The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of North Carolina are hereby prohibited:

(1) The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is  adulterated or misbranded.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.39

  • commercial feed: means all materials, except whole unmixed seed such as corn, including physically altered entire unmixed seeds when not adulterated within the meaning of N. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • manufacture: means to grind, mix or blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See North Carolina General Statutes 106-284.33
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed.

(3) The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-284.38(1).

(4) The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-284.43

(5) The failure or refusal to register in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-284.34

(6) The violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-284.44(f).

(7) Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports as required by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-284.40

(8) The use of metal fasteners as bag fasteners or for attaching labels to the containers of commercial feed. (1973, c. 771, s. 10.)