Michigan Laws 287.534 – Prohibited acts
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.534
- Animal: means any vertebrate animal, other than human beings, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, and any domesticated insect. See Michigan Laws 287.523
- Commercial feed: means all materials or combination of materials, including feed ingredients, that are distributed or intended for distribution for use as animal feed or for mixing in animal feed. See Michigan Laws 287.523
- Director: means the director of the department or the director's authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 287.523
- Distribute: means either of the following:
(i) To offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, exchange, or barter commercial feed. See Michigan Laws 287.523License: means a commercial feed license issued under this act. See Michigan Laws 287.523 Manufacture: means to prepare, grind, mix, package, repackage, or relabel commercial feed for distribution. See Michigan Laws 287.523 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 287.523 Rule: means a rule promulgated pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 287.523 Seizure order: means a seizure order issued by the director pursuant to section 15. See Michigan Laws 287.523
A person shall not do or shall not cause any of the following:
(a) Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded.
(b) Adulterate or misbrand any commercial feed.
(c) Distribute agricultural commodities such as whole grain, whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, and husks, that are adulterated within the meaning of section 8. Upon prior approval by the director, commodities described in this subdivision may be distributed if reworked to acceptable levels for safe use to be fed to animals.
(d) Remove or dispose of, without authorization from the director, commercial feed subject to a seizure order.
(e) Fail or refuse to obtain a license required under section 4.
(f) Fail to make records available, furnish reports, permit the examination of records, or pay an inspection fee as required under section 6.
(g) Refuse, or cause another person to refuse, to permit entry, inspection, sampling, or examination and copying of production and distribution records and production and control procedures authorized under section 7.
(h) Provide false information in a matter pertaining to this act or resist, impede, or hinder the director or authorized representatives in the discharge of their duties.
(i) Violate section 16(8).
(j) Violate a rule promulgated under section 11.
(k) Reuse bags, totes, or other containers for animal feed, including customer-formula feeds, unless the container has always been used and restricted to use within a commercial licensed facility, or is in, on, or upon a portable device and can be filled without entering the manufacturing facility. Containers that have been used to directly feed livestock, such as tubs, troughs, licks, or other containers, must not be refilled with feed.