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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
No person shall distribute an adulterated feed. A commercial feed or customer-formula feed shall be deemed to be adulterated:
(1) If any poisonous, deleterious or nonnutritive ingredient has been added in sufficient amount to render it injurious to health when fed in accordance with directions for use on the label;
(2) If any valuable constituent has been, in whole or in part, omitted or abstracted therefrom or any less valuable substance substituted therefor;
(3) If its composition or quality falls below or differs from that which it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling;
(4) If it contains added hulls, screenings, straw, cobs or other high fiber material unless the name of each such material is stated on the label;
(5) If it contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits which the Department shall establish by rule or regulation;
(6) If it contains any added poisonous, deleterious, non-nutritive substance, food or color additive, or new animal drug which is unsafe within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.];
(7) If it consists in whole or part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or if it is otherwise unfit for feed;
(8) If it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 3. Agriculture § 1707. Adulteration - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-3-agriculture/de-code-sect-3-1707/
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