Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 327
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 327
- Commercial feed: means all materials except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of subsection 327(a) of this title, that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. See
- Dosage form animal health product: means any product intended to affect the structure or function of the animal's body or enhance or support the health or well-being of livestock, poultry, dogs, cats, or other domestic animals that does not provide nutritional benefit, does not require a prescription from a licensed veterinarian, is not intended for cosmetic purposes, or is exempted by the Secretary by rule. See
- Drug: means any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in domestic animals other than humans and substances other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. See
- Feed supplement: means a material used with another to improve the nutritive balance or performance of the total and intended to be fed undiluted as a supplement to other feeds or offered free choice with other parts of the ration separately available or further diluted and mixed to produce a complete feed. See
- Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon a commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product or any of its containers; the wrapper accompanying the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product; or advertisements, brochures, posters, electronic media, the Internet, and television and radio announcements used in promoting the sale of the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product. See
- Manufacture: means to produce, grind, mix, or blend or further process a commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product for distribution. See
- Product: means the name of the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product that identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See
§ 327. Adulteration
(a) A commercial feed including whole seeds shall be deemed to be adulterated if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to human or animal health, but in case the substance is not an added substance, the commercial feed shall not be considered adulterated under this subsection if the quantity of the substance in the commercial feed does not ordinarily render it injurious to health.
(b) Any other commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product shall be deemed to be adulterated if:
(1) any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the commercial feed, feed supplement, or dosage form animal health product or any less valuable substance substituted for a more valuable constituent;
(2) its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling;
(3) use of the product may result in contamination of a raw agricultural product;
(4) it contains a drug and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used for its manufacture, processing, or packaging do not conform to current good manufacturing practice and rules adopted by the Secretary to ensure that the drug meets the requirement of this chapter as to safety and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics that it purports or is represented to possess; or
(5) it contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits that the Secretary shall establish by rule. (Added 1985, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2021, No. 41, § 9; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 56, eff. July 1, 2022.)