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ACT No. 333
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 618
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:1396(8), 1401(B), and 1407(B)(1), relative to state regulations
3 of commercial feed; to provide for regulation of adulterated commercial feeds; to
4 provide for labeling fees; to provide for use of the Feed and Fertilizer Fund; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 3:1396(8), 1401(B), and 1407(B)(1) are hereby amended and
8 reenacted to read as follows:
9 §1396. Adulteration
10 A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:
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12 (8) If it contains a drug or antibiotic and the methods used in or the facilities
13 or controls used for its manufacture, processing, or packaging do not conform to
14 good manufacturing practice regulations promulgated by the commission to assure
15 that the drug meets the requirement of this Part as to safety and has the identity and
16 strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics which it purports or is
17 represented to possess. In promulgating such regulations, the commission shall
18 adopt the good manufacturing practice regulations for medicated feed premixes and
19 for medicated feeds established under authority of in accordance with the Federal
20 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 CFR Part 225 and Part 507, unless it except when
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1 the commission determines that they these federal regulations are not appropriate to
2 the conditions which exist in this state.
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4 §1401. Fees
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6 B. The commission shall establish by rule a fee, not to exceed twenty dollars,
7 to be paid by Each each registrant filing a label with the commission, shall pay to the
8 commission a labeling fee not to exceed twenty dollars. The commission by rule
9 shall establish a schedule of labeling fees based upon the number of registrants, the
10 volume of commercial feed sold in this state by each, and the estimated expenses
11 incurred by the commissioner in administering the provisions of this Part.
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13 §1407. Disposition of funds; Feed and Fertilizer Fund
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15 B. Subject to appropriation, the monies in the Feed and Fertilizer Fund shall
16 be used for the following purposes:
17 (1) To provide for the expenses of the programs established by Parts II and
18 III of this Chapter and the expenses of the office offices of agricultural and
19 environmental sciences and animal health and food safety, as determined by the
20 commissioner.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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