§ 3.2-4815. Commissioner’s actions; injunction
A. Nothing in this chapter shall require the Commissioner to: (i) report for prosecution; (ii) institute seizure proceedings; or (iii) issue a withdrawal from distribution order if a violation of this chapter is minor, or if the Commissioner believes the public interest will best be served by a suitable notice of warning in writing. B. […]
§ 3.2-4816. The Commissioner to cancel license and product registrations
The Commissioner shall cancel the commercial feed license and product registrations of any person who fails to comply with the chapter by: 1. Failing to file the tonnage report; 2. Falsifying information; 3. Making an inaccurate statement of tonnage distributed in Virginia during any reporting license year; 4. Making an inaccurate listing of medicated feed, […]
§ 3.2-4802. Publications
The Commissioner may publish, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider appropriate. 1994, c. 743, § 3.1-828.16; 2008, c. 860.
§ 3.2-4803. Licensing of manufacturers and guarantors of commercial feed
A. Any person who manufactures a commercial feed or any guarantor shall, before: (i) distributing, selling, offering or exposing for sale in the Commonwealth any commercial feed; or (ii) supplying commercial feed to a contract feeder, obtain a license from the Commissioner. The person who manufactures or is the guarantor of such commercial feed shall […]
§ 3.2-4804. Product registration required of commercial feed distributors
A. Any person who distributes: (i) medicated feed; (ii) small package commercial feed; or (iii) specialty pet food shall register those commercial feeds with the Commissioner and pay to the Commissioner the registration fees specified in this section. It is unlawful for any person to distribute medicated feed, small package commercial feed, or specialty pet […]
§ 3.2-4805. Report and inspection fees
A. The reporting year for commercial feed tonnage shall be January 1 through December 31. The manufacturer or guarantor shall, by February 1 of the next ensuing year: (i) file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner; and (ii) pay to the Commissioner the inspection fee that shall not be less than $35 per year. B. […]
§ 3.2-4806. Labeling
A. The manufacturer or guarantor of a commercial feed, except customer-formula or custom mix feed, shall affix a label to the commercial feed that states in the English language the following information: 1. The quantity statement; 2. The product name and, if any, the brand name of the commercial feed; 3. The guaranteed analysis, the […]
§ 3.2-4807. Misbranding
A. It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if: 1. The labeling of the commercial feed is false or misleading in any particular; 2. The commercial feed is distributed under the name of another commercial feed; 3. The commercial feed is labeled […]
§ 3.2-4808. Adulteration
A. It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of a commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if the commercial feed: 1. Contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the commercial feed or its packaging injurious to health, unless the poisonous or deleterious substance is not an added […]
§ 3.2-4809. Inspection, sampling, and analysis
A. The Commissioner may enter and inspect any factory, warehouse, or establishment within the Commonwealth during operating hours in which commercial feed is manufactured, processed, packed, warehoused, sold, or held for distribution, or any vehicle used to transport or hold such feed, to determine whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, including […]