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Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 273 - CRITERIA FOR LISTING INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANTS › Section 001-273-IX - Invasive Terrestrial Plant Species of Special Concern - Conditions governing sale or display of species of special concern

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. An invasive terrestrial plant species of
				special concern that is sold or offered for sale in Maine shall have attached
				in a conspicuous place on the container used to hold the invasive terrestrial
				species of special concern, and where no container is used on the plant itself,
				a label with the words Invasive Species-Harmful to the Environment in at least
				14-point bold type. Where it is impracticable to display a label, written
				notice shall be provided upon sale to the purchaser. The label or written
				notice shall be of a design approved by the Department of Agriculture,
				Conservation and Forestry and shall offer alternative non-invasive species and
				provide instructions for the care or tending of the invasive species to prevent
				their spread in the State.
B. In
				lieu of the label required under Chapter 273, Section IX. A., above, the retail
				outlet may post a sign or signs identifying the plants as invasive terrestrial
				species of special concern. The sign or signs must be conspicuous and
				unobstructed and appear at no less than six-foot intervals around the listed
				plants. The sign specifications include:
1.
				The sign must be 8.5inches tall and 11 inches wide;
2. The sign must be made of rigid, weather
				resistant material and be maintained to last during the entire time that
				species of special concern are offered for sale;
3. The sign must have lettering in at least
				40-point type in the Arial font or similar sans serif font;
4. The sign must be light colored (white,
				beige, yellow or pink) with dark, bold letters (black, blue or green); and
5. The sign must include the
				following wording, "Invasive Plant - May be Harmful to the Environment", "Ask
				About Alternative Plants", and "Follow Species Specific Instructions Provided
				by the Vendor".
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 273 - CRITERIA FOR LISTING INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANTS › Section 001-273-X - Periodic Review

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The plant lists in Section
				  V,
				  VII and VIII may be reviewed and
				  amended on a five-year basis unless a person petitions the Department with
				  significant scientific research and analysis that, in the Department's
				  determination, warrants review for possible amendment to the list at an earlier
				  date.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-II - Application Process

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Each applicant
				for a hemp grower license must submit a signed, complete, accurate and legible
				application to the Department at least 30 days prior to her/his intended
				planting date.
B. Applicants
				applying to renew a grower license must submit the same information and fees as
				applicants applying for a new grower license. In addition, applicants for
				renewal must include, on the application, the licensing numbers of any previous
				grower licenses held and year of issuance of those grower licenses.
C. The applicant must provide:
1. Name, address, telephone number, email
				address and other contact information as needed for the individual that will
				become the licensee;
2. Name of
				business, address of principal business location, full name and title of all
				key participants, a business email address, the business employer
				identification number and other contact information as needed;
3. If required by the USDA-AMS federal
				regulations, 7 CFR
				990, a criminal history report for all key
				participants and authorized representatives;
4. A detailed description of the land area or
				indoor facility to be used for the production of hemp including, but not
				limited to: a map, aerial photograph or global positioning coordinates
				sufficient for locating production fields; the floor plan of any indoor
				facilities; and the boundaries, dimensions, and size of the growing
				area;
5. A signed and dated
				statement that the applicant is the owner or legal occupant of the growing area
				or indoor facility to be used for cultivation of hemp, or a statement, signed
				by the owner of the growing area or indoor facility, consenting to that
				use;
6. The estimated planting date
				for the first crop.
7. Any other
				information the Department determines is necessary for enforcing the hemp law
				and these rules.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-III - Issuance of License Agreement and Grower License

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Upon approval of an application, the
				applicant for a grower license must pay the license fee. License fees are
				determined by the hemp crop to be grown. License fees must be paid prior to
				license issuance. All license fees are non-refundable for any reason.
1. A $100.00 license fee with no additional
				per acre or square foot fee is required for growing hemp indoors or outdoors
				exclusively for production of:
a. seedlings
				for planting,
b. immature leafy
				greens, or
c.
				microgreens.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-IV - Sampling and Inspection

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. All licensed
				hemp lots may be subject to sampling to verify that the total THC concentration
				of the hemp variety or strain planted does not exceed the acceptable hemp THC
				level. Sampling is required unless the hemp is grown exclusively for
				microgreens, immature plants for human or animal food or feed, seedlings or a
				Department approved variety or strain that meets the requirements for
				performance based sampling, including:
1.
				Varieties that have consistently demonstrated to result in compliant hemp
				plants;
2. When a producer is
				conducting research on hemp and the plants will not enter commerce or will be
				destroyed; and
3. When a producer
				has consistently produced compliant hemp plants over an extended period of
				time.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-V - Violations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Any violation of 7 M.R.S.A §
									2231, or of these rules, may be
				enforced as a civil violation and shall be grounds for license suspension or
				revocation. Such violations include, but are not limited to:
1. Failure to comply with any term or
				condition of the grower license agreement;
2. Failure to provide any information
				required or requested by the Department for purposes of enforcing the hemp law
				or these rules;
3. Providing false,
				misleading or incorrect information pertaining to the licensee's cultivation of
				hemp to the Department by any means, including but not limited to information
				provided in any application, report, record or inspection required or
				maintained for purposes of the hemp law or these rules;
4. Failure to provide a legal description of
				the land or building/facility where hemp is produced;
5. Failure to submit a required
				report;
6. Failure to pay required
				fees;
7. Failure to destroy any
				crop following grower license revocation in accordance with Section
				V(B),
				below;
8. Growing
Cannabis
				sativa
L. that when tested is shown to have a total-THC concentration
				greater than 0.3% on a dry weight basis or as otherwise defined in federal law;
				or,
9. Refusal or failure by a
				licensee or authorized representative to fully cooperate and assist with the
				inspection process.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-VI - Other Violations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If the Commissioner determines that a licensee intentionally,
				  willfully, and/or knowingly violated 7 M.R.S.A. §§
									2231,
				  2157,
				  2158- A, or these rules, the
				  Department may take more significant enforcement action than if the licensee
				  made a good faith effort to comply with the law and these rules.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 274 - RULES FOR GROWING HEMP › Section 001-274-VII - Severability

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The provisions of this rule are severable. If any provision
				  of this rule is invalid, or if any application of this rule to any person or
				  circumstance is invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provisions
				  or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
				  application.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Certificate
. A document in
				which an inspector affirms that a specified regulated article is free of
				emerald ash borer and may be moved to any destination outside the area under
				quarantine.
2.
Compliance
				Agreement
. A written agreement between the State of Maine, Department of
				Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and a person engaged in growing,
				handling, receiving or moving regulated articles, in which the person agrees to
				comply with its specified provisions.
3.
Infested.
The presence of
				emerald ash borer or the existence of the circumstances that make it reasonable
				to believe that the emerald ash borer is established.
4.
Inspector
. Any employee of
				the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or other person
				authorized by the commissioner to enforce this chapter. An inspector may also
				be a person authorized by the State Plant Regulatory Official from another
				state where the regulated article originates.
5.
Limited Permit
. A document in
				which an inspector affirms that the regulated article identified on the
				document is eligible for movement in accordance with this chapter only to a
				specified destination and only in accordance with specified
				conditions.
6.
Person
.
				Any association, company, corporation, firm, individual, joint stock company,
				partnership, society, or other entity.
7.
Trip Ticket
. A form used to
				identify the origin and destination of a truckload of wood in accordance with
				10 M.R.S. Chapter 501, Subchapter II-A.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-2 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A quarantine is established against the following pest and
				  possible carriers.
1.
Pest
. Emerald ash borer (
Agrilus
				planipennis
).
2.
Regulated Articles
A. The
				emerald ash borer;
B. Firewood of
				all hardwood (non-coniferous) species;
C. Nursery stock, green lumber, and other
				material living, dead, cut, or fallen, including logs, stumps, roots, and
				branches of the genus Fraxinus; and
D. Any other article, product, or means of
				conveyance not listed in paragraph A, B or C may be designated as a regulated
				article if an inspector determines that it presents a risk of spreading emerald
				ash borer and notifies the person in possession of the article, product, or
				means of conveyance that it is subject to the restrictions of the
				regulations
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-3 - Movement of Regulated Articles

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Regulated
				articles may be moved from a quarantined area only if moved under the
				conditions described in Section
				4 and
				5 of this rule.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-4 - Intrastate Movement of Regulated Articles Allowed

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Movement within Quarantined
				Areas
- Movement of a regulated article solely within the quarantined
				area of the state is allowed without restriction.
2.
Movement out of a Quarantined Area
				with Certificate
- Regulated articles for which a certificate has been
				issued in accordance with this chapter may be moved out of a quarantined area
				provided the following conditions are met:
A.
				The regulated article originated outside the quarantine area and has not been
				exposed to emerald ash borerwhile in this area; OR
B. The regulated article is moved directly
				through the quarantined area without stopping (except for refueling or for
				traffic conditions, such as traffic lights or stop signs), or has been stored,
				packed, or handled at locations approved by an inspector as not posing a risk
				of infestation by emerald ash borer; OR
C. The regulated article has been grown,
				produced, manufactured, stored or handled in a manner that, in the judgment of
				the inspector, prevents the regulated article from presenting a risk of
				spreading emerald ash borer.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-5 - IMPORTING EMERALD ASH BORER; PROHIBITION

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. No person may import living emerald ash
				borer (
Agrilus planipennis
) into the state of Maine except
				pursuant to a limited permit specifically authorizing movement of this
				pest.
2. No person may import into
				the state of Maine any of the regulated articles listed in Section
				2 of this rule if those regulated
				articles originate from and/or have been exposed to the environment in any
				infested area except pursuant to a limited permit specifically authorizing
				movement of that article.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-6 - ATTACHMENT AND DISPOSITION OF CERTIFICATES AND LIMITED PERMITS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Attachment
- A certificate or
				limited permit required for the movement of a regulated article must be
				attached to the outside of the container containing the regulated article, or
				to the regulated article itself if not in a container, at all times during the
				movement. The requirements of this section may also be met by attaching the
				certificate or limited permit to the consignee's copy of the waybill, invoice,
				or shipping document, provided the regulated article is sufficiently described
				on the certificate or limited permit and on the waybill, invoice, or shipping
				document, to identify it. For logs, the requirements of this section may also
				be met by a statement stamped on a trip ticket accompanying the shipment which
				attests to the fact that the regulated articles in the shipment are being moved
				under a certificate or limited permit issued by the State of Maine and meets
				all the terms and conditions of this chapter. Stamps attesting to these
				requirements can only be affixed to a trip ticket by a person who has entered
				into a compliance agreement with the State of Maine.
2.
Disposition
- The certificate
				or limited permit for the movement of a regulated article must be furnished by
				the carrier to the consignee at the destination of the regulated
				article.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 275 - EMERALD ASH BORER QUARANTINE › Section 001-275-7 - VIOLATIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. The Maine Department of Agriculture,
				Conservation and Forestry may cancel a written compliance agreement or limited
				permit based on a violation of, or non-compliance with, any of its terms or
				conditions or any other provision of this rule. If the person has been given
				notice of cancellation orally, written confirmation of the decision and the
				reasons for it will be provided within 10 working days. Written agreements may
				be reinstated by the Department if it finds that the reason(s) for cancellation
				has (have) been rectified.
2. A
				person who violates this rule commits a civil violation punishable under
				7 M.R.S.A.
				§2303.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 302 - METHOD OF SALE OF COMMODITIES › Section 001-302-1 - Conformity to National Method of Sale Regulations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
10
				  MRSA §2628 states "The methods, units,
				  terms and other requirements for the sale of commodities, as adopted by the
				  National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National
				  Bureau of Standards, 'Model State Method of Sale of Commodities Regulation,'
				  and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to the sale of
				  commodities in the State of Maine, except insofar as specifically modified,
				  amended or rejected by a regulation issued by the state sealer.'
Note
: Copies may be obtained by writing to:
				  Division of Regulations, Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural
				  Resources, 28 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333 or the Office of
				  Weights and Measures, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C.
				  20234.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 302 - METHOD OF SALE OF COMMODITIES › Section 001-302-2 - Modification to Permit Sale of Milk in Three Quart Volume

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The State Sealer specifically modifies and amends section
				  1.6.(a) of the Model State Regulation for the Method of Sale of Commodities
				  (1983), as adopted by the 1982 National Conference on Weights and Measures and
				  published by the National Bureau of Standards in N.B.S. Handbook 130 (1983), to
				  read as follows:
"1.6.
FLUID
				MILK PRODUCTS
.--All fluid milk products, including but not limited to
				milk, lowfat milk, skim milk, cultured milks, and cream shall be packaged for
				retail sale only in volumes per subsection 1.6(a), or subsection 1.6(b) or (c):
				Provided, that inch-pound sizes less than 1 gill and metric sizes less than 100
				milliliters shall be permitted, ( and further provided that the sale of fluid
				milk products in the inch-pound volume of three liquid quarts shall be
				automatically suspended for any time during the life of this second proviso
				when there is not in effect a valid minimum wholesale and/or retail price or
				prices established for the three-quart container by the Maine Milk Commission.
				This second proviso shall become effective upon the effective date of the
				August, 1983 amendment to this chapter, and shall expire upon issuance by the
				Maine Milk Commission of its first order establishing minimum prices for all
				package sizes and types regulated by that body on the basis of the major
				investigation and hearing currently pending before it.
(a) Inch-Pound Volumes - 1 gill, 1/2 liquid
				pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, 1/2 gallon, 3 liquid
				quarts, 1 gallon, 1-1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 1-1/2 gallons, or multiples of 1
				gallon."
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 303 - PACKAGING AND LABELLING › Section 001-303-1 - Conformity to National Packaging and Labeling Regulations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
10 MRSA
				  §2629 provides that "the packaging and
				  labeling requirements for consumer and nonconsumer packages, as adopted by the
				  National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National
				  Bureau of Standards, 'Model State Packaging and Labeling Regulation,' and
				  supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply to any package kept for
				  the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale in the State of Maine,
				  except insofar as specifically modified, amended or rejected by a regulation
				  issued by the state sealer."
Note:
Copies of the regulations on packaging and
				  labeling may be obtained by writing the Division of Inspections, Department of
				  Agriculture, 28 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, or the Office of
				  Weights and Measures, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
				  20234.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 304 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES › Section 001-304-1 - Technical Requirements for Commercial Devices

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
10 MRSA
				  §2353 provides that "specifications,
				  tolerances and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and
				  measuring devices as adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures
				  and published in National Bureau of Standards Handbook 44, 'Specifications,
				  Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and
				  Measuring Devices,' and supplements thereto or revisions thereof, shall apply
				  to commercial weighing and measuring devices in the State, except insofar as
				  modified or rejected by regulation."
Note:
Copies may be purchased at cost from the
				  Office of Weights and Measures, National Bureau of Standards. Washington, D.C.,
				  20234. Spare copies are kept in the Department of Agriculture, Division of
				  Inspections for viewing. Many public and law libraries will have copies
				  although they may not be up to date.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 306 - REGULATIONS FOR ADOPTION OF TYPE EVALUATION OF WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES › Section 001-306-2 - Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Type approval requirement
- No Weighing or
				  measuring device shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in the state unless
				  that device is given type approval by the State Sealer. Said type approval
				  shall be granted by the State Sealer upon his determination that the design or
				  pattern of the device is such that it will perform accurately and
				  correctly.
A. Exceptions to type
				approval requirement Type approval shall not be required when:
(a) In the case of an individual device, the
				State Sealer permits the sealing of the device for testing purposes, or to
				prevent economic hardship;
(b) The
				State Sealer deems the device or piece of equipment to be of such simple design
				and predictable response that considerations beyond the accuracy and
				correctness of individual devices are unnecessary; or
(c) The device has received a certificate of
				conformance in accordance with the National Type Evaluation Program.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 307 - FEES FOR TESTING WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES › Section 001-307-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For purposes of this rule the following terms shall have the
				  following meanings.
CNG
: Compressed Natural Gas
Dispensing Nozzle
: A dispensing nozzle is one
				  which is capable of dispensing a single grade of product. Each additional grade
				  of product dispensed from a single nozzle shall constitute an additional
				  dispensing nozzle.
LNG
: Liquefied Natural Gas
LPG
: Liquefied Petroleum Gas also referred to
				  Propane or Butane
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 307 - FEES FOR TESTING WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES › Section 001-307-2 - FEES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Scale capacity of 110,000 pounds or over,
				$200.00.
B. Scale capacity of
				10,000 pounds to 109,999 pounds, $150.00.
C. Scale capacity of 5,000 to 9,999 pounds,
				$80.00.
D. Scale capacity of 1,500
				pounds to 4,999 pounds, $70.00.
E.
				Scale capacity of 500 pounds to 1,499 pounds, $35.00.
F. All other scales, $20.00.
G. Hopper Batching Scales, $125.00.
H. Monorail Scales, $75.00.
I. Taximeters, $30.00.
J. Retail Motor Fuel Dispensers, $20.00
				annual registration per dispensing nozzle.
K. Vehicle Tank Meters, $75.00.
L. Wholesale Terminal or Rack Meters,
				$150.00.
M. LPG/CNG & LNG
				Meters, $100.00.
N. Linear
				Measuring Devices/Cordage Meters, $20.00.
O. Calibrating Vehicle tanks, $80.00 for the
				first 100 gallons, $2.00 for each additional 100 gallons or fractional part
				thereof and $20.00 for each capacity indicator.
P. Testing Railroad Track Scales not using
				State of Maine owned standards, $250.00.
Q. Requested hire of State of Maine standards
				and equipment shall be charged mileage at a rate of $1.00 per mile round trip
				and a rate of $80.00 per hour while on-site for each State of Maine testing
				unit used.
R. Weighing and
				measuring devices and equipment tested or calibrated in the Maine Metrology
				Laboratory shall be charged at a rate of $80.00 per hour.
S. Coin Operated Timing Devices, $20.00 (such
				as car wash, parking meters, laundries, vacuum cleaners and air
				dispensers).
T. Retort
				Thermometers, $30.00.
U. Herring
				Boat Calibrations, $4.00 per Hogshead (HH) for the first 100HH or part thereof,
				plus $1.00 for each additional HH or part thereof in excess of 100HH, plus the
				cost of rental pump.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 308 - ROADSIDE ADVERTISING OF GASOLINE AND GASOLINE PRICING › Section 001-308-1 - Roadside signs

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Definitions
. For purposes of this chapter, the following words
				shall have the following meanings:
1.
				"Gasoline" includes gasoline, diesel fuel sold for automotive use, and
				gasohol.
2. A "roadside sign" is
				any type of sign or notice located on or near a gasoline filling station which
				advertises the price of gasoline being sold at that station and is visible to
				motorists passing by that station.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 308 - ROADSIDE ADVERTISING OF GASOLINE AND GASOLINE PRICING › Section 001-308-2 - Retail Sales of Gasoline

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
As of January 1, 1982 all retail motor fuel dispensers must
				  compute and display any retail sale of gasoline as specified in either
				  subsection A or subsection B below.
A.
Sale by the Gallon
1. Calibrate
				the dispenser to pump gasoline by the gallon And to register the unit price in
				cents per gallon.
2. Compute and
				display the sale in whole gallons and total dollars.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 308 - ROADSIDE ADVERTISING OF GASOLINE AND GASOLINE PRICING › Section 001-308-3 - Responsibility for Compliance

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Both the owner and operator of a gasoline filling station
				  shall be responsible for complying with the provisions of this chapter.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 309 - MULTIPLE DRAFT WEIGHING › Section 001-309-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Definitions
a.
Multiple draft weighing:
"Multiple draft weighing" means the weighing of the load being carried on a
				motor vehicle of which all of the axles or axle groups cannot be simultaneously
				weighed, by weighing the individual axle loads or axle group loads, adding the
				results and accepting their sum as the total weight of the load.
b.
Person:
"Person" means both
				plural and the singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals,
				partnerships, corporations, companies, societies and
				associations.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-1 - Definitions and Terms

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The names and
				definitions for commercial feeds shall be the Official Definition of Feed
				Ingredients adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials,
				except as the Commissioner designates otherwise in specific cases.
B. The terms used in reference to commercial
				feeds shall be the Official Feed Terms adopted by the Association of American
				Feed Control Officials, except as the Commissioner designates otherwise in
				specific cases.
C. The following
				commodities are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed,
				under the provisions of Section 712(2) of the Act: hay, straw, stover, silages,
				cobs, husks, and hulls when unground and when not mixed or intermixed with
				other materials: Provided that these commodities are not adulterated within the
				meaning of Section 717(1), of the Act.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-2 - Label Format

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Commercial feeds shall be labeled with the information
				  prescribed in this regulation on the principal display panel of the product and
				  in the following general format:
A.
				Net weight
B. Product name and
				brand name if any
C. If drugs are
				used:
1. The word "medicated" shall appear
				directly following and below the product name in type size no smaller than one
				half the type size of the product name.
2. The purpose of medication (claim
				statement).
3. The required
				direction for use and precautionary statements or reference to their location
				if the detailed feeding directions and precautionary statements required by
				Regulations 6 and 7 appear elsewhere on the label.
4. An active drug ingredient statement
				listing the active drug ingredients by their established name and the amounts
				in accordance with Regulation 4 D.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-3 - Brand and Product Names

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The brand or
				product name must be appropriate for the intended use of the feed and must not
				be misleading. If the name indicates the feed is made for a specific use, the
				character of the feed must conform therewith. A mixture labeled "Dairy Feed",
				for example, must be suitable for that purpose.
B. Commercial, registered brand or trade
				names are not permitted in guarantees or ingredient listings.
C. The name of a commercial feed shall not be
				derived from one or more ingredients of a mixture to the exclusion of other
				ingredients and shall not be one representing any components of a mixture
				unless all components are included in the name: Provided, that if any
				ingredient or combination of ingredients is intended to impart a distinctive
				characteristic to the product which is of significance to the purchaser, the
				name of that ingredient or combination of ingredients may be used as a part of
				the brand name or product name if the ingredient or combination of ingredients
				is quantitatively guaranteed in the guaranteed analysis, and the brand or
				product name is not otherwise false or misleading.
D. The word "protein" shall not be permitted
				in the product name of a feed that contains added non-protein
				nitrogen.
E. When the name carries
				a percentage value, it shall be understood to signify protein and/or equivalent
				protein content only, even though it may not explicitly modify the percentage
				with the word "protein": Provided, That other percentage values may be
				permitted if they are followed by the proper description and conform to good
				labeling practice. When a figure is used in the brand name (except in mineral,
				vitamin, or other products where the protein guarantee is nil or unimportant),
				it shall be preceded by the word "number" or some other suitable
				designation.
F. Single ingredient
				feeds shall have a product name in accordance with the designated definition of
				feed ingredients as recognized by the Association of American Feed Control
				Officials unless the Commissioner designates otherwise.
G. The word "vitamin", or a contraction
				thereof, or any word suggesting vitamin can be used only in the name of a feed
				which is represented to be a vitamin supplement, and which is labeled with the
				minimum content of each vitamin declared, as specified in Regulation 4
				C.
H. The term "mineralized" shall
				not be used in the name of a feed, except for "TRACE MINERALIZED SALT". When so
				used, the product must contain significant amounts of trace minerals which are
				recognized as essential for animal nutrition.
I. The term "meat" and "meat by-products"
				shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
				by-products is derived unless the meat and meat by-products are from cattle,
				swine, sheep and goats.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-4 - Expression of Guarantees

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The guarantees
				for crude protein, equivalent protein from non-protein nitrogen, crude fat,
				crude fiber and mineral guarantees (when required) will be in terms of
				percentage by weight.
B. Commercial
				feeds containing 62% or more mineral elements shall include in the guaranteed
				analysis the minimum and maximum percentages of Calcium (Ca), the minimum
				percentage of phosphorus (P), and if salt is added, the minimum and maximum
				percentage of salt (NaCl). Minerals, except salt (NaCl), shall be guaranteed in
				terms of percentage of the element. When calcium and/or salt guarantees are
				given in the guaranteed analysis such shall be stated and conform to the
				following:
1. When the minimum is 5.0% or
				less, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than one percentage
				point.
2. When the minimum is above
				5.0%, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than 20% and in no case
				shall the maximum exceed the minimum by more than 5 percentage
				points.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-5 - Ingredients

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The name of each ingredient or collective
				term for the grouping of ingredients, when required to be listed, shall be the
				name as defined in the Official Definitions of Feed Ingredients as published in
				the Official Publication of American Feed Control Officials, the common or
				usual name, or one approved by the Commissioner.
B. The name of each ingredient must be shown
				in letters or type of the same size.
C. No reference to quality or grade of an
				ingredient shall appear in the ingredient statement of a feed.
D. The term "dehydrated" may precede the name
				of any product that has been artificially dried.
E. A single ingredient product defined by the
				Association of American reed Control Officials is not required to have an
				ingredient statement.
F. Tentative
				definitions for ingredients shall not be used until adopted as official, unless
				no official definition exists or the ingredient has a common accepted name that
				requires no definition, (i.e. sugar).
G. When the word "iodized" is used in
				connection with a feed ingredient, the feed ingredient shall contain not less
				than 0.007% iodine, uniformly distributed.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-6 - Directions for Use and Precautionary Statements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Directions for use and precautionary
				statements on the labeling of all commercial feeds and customer-formula feeds
				containing additives (including drugs, special purpose additives, or
				non-nutritive additives) shall be adequate:
1. To enable safe and effective use for the
				intended purposes by users with no special knowledge of the purpose and use of
				such articles; and,
2. Shall
				include, but not be limited to, all information prescribed by all applicable
				regulations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-7 - Non-Protein Nitrogen

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Urea and other
				non-protein nitrogen products defined in the Official Publication of the
				Association of American Feed Control Officials are acceptable ingredients only
				in commercial feeds for ruminant animals as a source of equivalent crude
				protein and are not to be used in commercial feeds for other animals and
				birds.
B. If the commercial feed
				contains more than 8.75% of equivalent crude protein from all forms of
				non-protein nitrogen, added as such, or the equivalent crude protein from all
				forms of non-protein nitrogen added as such, exceeds one third of the total
				crude protein, the label shall bear adequate directions for the safe use of
				feeds and a precautionary statement: "CAUTION: USE AS DIRECTED"
The directions for use and the caution statement shall be in
				  type of such size so placed on the label that they will be read and understood
				  by ordinary persons under customary conditions of purchase and use.
C. On labels such as those for
				medicated feeds which bear adequate feeding directions and/or warning
				statements, the presence of added non-protein nitrogen shall not require a
				duplication of the feeding directions or the precautionary statements as long
				as those statements include sufficient information to ensure the safe and
				effective use of this product due to the presence of non-protein
				nitrogen.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-8 - Drug and Feed Additives

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Prior to
				approval of a registration application and/or approval of a label for
				commercial feed which contain additives (including drugs, other special purpose
				additives, or non-nutritive additives) the distributor may be required to
				submit evidence to prove the safety and efficacy of the commercial feed when
				used according to the directions furnished on the label.
B. Satisfactory evidence of safety and
				efficacy of a commercial feed maybe:
1. When
				the commercial feed contains such additives, the use of which conforms to the
				requirements of the applicable regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations,
				Title 21, or which are "prior sanctioned" or "generally recognized as safe" for
				such use, or
2. When the commercial
				feed is itself a drug as defined in Section 712(7) of the Act and is generally
				recognized as safe and effective for the labeled use or is marketed subject to
				an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under Title
				21 U.S.C.
				360(b).
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-9 - Adulterants

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. For the purpose of Section 717(1) (A) of
				the Act, the terms "poisonous or deleterious substances" include but are not
				limited to the following:
1. Fluorine and any
				mineral or mineral mixture which is to be used directly for the feeding of
				domestic animals and in which the fluorine exceeds 0.30% for cattle; 0.35% for
				sheep; 0.45% for swine; and 0.60% for poultry.
2. Fluorine bearing ingredients when used in
				such amounts that they raise the fluorine content of the total ration-above the
				following amounts: 0.009% for cattle; 0.01% for sheep; 0.014% for swine; and
				0.035% for poultry.
3. Soybean
				meal, flakes or pellets or other vegetable meals, flakes or pellets which have
				been extracted with trichlorethylene or other chlorinated solvents.
4. Sulfur dioxide, Sulfurous acid, and salts
				of Sulfurous acid when used in or on feeds or feed ingredients which are
				considered or reported to be a significant source of vitamin B1
				(Thiamine).
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 311 - COMMERCIAL FEED › Section 001-311-10 - Good Manufacturing Practices

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. For the
				purposes of enforcement of Section 717(4) of the Act the Commissioner adopts
				the following as current good manufacturing practices:
1. The regulations prescribing good
				manufacturing practices for medicated feeds as published in the Code of Federal
				Regulations, Title 21, Part 133, Sections 133.100-133.110.
2. The regulations prescribing good
				manufacturing practices for medicated premixes as published in the Code of
				Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 133, Sections 133.200-133.210.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 312 - PET FOOD › Section 001-312-1 - Definitions and Terms

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Principal
				Display Panel
means the part of a label that is most likely to be
				displayed, presented, shown or examined under normal and customary conditions
				of display for retail sale.
B.
Ingredient Statements
means a collective and contiguous listing on
				the label of the ingredients of which the pet food is composed.
C.
Immediate Container
means the
				unit, can, box, tin, bag, or other receptacle or covering in which a pet food
				is displayed for sale to retail purchasers, but does not include containers
				used as shipping containers.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 312 - PET FOOD › Section 001-312-3 - Brand and Product Names

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. No flavor
				designation shall be used on a pet food label unless the designated flavor is
				detectable by a recognized test method, or is one the presence of which
				provides a characteristic distinguishable by the pet. Any flavor designation on
				a pet food label must either conform to the name of its source as shown in the
				ingredient statement or the ingredient statement shall show the source of the
				flavor.
Distributors of pet food employing such flavor designation or
				  claims on the labels of the product distributed by them shall, upon request,
				  supply verification of the designated or claimed flavor to the appropriate
				  control official.
B. The
				designation "100%" or "All" or words of similar connotation shall not be used
				in the brand or product name of a pet food if it contains more than one
				ingredient. However, for the purpose of this provision, water sufficient for
				processing, required decharacterizing agents and trace amounts of preservatives
				and condiments shall not be considered ingredients.
C. The term "meat" and "meat by-products"
				shall be qualified to designate the animal from which the meat and meat
				by-products are derived unless the meat and meat by-products are from cattle,
				swine, sheep, and goats. For example, "horsemeat" and "horsemeat
				by-products".
D. The name of the
				pet food shall not be derived from one or more ingredients of a mixture to the
				exclusion of other ingredients and shall not be one representing any components
				of a mixture of a pet food product unless all components or ingredients are
				included in the name except as specified by Regulations 3 A., E., or F.;
				Provided, That if any ingredient or combination of ingredients is intended to
				impart a distinctive characteristic to the product which is significant to the
				purchaser, the name of that ingredient or combination of ingredients may be
				used as a part of the name of the pet food if:
1. The ingredient or combination of
				ingredients is present in sufficient quantity to impart a distinctive
				characteristic to the product;
2.
				It does not constitute a representation that the ingredient or combination of
				ingredients is present to the exclusion of other ingredients; and
3. It is not otherwise false or
				misleading.
Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 312 - PET FOOD › Section 001-312-4 - Expression of Guarantees

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. The sliding
				scale method of expressing a guaranteed analysis (for example, protein 15-18%")
				is prohibited.
B. Pursuant to
				Section 715(1) (C) of the Act, pet foods containing 5% or more mineral
				ingredients, shall include in the guaranteed analysis the minimum and maximum
				percentages of calcium (Ca) and salt (NaCl), and the minimum percentages of
				phosphorus (P) and iodine (1), if added. Minerals, except salt (NaCl), when
				quantitatively guaranteed, shall be stated in terms of percentage of the
				element. The label of the pet food which is formulated as and represented to be
				a mineral supplement shall include a guarantee of all the minerals contained in
				the ingredient statement.
C.
				Pursuant to Section 715(1) (C) of the Act, the label of the pet food which is
				formulated as and represented to be a vitamin supplement, shall include a
				guarantee of the minimum content of each vitamin declared in the ingredient
				statement. Such vitamin guarantees shall be stated in units or milligrams per
				pound or ppm, as provided herein; Vitamin E in USP or International Units;
				vitamin A, other than precursors of vitamin A, in USP Units, vitamin D in USP
				Units; all other vitamins as true vitamins, not compounds, except pyridoxine
				hydrochloride, choline chloride, and thiamine; oils and concentrates containing
				vitamin A or vitamin D or both may be additionally labeled to show vitamin
				content in units per gram; and providing that the term "d-pantothenic acid" be
				used in stating the pantothenic acid guarantee.
D. The vitamin Potency of pet food products
				distributed in containers smaller than 1 lb. may be guaranteed in approved
				units per ounce.
E. If the label of
				a pet food does not represent the pet food to be either a vitamin or a mineral
				supplement, but does include a table of comparison of a typical analysis of the
				vitamin, mineral, or nutrient content of the pet food with levels recommended
				by a recognized animal nutrition authority, such comparison may be stated in
				the units of measurement used by the recognized authority. The statement in a
				table of comparison of the vitamin, mineral, or nutrient content shall
				constitute a guarantee, but need not be repeated in the guaranteed analysis.
				Such table of comparison may appear on the label separate and apart from the
				guaranteed analysis.