The Florida Senate

580.112  Certain acts prohibited.--The following acts, or the causing thereof knowingly, within the state are prohibited:

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

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

(3)  The distribution of commercial feed or feedstuff that has not been sampled or analyzed by a department-certified laboratory, as required in s. 580.091.

(4)  The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls which are adulterated.

(5)  The dissemination of any false advertisement with reference to the distribution of any commercial feed or feedstuff.

(6)  The refusal to permit entry, inspection, or collection of samples of commercial feed or feedstuff by authorized department personnel.

(7)  The removal or disposal of a lot of commercial feed or feedstuff that has had a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order issued, prior to release by the department or the court.

(8)  The use of any label that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter.

(9)  The forging, counterfeiting, simulating, or false representing of any label.

(10)  Placing or permitting to be placed any false advertisement or misleading statement on a label.

(11)  The redistribution of a customer-formula commercial feed.

(12)  The using or placing of fasteners that may be injurious to animals on any commercial feed or feedstuff or bags of any commercial feed or feedstuff, except those distributed exclusively for poultry.

(13)  The failure or refusal to register, pay inspection fees, or file reports, or perform any other affirmative act required by this chapter or rule promulgated hereunder.

History.--s. 13, ch. 61-440; s. 7, ch. 79-66; s. 10, ch. 86-112; s. 53, ch. 91-220; s. 33, ch. 92-143; ss. 6, 7, ch. 93-90; ss. 10, 16, ch. 94-282.