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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 7Ch. 6Art. 9§ 15041 Commercial Feed Adulteration Standards

§ 15041 Commercial Feed Adulteration Standards

Food and Agricultural Code·California
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§ 15041 Commercial Feed Adulteration Standards

This law says animal feed is bad if it has harmful stuff, is missing good stuff, is fake, or is made poorly.

Key Takeaways

  • •Animal feed can’t have unsafe or fake stuff in it.
  • •If the feed is missing good ingredients or has bad ones, it’s illegal.
  • •The feed must be made safely and match what the label says.

Example

A farmer buys chicken feed that says it has vitamins but actually has sawdust instead.

The feed is bad because it’s missing the good stuff and has cheap junk instead.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 15041 Commercial Feed Adulteration Standards

A commercial feed is adulterated in the following cases: (a) It bears or contains any poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance in amounts which are specified as being unsafe by the director by regulations. (b) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor. (c) Its composition differs from, or quality falls below, that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling. (d) It contains a drug or drugs or other additive and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used for its manufacture, processing, or packaging do not conform to current good manufacturing practice regulations adopted by the director to assure that the drug or drugs or other additive meets the requirement of this chapter as to safety and has the identity and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics which it purports or is represented to possess. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1275.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

commercial feedadulteratedpoisonousdeleteriousnonnutritive substancevaluable constituentgood manufacturing practice

Related Statutes

  • § 15042 Unsafe Commercial Feed Prohibition
  • § 14901 Commercial Feed Quality Standards
  • § 14902 Commercial Feed Regulation Enforcement
  • § 14902.1 Livestock Feed Regulatory Oversight
  • § 14926 Commercial Feed Buyer Definition

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 15041.
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