{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-250.541","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 250.541","heading":"Adulterated commercial feeds.","body":"(1) A commercial feed or a material exempted from the definition of commercial feed\nunder KRS 250.501 shall be deemed to be adulterated:\n(a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may\nrender it injurious to health; but in case the  substance is not an added\nsubstance, the commercial feed shall not be considered adulterated under this\nsubsection if the quantity of the substance in the commercial feed does not\nordinarily render it injurious to health; or\n(b) If it bears or contains an y added poisonous, added deleterious, or added\nnonnutritive substance which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 406 of\nthe Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (other than one which is 1. a\npesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; or 2 . a food\nadditive); or\n(c) If it is, or it bears or contains any food additive which is unsafe within the\nmeaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or\n(d) If it is a raw agricultural commodity and it bears or contains a pesticide\nchemical which is unsafe within the meaning of subsection (a) of Section 408\nof the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If a pesticide chemical has been\nused in or on a raw agricultural commodity in conformity with an exemption\ngranted or a tolerance prescribed under Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,\nand Cosmetic Act and the raw agricultural commodity has been subjected to\nprocessing such as canning, cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling, the\nresidue of the pesticide chemical remaining in or on the processed feed shall\nnot be deemed unsafe if the residue in or on the raw agricultural commodity\nhas been removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice and\nthe concentration of the residue in the processed feed is not greater than the\ntolerance prescribed for the raw agricultural commodity unless the feeding of\nthe processed feed will result or is likely to result in a pesticide residue in the\nedible product of the animal, which is unsafe within the meaning of\nsubsection (a) of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or\n(e) If it is, or it bears or contains, any color additive which is unsafe within the\nmeaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or\n(f) If it is, or it bears or contains, any new an imal drug which is unsafe within the\nmeaning of Section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; or\n(g) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed\nsubstance, or if it is otherwise unfit for feed; or\n(h) If it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it\nmay have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been\nrendered injurious to health; or\n(i) If it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal\nwhich has died otherwise than by slaughter, which is unsafe within the\nmeaning of Section 402(a)(1) or (2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic\nAct; or\n(j) If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or\ndeleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or\n(k) If it has been intentionally subject to radiation, unless the use of the radiation\nwas in conformity with the regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to\nSection 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.\n(2) A commercial feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:\n(a) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted\ntherefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor;\n(b) If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is\npurported or is represented to possess by its labeling;\n(c) If it contains a drug and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used\nfor its manufacture, processing, or pack aging do not conform to current good\nmanufacturing practice administrative regulations promulgated by the director\nto assure that the drug meets the requirement of KRS 250.491 to 250.631 as to\nsafety, and has the identity and strength and meets the quality  and purity\ncharacteristics which it purports or is represented to possess. In promulgating\nthe administrative regulations, the director shall adopt the current good\nmanufacturing practice regulations for type A medicated articles and type B\nand type C med icated feeds established under authority of the Federal Food,\nDrug, and Cosmetic Act, unless the director determines that they are not\nappropriate to the conditions which exist in this state;\n(d) If it contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding the li mits which the\ndirector shall establish by administrative regulation; or\n(e) If its labeling would deceive or mislead the purchaser with respect to its\ncomposition or suitability.","path":["KRS Chapter 250"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12175","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:04Z","sha256":"0aac719cc4e860efc0c8bad8c121247b2b123f0ae3e0fa2cbbf44bc3dc06a99a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-250.540","next":"us-ky/krs-250.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}