Pennsylvania Statutes

Title 3 - AGRICULTURE

Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions
- 101 - Short title of title.
- 102 - Definitions.
Chapter 3 - Local Regulation
- 311 - Scope.
- 312 - Definitions.
- 313 - Certain local government unit actions prohibited.
- 314 - Duties of Attorney General.
- 315 - Right of action.
- 316 - Commonwealth Court masters.
- 317 - Attorney fees and costs.
- 318 - Reports to General Assembly.
Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management
- 501 - Scope.
- 502 - Declaration of legislative purpose.
- 503 - Definitions.
- 504 - Powers and duties of commission.
- 505 - Powers and duties of Department of Environmental Protection.
- 506 - Nutrient management plans.
- 507 - Manure application setbacks and buffers.
- 508 - Nutrient management certification program and odor management certification program.
- 509 - Odor management plans.
- 510 - Nutrient Management Advisory Board.
- 511 - Financial assistance.
- 512 - Nutrient Management Fund.
- 513 - Unlawful conduct.
- 514 - Civil penalties and remedies.
- 515 - Limitation of liability.
- 516 - Enforcement authority; enforcement orders.
- 517 - Appealable actions.
- 518 - Powers reserved under existing laws.
- 519 - Preemption of local ordinances.
- 520 - Repeals.
- 521 - Other statutes not affected.
- 522 - Regulations.
Chapter 21 - Bees
- 2101 - Short title of chapter.
- 2102 - Definitions.
- 2103 - Chief apiary inspector.
- 2104 - Quarantines.
- 2105 - Registration of apiaries.
- 2106 - Inspection.
- 2107 - Diseases.
- 2108 - Infected shipments.
- 2109 - Prohibitions.
- 2110 - Free access.
- 2111 - Transportation.
- 2112 - Imported bees.
- 2113 - Penalties.
- 2114 - Civil penalties.
- 2115 - Injunctions.
- 2116 - Concurrent remedies.
- 2117 - Disposition of funds.
Chapter 23 - Domestic Animals
- 2301 - Short title of chapter.
- 2302 - Finding, policy and purpose.
- 2303 - Definitions.
- 2304 - Diagnostic services and research.
- 2305 - Keeping and handling of domestic animals.
- 2311 - General authority.
- 2312 - Adoption of form of identification.
- 2313 - Certified copies.
- 2314 - Brand, tattoo or other form of identification as proof of ownership.
- 2315 - Disputes in custody or ownership.
- 2316 - Sale or assignment of form of identification.
- 2317 - Violations and penalty.
- 2318 - Fees and forfeiture.
- 2321 - Dangerous transmissible diseases.
- 2322 - Neoplastic diseases, metabolic diseases and heritable diseases.
- 2323 - Health requirements.
- 2324 - Safety of domestic animal feed.
- 2325 - Use of biologicals, antibiotics, genetic material, chemicals, diagnostic agents and other substances.
- 2326 - Sanitation.
- 2327 - Disease surveillance and detection.
- 2328 - Entry on premises.
- 2329 - Quarantine.
- 2330 - Condemnation.
- 2331 - Indemnification.
- 2332 - Depopulation incentive.
- 2333 - Restriction on payment of indemnification and depopulation incentive.
- 2334 - Report on insurance or cost-sharing program.
- 2335 - Contract growers.
- 2341 - General authority.
- 2342 - License of dealers and haulers.
- 2343 - Licensure of agents.
- 2344 - Verification of application.
- 2345 - License fees.
- 2346 - Term of license.
- 2347 - Posting and display of license.
- 2348 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
- 2349 - Records and inspections.
- 2351 - General authority.
- 2352 - Disposal of dead domestic animals.
- 2353 - Disposal of animal waste.
- 2354 - Licensure requirement of dead domestic animal disposal businesses.
- 2355 - Licensing procedure.
- 2356 - Conditions of licensure.
- 2357 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
- 2361 - General authority.
- 2362 - Humane methods of slaughtering domestic animals.
- 2371 - Licensure requirement.
- 2372 - Application and fee.
- 2373 - Issuance of license.
- 2374 - Term of license and renewal.
- 2375 - Posting of license.
- 2376 - Heating certain garbage before feeding.
- 2377 - Prohibitions and conditions.
- 2378 - Inspections.
- 2379 - Notice to remedy and denial, suspension or revocation of license.
- 2380.1 - Definitions.
- 2380.2 - License required.
- 2380.3 - Application.
- 2380.4 - Issuance.
- 2380.5 - Term; renewal.
- 2380.6 - Keeping and handling of cervids.
- 2380.7 - Periodic inspections.
- 2380.8 - Violations by licensees.
- 2380.9 - Game and Wildlife Code and regulations.
- 2381 - Cooperation.
- 2382 - Regulations.
- 2383 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 2384 - Disposition of fees, fines and civil penalties.
- 2385 - Interference with officer or employee of department.
- 2386 - Civil remedy.
- 2387 - Inapplicability of penal cruelty to animals statutes.
- 2388 - Exemption for governmental entities.
- 2389 - Preemption of local laws and regulations.
Chapter 25 - Animal Exhibition Sanitation
- 2501 - Definitions.
- 2502 - Sanitation standards.
- 2503 - Administration.
- 2504 - Penalty.
Chapter 27 - Taxidermists
- 2701 - Definitions.
- 2702 - Registration.
- 2703 - Unlawful acts.
- 2704 - Preemption.
- 2705 - Duties.
- 2706 - Recordkeeping.
- 2707 - Reporting.
Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures
- 4101 - Short title of chapter.
- 4102 - Definitions.
- 4105 - Systems of weights and measures.
- 4106 - State standards of weight and measure.
- 4107 - Office and working standards and equipment.
- 4108 - Director and inspectors of weights and measures.
- 4109 - General powers and duties of department.
- 4110 - Specific powers and duties of department; regulations.
- 4111 - Testing and inspections of standards.
- 4112 - General testing and inspections.
- 4113 - Registration of sellers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring devices.
- 4114 - Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes.
- 4115 - Training program.
- 4116 - Investigations.
- 4117 - Inspection of packages.
- 4118 - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders.
- 4119 - Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus.
- 4120 - Police powers; right of entry and stoppage.
- 4121 - Powers and duties of director and inspector.
- 4122 - City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties.
- 4123 - City and county standards and equipment.
- 4124 - Concurrent jurisdiction.
- 4125 - Division of responsibilities.
- 4126 - Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus.
- 4127 - Method of sale of commodities.
- 4128 - Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions.
- 4129 - Declarations of unit price on random packages.
- 4130 - Misleading packages.
- 4131 - Advertising packages for sale.
- 4132 - Sale by net weight.
- 4133 - Misrepresentation of price.
- 4134 - Meat, poultry and seafood.
- 4135 - Butter, oleomargarine and margarine.
- 4136 - Fluid dairy products.
- 4137 - Flour, cornmeal and hominy grits.
- 4138 - Potatoes.
- 4139 - Construction of contracts.
- 4140 - Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties.
- 4141 - Impersonation of officer; penalties.
- 4142 - Prohibited acts.
- 4143 - Presumptive evidence.
- 4150 - Enforcement and regulations.
- 4151 - Licenses.
- 4152 - Weighmasters' certificates.
- 4153 - Preparation of weighmaster's certificate.
- 4154 - Use of approved weighing device required.
- 4155 - Scale requirement.
- 4156 - Disposition of copies of certificates.
- 4157 - License required; definition.
- 4158 - Suspension or revocation of licenses.
- 4159 - Prohibited acts.
- 4160 - Sales by weight.
- 4161 - Separation required.
- 4162 - Substitution of another purchaser in weighmaster's certificate.
- 4163 - Authorization to inspect and direct to nearest scales.
- 4164 - Weighmaster's certificate required.
- 4165 - Small lots.
- 4166 - Exception for boatloads or railroad carloads.
- 4167 - Rules and regulations.
- 4168 - Sales by employer-producer to employees.
- 4169 - Existing licenses.
- 4170 - Approval of types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices.
- 4171 - Submission of types for approval.
- 4172 - Certificates of approval; notice of disapproval; appeals.
- 4173 - Manufacture, sale or use of unapproved weights, measures and devices.
- 4174 - Marking of approved weights and measures.
- 4175 - Marking of weights and measures "not legal for trade."
- 4176 - Rules and regulations.
- 4177 - Sealing of approved weights and measures.
- 4178 - Fees.
- 4179 - Enforcement.
- 4180 - Meter required.
- 4181 - Small deliveries.
- 4182 - Exceptions.
- 4183 - Enforcement of chapter, rules and regulations.
- 4190 - Rules and regulations.
- 4191 - Offenses and penalties.
- 4192 - Temporary or permanent injunctions.
- 4193 - Disposition of funds.
- 4194 - Validity of prosecutions.
Chapter 42 - Aquacultural Development
- 4201 - Short title of chapter.
- 4202 - Purpose.
- 4203 - Definitions.
- 4204 - Applicability.
- 4211 - Designation of aquaculture as agriculture.
- 4212 - Wetlands.
- 4213 - Requirements for discharge of water.
- 4214 - Aquacultural marketing programs.
- 4215 - Aquacultural plan.
- 4216 - Aquaculture Advisory Committee.
- 4217 - Biennial survey of aquaculture.
- 4218 - Aquaculture Development Account.
- 4219 - Permissible propagation.
- 4220 - Registration for artificial propagation.
- 4221 - Activities under registration for artificial propagation.
- 4222 - Registration for dealers of live aquatic animals.
- 4223 - Prohibited propagation and penalties.
Chapter 45 - Agricultural Commodities Marketing
- 4501 - Short title of chapter.
- 4502 - Definitions.
- 4503 - Powers and duties of secretary.
- 4504 - Commodity marketing board.
- 4505 - Provisions of marketing programs.
- 4506 - Effecting marketing programs.
- 4507 - Terminating marketing programs.
- 4508 - Marketing program review and amendments.
- 4509 - Notice of issuance.
- 4510 - Collection of fees.
- 4511 - Rules and regulations for enforcement.
- 4512 - Advance deposits.
- 4513 - Severability.
Chapter 47 - Crop Insurance
- 4701 - Short title of chapter.
- 4702 - Purpose of chapter.
- 4703 - Definitions.
- 4704 - Establishment of program.
- 4705 - Powers and duties of department.
- 4706 - Crop insurance financial assistance.
- 4707 - Funding.
- 4708 - Report.
Chapter 51 - Commercial Feed
- 5101 - Short title of chapter.
- 5102 - Definitions.
- 5103 - Licensing.
- 5104 - Labeling.
- 5105 - Inspection fees.
- 5106 - Adulteration.
- 5107 - Misbranding.
- 5108 - Inspection, sampling and analysis.
- 5109 - Rules and regulations.
- 5110 - Detained commercial feeds.
- 5111 - Criminal penalties.
- 5112 - Civil penalties.
- 5113 - Civil remedy.
- 5114 - Publications.
- 5115 - Disposition of funds.
Chapter 57 - Food Protection (Reserved)
Chapter 59 - Organic Foods
- Chapter 59. Organic Foods -
- 5901 - Short title of chapter.
- 5902 - Declaration of policy.
- 5903 - Definitions.
- 5904 - Organic certification.
- 5905 - Crop production practices and materials.
- 5906 - Animal production practices and materials.
- 5907 - Producer statement.
- 5908 - Rules and regulations.
- 5909 - Violations.
Chapter 61 - Maple Products
- 6101 - Short title of chapter.
- 6102 - Declaration of policy.
- 6103 - Definitions.
- 6104 - License.
- 6105 - Registration.
- 6106 - Enforcement.
- 6107 - Requirements and grades.
- 6108 - Prohibited acts.
- 6109 - Labeling of maple products.
- 6110 - Detained food.
- 6111 - Manufacturing and marketing practices.
- 6112 - Penalties.
Chapter 65 - Food Employee Certification
- 6501 - Short title of chapter.
- 6502 - Definitions.
- 6503 - Certification advisory board and programs.
- 6504 - Certification of employees.
- 6505 - Rules and regulations.
- 6506 - Reciprocal agreements.
- 6507 - Suspension of certification.
- 6508 - Civil penalties.
- 6509 - Fees.
- 6510 - Exemptions.
Chapter 67 - Fertilizer
- 6701 - Short title of chapter.
- 6702 - Definitions.
- 6703 - Licensing.
- 6704 - Registration of specialty fertilizers.
- 6705 - Labels and labeling.
- 6706 - Inspection fees.
- 6707 - Tonnage reports.
- 6708 - Inspection, sampling and analysis.
- 6709 - Plant food deficiency.
- 6710 - Commercial value.
- 6711 - Misbranding.
- 6712 - Adulteration.
- 6713 - Publications.
- 6714 - Short weight.
- 6715 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of registration or license.
- 6716 - Stop-sale orders.
- 6717 - Seizure and condemnation.
- 6718 - Appeal process.
- 6719 - Cooperation with other entities.
- 6720 - Rules and regulations.
- 6721 - Unlawful conduct.
- 6722 - Interference with officer or employee of department.
- 6723 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 6724 - Exchanges between manufacturers.
- 6725 - Disposition of funds.
Chapter 69 - Soil and Plant Amendment
- 6901 - Short title of chapter.
- 6902 - Definitions.
- 6903 - Licensing.
- 6904 - Registration.
- 6905 - Labels and labeling.
- 6906 - Inspection fees.
- 6907 - Tonnage reports.
- 6908 - Inspection, sampling and analysis.
- 6909 - Misbranding.
- 6910 - Adulteration.
- 6911 - Short weight.
- 6912 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of registration or license.
- 6913 - Stop-sale orders.
- 6914 - Seizure and condemnation.
- 6915 - Appeal process.
- 6916 - Cooperation with other entities.
- 6917 - Rules and regulations.
- 6918 - Unlawful conduct.
- 6919 - Interference with officer or employee of department.
- 6920 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 6921 - Disposition of funds.
Chapter 71 - Seed
- 7101 - Short title of chapter.
- 7102 - Definitions.
- 7103 - Licensing.
- 7104 - Labels and labeling.
- 7105 - Unlawful seed sales.
- 7106 - Other unlawful acts.
- 7107 - Nonseeding and conditioning seed.
- 7108 - Certification and inspection of crops.
- 7109 - Fees.
- 7110 - Prohibited use of the term "certified."
- 7111 - Powers and duties of secretary and department.
- 7112 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of license.
- 7113 - Stop-sale orders.
- 7114 - Seizure and condemnation.
- 7115 - Appeal process.
- 7116 - Cooperation with other entities.
- 7117 - Rules and regulations.
- 7118 - Unlawful conduct.
- 7119 - Interference with officer or employee of department.
- 7120 - Delegation of duties; exclusion of local laws and regulations.
- 7121 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 7122 - Disposition of funds.
Chapter 81 - Miscellaneous Provisions
- 8101 - Farmers' market.