Washington Commercial Feed Law
Washington · Agriculture and Marketing · §§ 15.53.901 to 15.53.9056 · 17 sections
Overview
This act regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of commercial animal feeds and pet foods. It requires distributors to obtain and maintain a license, to file periodic tonnage reports and pay inspection fees on the feed they sell, and to label their products — including feeds mixed to a customer's formula — with prescribed information, while prohibiting the distribution of feed that is adulterated (by poisonous or deleterious substances, unsafe additives or drugs, pesticide residues, weed seed, or a failure to meet its own label claims) or misbranded. Enforcement rests with the state agriculture department, which promulgates implementing rules, inspects premises and records, samples and analyzes feed, and may withdraw feed from distribution, seize and dispose of violative products, or refuse or cancel a license — subject to hearings and judicial review.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 181 F. Supp. 3d 618 - Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. v. Blue Buffalo Co.
Sections covered
- RCW 15.53.901Definitions.1 cite
- RCW 15.53.9012Administration and administrative rules.
- RCW 15.53.9013Commercial feed license—Required—Exemptions—Application—Fees—Renewal—Denial or cancellation for noncompliance—Violation—Penalty—Rules.
- RCW 15.53.9014Registration of pet food and specialty pet food—Exemption—Application—Renewal—Fees—Denial or cancellation for noncompliance—Violation—Penalty.
- RCW 15.53.9015Responsible buyer status—Application—Removal—List.
- RCW 15.53.9016Labeling—Required information—Recordkeeping—Rules.
- RCW 15.53.9018Semiannual report required—Inspection fees—Reports—Late fees—Confidentiality.
- RCW 15.53.902Adulteration—Definition—Unlawful to distribute.1 cite
- RCW 15.53.9022Misbranding—Definition—Unlawful to distribute.
- RCW 15.53.9024Inspections of facilities, vehicles, equipment, etc.—Verification of records and procedures—Notice—Official samples—Warrants authorized.
- RCW 15.53.9038Department's remedies for noncompliance—"Withdrawal from distribution" order—Condemnation—Seizure.
- RCW 15.53.904Department's remedies for noncompliance—Classification of crimes—Prosecutions—Injunctions.
- RCW 15.53.9042Department to publish distribution information, production data, and analyses comparison.
- RCW 15.53.9044Disposition of moneys.
- RCW 15.53.9046Cooperation with other entities.
- RCW 15.53.9048Chapter is cumulative.
- RCW 15.53.9056Short title.
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