2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 25 - Commercial Feed (§§ 541 — 565) › § 556 - Registration

(a) To be distributed in Puerto Rico, it shall be an indispensable requisite that all commercial feeds be registered in the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico by the representative or agent in Puerto Rico of the manufacturer of the commercial feed produced outside of and introduced into Puerto Rico, or by the manufacturer of the commercial feed in Puerto Rico. When any agent or representative of a manufacturer from abroad ceases in his functions, he shall be bound to notify the Secretary of his ceasing as such, and in such case the commercial feed shall not be distributed in Puerto Rico until the manufacturer of the commercial feed produced outside of Puerto Rico designates a new agent or representative and such designation is officially notified to the Secretary. The new designated agent or representative shall be responsible for enforcing of the provisions of §§ 554—565 of this title applicable to the commercial feeds registered in the existing registry.
It shall be understood that the manufacturer of a commercial feed guarantees the composition and analysis thereof. Separate registries shall be required for commercial feeds differing among themselves, whether in the guaranteed analysis, ingredients, group of ingredients included in the generic terms approved, additives, name of the feed, brand or manufacturer.
It is hereby provided that the Secretary of Agriculture is empowered to close any mill in Puerto Rico that is manufacturing commercial feed to be distributed in Puerto Rico without having registered it in the Department of Agriculture, until it complies with this requirement.
(b) Applications for registration of commercial feeds shall be submitted to the Secretary in the printed forms supplied by him for the purpose. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish through regulations, the requirements and necessary information to request said registration, including the statement of ingredients and the guaranteed analysis; Provided, That said analysis shall include the source or the crude protein and the percent of neutral fiber detergent contained in the total raw fiber of the concentrated feed.
(c) Once a commercial feed has been registered by one person, it shall not need to be registered by other persons who also distribute the same commercial feed. The other person, however, shall submit a sales and payment report.
(d) All registrations shall expire two (2) years after the issuing of its registration, it being understood that for the renewal of the registration of those commercial feeds previously registered, with regard to which there have been no changes in the information required for the previous registration, pursuant to regulations, it shall suffice that the Secretary receives a certificate to such effect by the registrant, for the registration can be deemed as renewed for two (2) additional years, or until any change occurs in any of the matters contained in the aforesaid information.
(e) The Secretary is hereby authorized to refuse the registration of any commercial feed which contains any poisonous or harmful substance or any substance in such concentrations as to render it harmful to the health of the animal which it will serve as feed. The Secretary is likewise hereby authorized to refuse the registration of any commercial feed which does not conform with the provisions of §§ 554—565 of this title or of the regulations he is authorized to promulgate for its implementation.
History —June 28, 1962, No. 110, p. 326, § 3; June 14, 1966, No. 41, p. 172, § 1; May 30, 1970, No. 73, p. 185, § 2; June 5, 1973, No. 92, p. 392, § 1; Aug. 8, 2002, No. 127, §§ 1-4.