Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
Section 5-200 - Definitions of Words and Terms(a) The term "concentrated commercial feeding stuff" or "commercial feed" shall also be held to include all materials which are used in feed or for mixing in feed, except such products as are specifically exempt by Section 46-27-10 of the feed law.(b) The term "feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed.(c) The term "percent" means percentage by weight.(d) The term "Department" shall mean the Department of Agriculture of the State of South Carolina.(e) The term "Commissioner of Agriculture" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of South Carolina.(f) The term "mineral feed" shall mean a substance or mixture of substances designed or intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.(g) The term "brand name" means any word, name, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others.(h) The term "product name" means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.(i) The term "label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed, custom-mixed feed or customer-formula feed is distributed.(j) The term "ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois.(k) The term "official sample" means any sample of feed taken by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agent and designated as "official" by the Commissioner of Agriculture.(l) A "custom-mixed feed" is hereby defined as a feed composed of grains or other feed materials grown on the farm of a person, firm, or corporation engaged in farming and ground and mixed with a concentrate or base for the sole purpose of being fed to livestock, domestic animals or poultry of the said person, farm, or corporation.(m) A "customer-formula feed" is hereby defined as a mixture of commercial feeds or materials, each batch of which mixture is formulated according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser, or contract feeder.