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specific use and distinguishes it from all other products bearing | | the same brand name. |
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| | | Sec. 38. 7 MRSA §714, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 422, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Application for registration. A person may not distribute | | in this State a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, | | that has not been registered pursuant to this section. The | | application for registration must be submitted in the manner | | prescribed by the commissioner on forms furnished by the | commissioner, and accompanied by an annual fee of $80 per brand | product name for pet food and $80 per brand | | other commercial feed. Upon approval by the commissioner the | | registration must be issued to the applicant. All registrations | | expire on the 31st day of December. The commissioner may issue a | | registration for a one-year, 2-year or 3-year period. | | Registrations for a period in excess of one year may only be | | issued with the agreement of or at the request of the applicant. | | The fee for a 2-year registration is 2 times the annual fee. The | | fee for a 3-year registration is 3 times the annual fee. |
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| | | Sec. 39. 7 MRSA §714, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 281, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Surcharge on registration of pet food. For each brand | | product name of pet food registered in accordance with subsection | | 1, the applicant shall pay a $20 surcharge in addition to the | | registration fee. The commissioner shall deposit the surcharge | | into the Animal Welfare Fund established under section 3906-B, | | subsection 2. |
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| | | Sec. 40. 7 MRSA §720, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1971, c. 77, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Methods. Sampling and analysis shall | | accordance with methods published by the Association of Official | | Analytical Chemists, or in accordance with other generally | recognized methods. The Director of the Maine Agricultural | Experiment Station shall annually analyze, or cause to be | analyzed, samples of commercial feeds submitted by the | commissioner. |
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| | | Sec. 41. 7 MRSA §724, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1971, c. 77, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | The commissioner shall publish the results of analysis of | commercial feeds as determined by the Director of the Maine | Agricultural Experiment Station shall be published by him in the |
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