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SECTION 4-2-3

   § 4-2-3  Definitions. – When used in this chapter:

   (1) "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, orany combination identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrantand distinguishing it from that of others.

   (2) "Commercial feed" means all materials except whole seedsunmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated withinthe meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or formixing in feed. The director by regulation may exempt from this definition, orfrom specific provisions of this chapter, commodities such as hay, straw,stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds orsubstances when those commodities, compounds, or substances are not inter-mixedor mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of§ 4-2-7.

   (3) "Contract feeder" means a person who as an independentcontractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract wherebythat commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to thatperson and whereby that person's remuneration is determined all or in part byfeed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product.

   (4) "Customer formula feed" means commercial feed whichconsists of a mixture of commercial feeds and/or ingredients each batch ofwhich is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the finalpurchaser.

   (5) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, orbarter, commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercialfeed to a contract feeder.

   (6) "Distributor" means any person who distributes.

   (7) "Drug" means any article intended for use in thediagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animalsother than humans and articles other than feed intended to affect the structureor any function of the animal body.

   (8) "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materialsmaking up a commercial feed.

   (9) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphicmatter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed isdistributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed isdistributed.

   (10) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed,or graphic matter:

   (i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers orwrapper; or

   (ii) Accompanying that commercial feed.

   (11) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, or blend, or furtherprocess a commercial feed for distribution.

   (12) "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended tosupply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.

   (13) "Official sample" means a sample of feed taken by thedirector or his or her agent in accordance with § 4-2-10(c), (e), or (f).

   (14) "Percent" or "percentages" means percentages by weights.

   (15) "Person" means individual, partnership, corporation, andassociation.

   (16) "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintainedin or near the household(s) of the owner(s).

   (17) "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared anddistributed for consumption by pets.

   (18) "Product name" means the name of the commercial feedwhich identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.

   (19) "Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal petnormally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils,hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish,snakes and turtles.

   (20) "Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed preparedand distributed for consumption by specialty pets.

   (21) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) poundsavoirdupois.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-4 > Chapter-4-2 > 4-2-3

SECTION 4-2-3

   § 4-2-3  Definitions. – When used in this chapter:

   (1) "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, orany combination identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrantand distinguishing it from that of others.

   (2) "Commercial feed" means all materials except whole seedsunmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated withinthe meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or formixing in feed. The director by regulation may exempt from this definition, orfrom specific provisions of this chapter, commodities such as hay, straw,stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds orsubstances when those commodities, compounds, or substances are not inter-mixedor mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of§ 4-2-7.

   (3) "Contract feeder" means a person who as an independentcontractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract wherebythat commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to thatperson and whereby that person's remuneration is determined all or in part byfeed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product.

   (4) "Customer formula feed" means commercial feed whichconsists of a mixture of commercial feeds and/or ingredients each batch ofwhich is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the finalpurchaser.

   (5) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, orbarter, commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercialfeed to a contract feeder.

   (6) "Distributor" means any person who distributes.

   (7) "Drug" means any article intended for use in thediagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animalsother than humans and articles other than feed intended to affect the structureor any function of the animal body.

   (8) "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materialsmaking up a commercial feed.

   (9) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphicmatter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed isdistributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed isdistributed.

   (10) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed,or graphic matter:

   (i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers orwrapper; or

   (ii) Accompanying that commercial feed.

   (11) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, or blend, or furtherprocess a commercial feed for distribution.

   (12) "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended tosupply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.

   (13) "Official sample" means a sample of feed taken by thedirector or his or her agent in accordance with § 4-2-10(c), (e), or (f).

   (14) "Percent" or "percentages" means percentages by weights.

   (15) "Person" means individual, partnership, corporation, andassociation.

   (16) "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintainedin or near the household(s) of the owner(s).

   (17) "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared anddistributed for consumption by pets.

   (18) "Product name" means the name of the commercial feedwhich identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.

   (19) "Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal petnormally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils,hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish,snakes and turtles.

   (20) "Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed preparedand distributed for consumption by specialty pets.

   (21) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) poundsavoirdupois.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-4 > Chapter-4-2 > 4-2-3

SECTION 4-2-3

   § 4-2-3  Definitions. – When used in this chapter:

   (1) "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, orany combination identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrantand distinguishing it from that of others.

   (2) "Commercial feed" means all materials except whole seedsunmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated withinthe meaning of § 4-2-7, which are distributed for use as feed or formixing in feed. The director by regulation may exempt from this definition, orfrom specific provisions of this chapter, commodities such as hay, straw,stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds orsubstances when those commodities, compounds, or substances are not inter-mixedor mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of§ 4-2-7.

   (3) "Contract feeder" means a person who as an independentcontractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract wherebythat commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to thatperson and whereby that person's remuneration is determined all or in part byfeed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product.

   (4) "Customer formula feed" means commercial feed whichconsists of a mixture of commercial feeds and/or ingredients each batch ofwhich is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the finalpurchaser.

   (5) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, orbarter, commercial feed; or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercialfeed to a contract feeder.

   (6) "Distributor" means any person who distributes.

   (7) "Drug" means any article intended for use in thediagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animalsother than humans and articles other than feed intended to affect the structureor any function of the animal body.

   (8) "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materialsmaking up a commercial feed.

   (9) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphicmatter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed isdistributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed isdistributed.

   (10) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed,or graphic matter:

   (i) Upon a commercial feed or any of its containers orwrapper; or

   (ii) Accompanying that commercial feed.

   (11) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, or blend, or furtherprocess a commercial feed for distribution.

   (12) "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended tosupply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.

   (13) "Official sample" means a sample of feed taken by thedirector or his or her agent in accordance with § 4-2-10(c), (e), or (f).

   (14) "Percent" or "percentages" means percentages by weights.

   (15) "Person" means individual, partnership, corporation, andassociation.

   (16) "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintainedin or near the household(s) of the owner(s).

   (17) "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared anddistributed for consumption by pets.

   (18) "Product name" means the name of the commercial feedwhich identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.

   (19) "Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal petnormally maintained in a cage or tank, such as, but not limited to, gerbils,hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches, tropical fish, goldfish,snakes and turtles.

   (20) "Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed preparedand distributed for consumption by specialty pets.

   (21) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) poundsavoirdupois.