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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Farm, Forest, and Open Space Act › Section 250-RICR-40-20-1.14 - Forest Stewardship Plan Requirements for Enrollment in the Farm, Forest and Open Space Program

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As a condition of
				  enrollment in the Farm, Forest and Open Space Program Forest Stewardship Plans
				  must meet the following minimum specifications.
1. Title Page.
a. Owner and preparer information including
				  contact information
b. Property
				  Information including plat and lot number, deed book and page, and acreage
				  enrolled in the program as well as excluded acreage.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Farm, Forest, and Open Space Act › Section 250-RICR-40-20-1.15 - Application for Designation of Farmland or Forestland

Current through June 14, 2024
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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Farm, Forest, and Open Space Act › Section 250-RICR-40-20-1.16 - Forest Stewardship Plan Requirements for Enrollment in the Farm, Forest and Open Space Program

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As a condition
				  of enrollment in the Farm, Forest and Open Space Program Forest Stewardship
				  Plans must meet the following minimum specifications.
1. Title Page.
a. Owner and Preparer Information including
				  contact information
b. Property
				  Information including plat and lot number, deed book and page, and acreage
				  enrolled in the program as well as excluded acreage.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.1 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is to regulate
					 the sale of agricultural liming material in the State of Rhode
					 Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Regulations are promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen.
					 Laws Chapters 2-21 and 42-17.1, and in accordance with the procedures set forth
					 in the R.I. Administrative Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
					 42-35.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.3 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these Rules and Regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department to effectuate the purpose
					 of State law, goals, and policies for the sale of agricultural liming material
					 in the State of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.4 - Sieve Sizes Regarding Fineness

Current through June 14, 2024
The Director shall be guided by the American Society for
					 Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification for sieve sizes regarding
					 fineness.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.5 - Minimum Calcium Carbonate Equivalent

Current through June 14, 2024
Agricultural Liming Materials shall be classified in terms
					 of calcium carbonate as shown in Table 1.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.6 - Table 1 - Agricultural Liming Materials

Current through June 14, 2024
Material
Calcium Carbonate Equivalent (C.C.E.)
Burnt Lime
not less than 140
Hydrated lime
not less than 110
Limestone
not less than 80
Slag
not less than 80
Shells
not less than 80
Marl and some byproducts liming materials are used for
					 neutralizing soil acidity, but due to their varying composition, their chemical
					 limits are not included. In some economic circumstances limestone, slag, and
					 shells of less than eighty percent (80%) C.C.E. may be used.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.7 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provision of these Rules and Regulations, or the
					 application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court
					 of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the Rules and
					 Regulations shall not be affected thereby.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 2 - Agricultural Liming Material Rules and Regulations › Section 250-RICR-40-20-2.8 - Registration of Products

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All products
				  that are required to be registered pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										2-21-6 shall be registered
				  electronically through a web based application provided by the Department of
				  Environmental Management.
B. For
				  those applicants unable to register online, paper registration forms shall be
				  available upon request from the Division of Agriculture.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Rules and Regulations are promulgated pursuant to the
					 requirements and provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-17.1, Department of
					 Environmental Management, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 2-22, Rhode Island Soil
					 Amendment Law, and in accordance with the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
					 42-35, Administrative Procedures Act.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.3 - Application

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these Rules and Regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department of Environmental
					 Management (the "Department") to effectuate the purposes of state law, goals
					 and policies. These Rules and Regulations shall apply only to agricultural
					 units, as defined herein.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.5 - Agricultural Composting Facility

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Agricultural
				  Composting: Any farmer engaging in agricultural composting shall be required to
				  maintain registration and operating records in a format and on forms as
				  designated by the Department of Environmental Management.
B. The following operations on agricultural
				  units do not require the registration or maintenance of operating records
				  provided the operation incorporates commonly accepted management practice and
				  is carried out in a manner that prevents an unpermitted discharge of pollutants
				  to air, water or other natural resources of the State of Rhode Island:
1. Composting of tree stumps and brush at an
				  agricultural unit where such wood wastes are generated and composted within the
				  boundaries of such agricultural unit;
2. Composting and the use or application of
				  agricultural manures in farming operations;
3. Composting of agricultural by-products,
				  when located at an agricultural unit.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.7 - Agricultural Composting - Evaluation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Department
				  shall consider the following criteria in evaluating and determining whether to
				  accept a registration application for and register an agricultural composting
				  facility:
1. The potential for adverse
				  impacts, taking into account the compostable materials, project location,
				  design and operating controls, management practices and operator
				  experience;
2. The ability of the
				  applicant to appropriately use or dispose of all project materials;
				  and,
3. The applicant demonstrates
				  knowledge and capability to conduct the agricultural composting operation in
				  compliance with the regulations and to produce a stabilized compost
				  product.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.8 - Prohibitions

Current through June 14, 2024
Wood containing or likely to contain asbestos, glues, or
					 chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, paints, stains or
					 other coatings shall not be considered wood wastes under these Rules and
					 Regulations and are prohibited from being processed. An agricultural unit which
					 processes the woods described in this Rule shall not be considered to be
					 conducting agricultural composting and shall be subject to Part 140-05-8 of
					 this Title, Solid Waste Regulation No. 8.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.9 - Revocation/Suspension

Current through June 14, 2024
The Division of Agriculture may revoke or suspend a
					 registration for failure to comply with Rules and Regulations of the Department
					 of Environmental Management.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 3 - Rules and Regulations for Agricultural Composting (250-RICR-40-20-3) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-3.10 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provision of these Rules and Regulations, or the
					 application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court
					 or competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the Rules and
					 Regulations shall not be affected thereby.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.1 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
Grading of Honey
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.2 - Statutory Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-17.1-2.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.3 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these rules and regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department to effectuate the purpose
					 of state law, goals, and policies for the grading of Honey in the State of
					 Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
Rhode Island Fancy Grade Honey shall be honey that is
					 produced in Rhode Island and is free from overheating, fermentation, honey-dew
					 pollen, objectionable flavor from floral source or paint or smoke, carbolic
					 acid or other foreign flavor, odor or dirt.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.5 - Procedures Grading of Honey

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Such honey shall
				  not weigh less than twelve (12) pounds per gallon at 60 degrees Fahrenheit or
				  the density of which shall not be less than 41.5 degrees Baume or 76.4 degrees
				  Brix at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
B.
				  The color of such honey may be any standard color as measured by the
				  official.
C. U.S. color grader
				  varying from water-white to dark. The honey shall be clean as though strained
				  through an 86-mesh bolting cloth at not over 140 degrees Fahrenheit and shall
				  be sold or offered for sale in strong, clean containers that are new in
				  appearance.
D. Tolerance: In order
				  to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, not more than
				  5% by count of any lot of honey may be below the requirements for the grade but
				  no part of this tolerance shall be allowed for defects causing serious
				  damage.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.6 - Liability

Current through June 14, 2024
When the Commissioner of Agriculture becomes cognizant of
					 any violations of these regulations he shall cause notice of such violation,
					 together with a copy of the findings, to be given to the person or persons
					 concerned. Persons so notified shall be given a hearing under rules and
					 regulations prescribed by the Commissioner. Notices of such hearing shall
					 specify the date, hour and place of hearing.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 4 - Rules and Regulations for the Grading of Honey (250-RICR-40-20-4) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-4.7 - Violations - Penalties

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Any person, firm
				  or corporation who shall misbrand or mislabel any package or other container of
				  honey or who shall violate any rule or regulations passed by said board
				  providing for branding and labeling shall be punished by a fine of not less
				  than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100) or be
				  imprisoned for a term of three months or by both such fine and
				  imprisonment.
B. These rules and
				  regulations may be amended from time to time.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Regulations are promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen.
					 Laws Chapter 4-2, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in the R.I.
					 Administrative Procedures Act, R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.2 - Incorporated Materials

Current through June 14, 2024
These Regulations hereby adopt and incorporate the AAFCO
					 (Association of American Feed Control Officials) 2015 Official Publication by
					 reference, not including any further editions or amendments thereof and only to
					 the extent that the provisions therein are not inconsistent with these
					 Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.3 - Definitions and Terms

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The names and
				  definitions for commercial feeds shall be the Official Ingredient Definitions
				  specified in Feed Terms and Ingredient Definitions of the AAFCO 2015 Official
				  Publication, incorporated above at §
										5.2 of this Part, except as
				  the Director designates otherwise in specific cases.
B. The terms used in reference to commercial
				  feeds shall be the Official Feed Terms specified in Feed Terms and Ingredient
				  Definitions of the AAFCO 2015 Official Publication, incorporated above at
				  §
										5.2 of
				  this Part, except as the Director designates otherwise in specific
				  cases.
C. The following commodities
				  are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed, under the
				  provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										4-2-3(2): raw
				  meat; and 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 R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §§
										4-2-7(1) through
				  (5).
D. Individual chemical compounds and
				  substances are hereby declared exempt from the definition of commercial feed
				  under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-3(2). It has been determined
				  that these products meet the following criteria:
1. There is an adopted AAFCO definition for
				  the product.
2. The product is
				  either GRAS or is not covered by a specific FDA Regulation.
3. The product is either a natural occurring
				  product of relatively uniform chemical composition or is manufactured to meet
				  the AAFCO definition of the product.
4. The use of the product in the feed
				  industry constitutes a minor portion of its total industrial use.
5. Small quantities of additives, which are
				  intended to impart special desirable characteristics shall be
				  permitted.
6. There is no need or
				  problem of control of this product.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.6 - Expression of Guarantees

Current through June 14, 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
				  percentages by weight.
B.
				  Commercial feeds containing six and one half percent (6.5%) or more calcium,
				  phosphorus, sodium and chloride 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 five percent (5.0%) or
				  less, the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than one (1) percentage
				  point.
2. When the minimum is above
				  five percent (5.0%), the maximum shall not exceed the minimum by more than
				  twenty percent (20%) and in no case shall the maximum exceed the minimum by
				  more than five (5) percentage points.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.7 - Ingredients

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The name of each ingredient or collective
				  term for the groupings of ingredients, when required to be listed, shall be the
				  name as defined in the Official Ingredient Definitions specified in Feed Terms
				  and Ingredient Definitions as published in the AAFCO 2015 Official Publication,
				  incorporated above at §
										5.2 of this Part, the common
				  or usual name, or one approved by the Director.
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 in
				  Official Ingredient Definitions specified in Feed Terms and Ingredient
				  Definitions published in the AAFCO 2015 Official Publication, incorporated
				  above at §
										5.2 of this Part, 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 require 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 seven one thousandths of one percent (0.007%)
				  iodine uniformly distributed.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.8 - Directions for Use and Precautionary Statements

Current through June 14, 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:
1. Be adequate 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.
				  Include, but not be limited to, all information prescribed by all applicable
				  regulations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.9 - Non-Protein Nitrogen

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Urea and other
				  non-protein nitrogen products defined in Official Ingredient Definitions
				  specified in Feed Terms and Ingredient Definitions published in the AAFCO 2015
				  Official Publication, incorporated above at §
										5.2 of this Part, are
				  acceptable ingredients in commercial feeds for ruminant animals as a source of
				  equivalent crude protein. If the commercial feed contains more than eight and
				  three quarters percent (8.75%) of equivalent crude protein from all forms of
				  nonprotein nitrogen, added as such, or the equivalent crude protein, from all
				  forms of non-protein nitrogen, added as such, exceeds one third (1/3) of the
				  total crude protein, the label shall bear:
1.
				  Adequate directions for the safe use of feeds, and,
2. A precautionary statement: "caution: use
				  as directed,"
3. 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.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.10 - Drug and Feed Additives

Current through June 14, 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 may be:
1. When
				  the commercial feed contains such additives, the use of which conforms to the
				  requirements of the applicable Regulations 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 R.I. Gen. Laws §
											4-2-3(7) 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
				  21 U.S.C. §
												360(b).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.11 - Adulterants

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purpose of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										4-2-7(1), 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 three tenths of one percent (0.30%)
				  for cattle; thirty-five one hundredths of one percent (0.35%) for sheep;
				  forty-five one hundredths of one percent (0.45%) for swine; and six tenths of
				  one percent (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: nine one
				  thousandths of one percent (0.009%) for cattle; one one hundredth of one
				  percent (0.01%) for sheep; fourteen one thousandths of one percent (0.014%) for
				  swine; and thirty-five one thousandths of one percent (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).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.12 - Good Manufacturing Practices

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purpose
				  of enforcement of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										4-2-7(8), the
				  Director adopts the following as current good manufacturing practices:
1. The Regulations prescribing good
				  manufacturing practices for medicated feeds as published in
				  21 C.F.R. §§
												225.1-
				  225.115.
2. The Regulations prescribing good
				  manufacturing practices for medicated pre-mixes as published in
				  21 C.F.R. §§
												226.1-
				  226.115.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.13 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Definitions and Terms

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  "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.
B. "Ingredient statements" means a collective
				  and contiguous listing on the label of the ingredients of which the pet food is
				  composed.
C. "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.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.14 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Label Format and Labeling

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The statement of net content and product
				  name must be shown on the principal display panel. All other required
				  information may be placed elsewhere on the label but shall be sufficiently
				  conspicuous as to render it easily read by the average purchaser under ordinary
				  conditions of purchase and sale.
B.
				  The declaration of the net contents shall be made in conformity with the Fair
				  Packaging and Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. §
											1451, and the
				  Regulations promulgated thereunder.
C. The information which is required to
				  appear in the "guaranteed analysis" shall be listed in the following order:
1. Crude protein (minimum amount),
2. Crude fat (minimum amount),
3. Crude fiber (maximum amount),
4. Moisture (maximum amount),
5. Additional guarantees shall follow
				  moisture.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.15 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Brand and Product Names

Current through June 14, 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. The word
				  flavor shall be printed in the same size type and with an equal degree of
				  conspicuousness as the ingredient term(s) from which the flavor designation is
				  derived.
1. 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.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.16 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Expression of Guarantees

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The sliding scale method of expressing a
				  guaranteed analysis (for example, "protein 15-18 %") is prohibited.
B. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										4-2-5(a)(3), the
				  label of a pet food which is formulated as and represented to be a mineral
				  additive supplement, shall include in the guaranteed analysis the maximum and
				  minimum percentages of calcium, the minimum percentage of phosphorus and the
				  maximum and minimum percentages of salt. The minimum content of all other
				  essential nutrient elements recognized by NRC from sources declared in the
				  ingredient statement shall be expressed as the element and in units of
				  measurement established by a recognized authority of animal nutrition such as
				  the National Research Council.
C.
				  Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										4-2-5(a)(3), the
				  label of 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 guarantees shall be stated in units
				  of measurements established by a recognized authority on animal nutrition such
				  as the National Research Council.
D. The vitamin potency of pet food products
				  distributed in containers smaller than one pound (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 not 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
				  maybe stated in the units of measurement used by the recognized authority on
				  animal nutrition such as the National Research Council. 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.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.17 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Ingredients

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  maximum moisture in all pet foods shall be guaranteed and shall not exceed
				  seventy-eight percent (78.00%) or the natural moisture content of the
				  constituent ingredients of the product, whichever is greater. Pet foods such as
				  those consisting principally of stew, gravy, sauce, broth, juice or a milk
				  replacer which are so labeled, may contain moisture in excess of seventy-eight
				  percent (78.00%).
B. Each
				  ingredient of the pet food shall be listed in the ingredient statement, and
				  names of all ingredients in the ingredient statement must be shown in letters
				  or type of the same size. The failure to list the ingredients of a pet food in
				  descending order by their predominance by weight in non-quantitative terms may
				  be misleading. Any ingredient for which there has been established a name and
				  definition in the AAFCO 2015 Official Publication, incorporated above at §
										5.2 of this Part, shall be
				  identified by the name so established. Any ingredient for which no name and
				  definition has been so established shall be identified by the common or usual
				  name of the ingredient. Brand or trade names shall not be used in the
				  ingredient statement.
C. The term
				  "dehydrated" may precede the name of any ingredient in the ingredient list that
				  has been artificially dried.
D. No
				  reference to quality or grade of an ingredient shall appear in the ingredient
				  statement of a pet food.
E. A
				  reference to the quality, nature, form, or other attribute of an ingredient
				  shall not be made unless such designation is accurate and unless the ingredient
				  imparts a distinctive characteristic to the pet food because it possesses that
				  attribute.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.18 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Directions for Use

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  The label of a pet food product which is suitable only for intermittent or
				  supplemental feeding or for some other limited purpose shall:
1. Bear a clear and conspicuous disclosure to
				  that effect; or,
2. Contain
				  specific feeding directions which clearly state that the product should be used
				  only in conjunction with other foods.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.19 - Official Pet Food Regulations - Drugs and Pet Food Additives

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An artificial color may be used in a pet
				  food only if it has been shown to be harmless to pets. The permanent or
				  provisional listing of an artificial color in the United States Food and Drug
				  Regulations as safe for use, together with the conditions, limitations, and
				  tolerances, if any, incorporated therein, shall be deemed to be satisfactory
				  evidence that the color is, when used pursuant to such Regulations, harmless to
				  pets.
B. Prior to approval of a
				  registration application and/or approval of a label for pet food, which
				  contains 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 pet food, when used according to
				  directions furnished on the label. Satisfactory evidence of the safety and
				  efficacy of a pet food may be:
1. When the
				  pet food 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 use,
				  or,
2. When the pet food itself is
				  a drug as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											4-2-3(7) and is
				  generally recognized as safe and effective for label use or is marketed subject
				  to an application approved by the Food and Drug Administration under
				  21 U.S.C. §
												360(b).
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 5 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Commercial Feed › Section 250-RICR-40-20-5.20 - Registration of Products

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All products
				  that are required to be registered pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										4-2-4 shall be registered
				  electronically through a web based application provided by the Department of
				  Environmental Management.
B. For
				  those applicants unable to register online, paper registration forms shall be
				  available upon request from the Division of Agriculture.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.1 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is to establish
					 requirements for the taking of deer under special damage
					 permits.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.2 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
These Rules and Regulations are promulgated pursuant to
					 R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-17.1, Department of Environmental Management, and
					 R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 20-1.4; 20-1.12; 20-1.13; 20-15.3; and in accordance
					 with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35, Administrative Procedures.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.3 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these Rules and Regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department to effectuate the
					 purposes of State law, goals, and policies.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.4 - Severability

Current through June 14, 2024
If any provisions of these Rules and Regulations, or
					 application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court
					 of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of the Rules and
					 Regulations shall not be affected thereby.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.5 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purposes of these Rules and
				  Regulations, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Jack lighting" means the use (by an
				  individual or in conjunction with others) of an artificial light at any time to
				  illuminate, jack light, locate, attempt to locate, or show up wild birds or
				  mammals or any other vertebrates when that person or persons have in their
				  actual possession, in the passenger compartment of their vehicle, or in the
				  storage area of a trunk or van, unless locked in a case, a crossbow, long bow
				  (straight limb, reflex, recurve, and compound bow) rifle, gun, or pistol,
				  except in accordance with these Rules and Regulations.
2. "Designee" means any Department of
				  Environmental Management (DEM) employee.
3. "Subpermittee" means any person who is an
				  employee of the permittee and is eligible to hunt the property as designated by
				  the DAG in the permit issued to the permittee.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 6 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Deer Damage (250-RICR-40-20-6) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-6.6 - Rules and Regulations on Deer Damage

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Application
				  - To obtain a deer damage permit in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
										20-15-3, the landowner shall make
				  a request in writing for a deer damage permit application to: Deer Damage
				  Permit, R.I. Division of Agriculture (DAG), 235 Promenade Street, Providence,
				  RI 02908. When necessary requests for applications may be taken over the
				  telephone.
B. Applicant will
				  provide:
1. Name, address, telephone number,
				  date of birth, and hunting license number;
2. Location of property, plat and lot number
				  maps;
3. A list of employees who
				  may take deer per specific property including their hunting license numbers,
				  addresses, and dates of birth.
4.
				  Safety zone permission signatures, countersigned as required, see §
											6.6(E) and
				  §
											6.6(F) of
				  this Part.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 7 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Shell Eggs (250-RICR-40-20-7) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-7.1 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The purpose of these rules and regulations is to safeguard
					 the sale of eggs in the State of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 7 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Shell Eggs (250-RICR-40-20-7) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-7.2 - Statutory Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
Pursuant to due publication and public hearing required by
					 the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										2-17-1 et. seq., the director has
					 adopted the following Rules and Regulations.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 7 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Shell Eggs (250-RICR-40-20-7) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-7.3 - Applicability

Current through June 14, 2024
The terms and provisions of these rules and regulations
					 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department to effectuate the purpose
					 of state law, goals, and policies for the sale of eggs in the State of RI.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 7 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Shell Eggs (250-RICR-40-20-7) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-7.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
For the purpose of these regulations, a retailer shall be
					 deemed to be any person, firm or corporation buying eggs for resale to
					 consumers, and a first receiver shall be that person or firm or corporation
					 selling eggs to a retailer.