Florida Statutes 580.141 – Reports
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 580.141
- Commercial feed: means all materials or combinations of materials that are distributed or intended to be distributed for use as feed or for mixing in a feed for animals other than humans, except:(a) Unmixed whole seeds, including physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when such seeds are not chemically changed or are not adulterated within the meaning of…. See Florida Statutes 580.031
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Florida Statutes 580.031
- Feedstuff: means edible materials, other than commercial feed, which are distributed for animal consumption and which contribute energy or nutrients, or both, to an animal diet. See Florida Statutes 580.031
- person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
The department shall submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by October 1 of each year a report concerning the production, distribution, and regulation of commercial feed and feedstuff in the state. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information concerning the number of laboratories certified by the department, the results of the analyses reported by certified laboratories, the number of registrants exempt from the certified laboratory testing requirements, the number and subject matter of consumer complaints concerning commercial feed, the total amount of fees and penalties by type collected by the department, and the costs, including indirect costs, incurred by the department from the operation of the feed regulatory program. The information concerning production and use of commercial feed and feedstuff shall not disclose the operations of any individual person doing business in the state.