Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-6. Misbranding
A commercial feed is deemed to be misbranded:
(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
(2) If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed.
(3) If it is not labeled as required in § 4-2-5.
(4) If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless that commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the director.
(5) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed with the conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in the terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 170, § 2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-6
- Commercial feed: means all materials except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
- Feed ingredient: means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3
- Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:
(i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers or wrapper; or
(ii) Accompanying that commercial feed. See Rhode Island General Laws 4-2-3