All of the following are exempt from obtaining a license under this act:
(a) A restaurant grease dealer who is licensed under part 121 (liquid industrial wastes) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.12101 to 324.12118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(b) A landfill that is licensed by the department of natural resources under part 115 (solid waste management) of Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.11501 to 324.11549 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(c) A person, and any vehicle used by a person, who is licensed under Act No. 173 of the Public Acts of 1953, being sections 287.401 to 287.409 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(d) A person who is licensed under the Michigan commercial feed law, Act No. 120 of the Public Acts of 1975, being sections 287.521 to 287.535 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, who manufactures or processes only decharacterized or denatured dead animals.
(e) A person and any vehicle that is used by a person to transport dead animals, as follows:
(i) To a laboratory for diagnosis.
(ii) To an incinerator approved by state and local authorities.
(iii) To a licensed facility, by the original owner of the animal at the time of the animal's death.
(iv) Dead animals that have been released by authorized meat inspection personnel for educational or research purposes.
(v) Dead animals that are naturally unfit for human consumption, including but not limited to, hoofs, horns, and hides in their natural state.
(vi) For use in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic, or technical products and not for use as human food.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.661 - Application for License; Form; Filing; Fee; Renewal; Application of Dead Animal Dealer License; Specification of Destination; Annual License Application Fee; Issuance or Denial of License; Inspection; Standards; License Fee Not Returnable.

287.661 Application for license; form; filing; fee; renewal; application of dead animal dealer license; specification of destination; annual license application fee; issuance or denial of license; inspection; standards; license fee not returnable.
Sec. 11.
(1) An application for a license, in a form prescribed by the department, shall be filed with the department and accompanied by the annual license application fee as provided in subsection (3).
(2) A person shall apply to renew a license to the department on or before September 30 for the next fiscal year. Applications for renewal of a license required by this act for a facility or vehicle are delinquent 31 days after the due date, and a delinquent fee of $25.00 shall be assessed in addition to the appropriate license application renewal fee. All money collected under this section shall be appropriated to the department and expended to administer this act.
(3) The application for a dead animal dealer license shall specify the destinations of the dead animals, which shall be a facility licensed in this or another state. If the destination is a facility licensed in another state, the applicant shall include a certified copy of the license for that facility with the application.
(4) The annual license application fee is as follows:
(a) For a rendering plant............................
$
375.00
(b) For an animal food manufacturing plant...........
$
200.00
(c) For a dead animal dealer.........................
$
100.00
(d) For a transfer station...........................
$
100.00
(e) For each vehicle used to transport dead animals..
$
25.00
(5) Within a reasonable period of time after receipt of a license application, the director shall inspect the facility or vehicle. If the director determines that the facility or vehicle that is to be utilized under a license conforms to standards prescribed by this act and rules promulgated under this act, the director may issue a license. The application for a license may be denied if standards established in this act or by rules promulgated under this act are not met.
(6) The department shall not return a license fee or portion of a license fee to an applicant regardless of whether a license is issued or denied.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.663 - License Denial; Notice; Hearing; Request for Second Inspection.

287.663 License denial; notice; hearing; request for second inspection.
Sec. 13.
(1) The department shall notify an applicant of the reasons for a license denial. The notice shall specify the deficiencies that must be corrected in order for a license to be issued. The applicant shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing on the denial.
(2) Without filing a second application under this section, an applicant may request a second inspection after the specified deficiencies have been corrected. The department shall not make more than 2 inspections of the same facility or vehicle per application.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.665 - Rules.

287.665 Rules.
Sec. 15.
The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, regarding the following:
(a) The construction and operation of a facility licensed under this act.
(b) Vehicles used for the transportation of dead animals.
(c) Methodology for active composting to include, but not be limited to, methodology regarding passively aerated static piles, mechanically or forced aerated static piles, windrow piles, and contained or in-vessel systems.
(d) Conditions for active composting to include, but not be limited to, recommended conditions regarding moisture content, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, bulking agent particle size, animal tissue density, composting density, temperature ranges, and pH ranges.
(e) Parameters regarding grinding, including, but not limited to, pile form and shape, pile slumping, and the presence of large intact bones after composting.
(f) Methods for effluent containment and prevention of its movement into groundwater and surface water.
(g) The accommodation of normal natural daily mortality and system capacity for accommodation of both active composting and curing.
(h) Control of odor and pest or vermin infestation of piles with biofilter caps or as otherwise provided by rule.
(i) The generation of adequate records involving composting.
(j) A system of annual nutrient-content analysis.
(k) The final disposition of finished compost.
(l) Methodology for the anaerobic digestion of organic materials.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.667 - Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994.

287.667 Repealed. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to vehicles used for transportation of dead animals.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 287 - Animal Industry › Act 239 of 1982 - Bodies of Dead Animals (287.651 - 287.683) › Section 287.669 - Inspection of Facility, Vehicle, and Composting; Suspension or Revocation of License; Hearings; Alternative Methods Authorized by Director; Operation Under Common Ownership or Management; Report of Increase in Mortality.

287.669 Inspection of facility, vehicle, and composting; suspension or revocation of license; hearings; alternative methods authorized by director; operation under common ownership or management; report of increase in mortality.
Sec. 19.
(1) The director may inspect each facility and vehicle licensed under this act, and each location where composting of dead animals occurs as often as necessary to maintain the standards adopted in this act or in the rules promulgated under this act.
(2) The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this act if a licensee violates this act or the rules promulgated under this act. The director shall conduct suspension or revocation administrative hearings pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
(3) The director may authorize by rule alternative methods of composting of dead animals for emergency, commercial, research, or other applications.
(4) Dead animals resulting from normal natural daily mortality intrinsic to an animal operation under common ownership or management may be composted together if the methods comply with the requirements of this act and all rules applicable to those methods as promulgated under section 15.
(5) Composting methods shall be used to compost only the normal natural daily mortality associated with a animal production unit under common ownership or management. Any increase in normal natural daily mortality, due to any cause known or unknown, shall be reported to the director immediately, and any dead animals resulting from that increase in normal natural daily mortality shall not be composted without permission of the director.
History:
1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005