As Amended
SEC. 75-45-159. Registration.
(1) No person shall manufacture a commercial feed in this state, unless he has filed with the commissioner and state chemist on forms provided by the commissioner, his name, place of business and location of each manufacturing facility in this state.
(2) No person shall distribute in this state a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of this section. The application for registration shall be submitted in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Before the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may accept any certified copy guarantee or registration, he shall charge and collect a fee of five dollars ($5.00) on or by January 1 of each year the registration is in effect, for each such certified copy or guarantee accepted and registered by him and the funds so collected shall be deposited monthly in the state treasury. Upon approval by the commissioner and state chemist the registration shall be issued to the applicant. A registration shall continue in effect unless it is cancelled by the commissioner and state chemist pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The commissioner and the state chemist are empowered to refuse registration of any commercial feed not in compliance with the provisions of this article and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this article. No registration shall be refused or cancelled unless the registrant shall have been given an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner and state chemist and to amend his application in order to comply with the requirements of this article.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4449-14; Laws, 1972, ch. 474, Sec. 4, eff from and afterJan. 1, 1973.